Archive - Matt's Mailbag of Slow Boring

Monday thread + poll

It’s my first time trying to use the poll machine!

Jun 3, 2024 •

Matthew Yglesias

February 2024

Submit those q’s!

Feb 12, 2024 •

January 2024

Matt's New Year Mailbag

Let's get 2024 off to a great start

Jan 1, 2024 •

Matthew Yglesias

December 2023

Is this mailbag "screen time"?

These five weeks between Thanksgiving and the New Year always feel like dead space on the news calendar to me, but it’s about ten percent of the total…

Dec 1, 2023 •

Matthew Yglesias

November 2023

Three years of Slow Boring are in the books!

Nov 13, 2023 •

Matthew Yglesias

Ask some questions!

Nov 6, 2023 •

Matthew Yglesias

October 2023

I fucked up and posted this late — very sorry!

Oct 24, 2023 •

Matthew Yglesias

This week’s Bloomberg column is about why the deficit matters even if congress can’t make a deal.

Oct 16, 2023 •

Matthew Yglesias

The best season for a mailbag

Ozempic economics, my TV pitch, and a defense of Shakespeare

Oct 13, 2023 •

Matthew Yglesias

Bloomberg column here. Please do not ask me to solve the Israel-Palestine conflict, when I come up with the answer I will let you know.

Oct 9, 2023 •

Matthew Yglesias

Start your day with pragmatic takes on politics and public policy.

Oct 3, 2023 •

September 2023

Farewell Milan mailbag

Slow Boring's researcher answers your questions on his last day

Sep 29, 2023 •

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