Midsummer mailbag

Featuring an inadvisably large number of words about Canadian trains

I really do not care for the late-July D.C. heat, and unlike many parts of the world, we aren’t even experiencing a particular temperature outlier at the moment. I just don’t like it!

In happier news, my man Martin O’Malley is getting tapped to run the Social Security Administration — he would’ve won! It’s nice to see the Justice Department actually go after legacy admissions and not just use it as whataboutism. Paris is cleaning up the Seine in advance of next year’s Olympics. Consumer confidence is rising. Much-bemoaned “gentrification” really does reduce aggregate segregation, and it seems like the Teamsters got a great new contract for UPS drivers.

Kevin Barry: There was recently news in NYC that 50% of people stopped on NYPD's new fare beater enforcement program had open warrants. Jibes with what you've said about enforcement.