Birthday mailbag

EVs, density, money in politics, and phonics

I turned 42 yesterday — old! — and the country is teetering on the brink of default, but I’m trying to think positive.

I love all the lens flare in the new Mission Impossible trailer, over-the-counter birth control may be coming soon, Texas is looking at reducing minimum lot sizes, a new shark species just dropped, we’ve finally got an NIH director nomi…