Sitemap - 2026 - Slow Boring

Saturday discussion post

Republicans are complaining about a redistricting war they started

Charismatic leaders can roll their base

Thursday discussion post

Jesse Jackson and the rise of the progressive movement

A House caucus hopes to fix housing

A.I. progress is giving me writer’s block

Tuesday discussion post

Trump’s terrible plan to revive coal

Monday discussion post

Presidential democracy was a mistake

Sunday Thread + Mailbag

Saturday discussion post

Marriage is down but Valentine’s Day is bigger than ever

Gavin Newsom’s electoral track record is bad

Thursday discussion post

Americans think everyone is corrupt

Housing has a pulse ... and a reckoning

The liberal case for the Olympics

Tuesday discussion post

Don’t let Elon Musk monopolize space compute

Big swings and calls for moderation

DoorDash and the dilemma of affluence

Sunday Thread + Mailbag

Saturday discussion post

Better hockey, fewer miracles

Saying what we mean about ICE

Thursday discussion post

Who really saved the whales?

The limitations of YIMBYism

A country can’t get rich by making housing scarce

Tuesday discussion post

Liberalism and globalization

An upset in Texas and a New Jersey primary

Gavin Newsom is very similar to Kamala Harris

Sunday Thread + Mailbag

Saturday discussion thread

Immigration enforcement’s accountability gap

E-Verify isn’t magic

Thursday discussion post

Trump embraces affordability slop

A housing start-up hopes to save the American dream

“Corporate power” doesn’t mean anything

Tuesday discussion post

Eisenhower’s big mistake?

Retirements are changing the map

A turning point in Minnesota

Sunday Mailbag + Thread

Saturday discussion post

Trump’s war on birthright citizenship gets its day in court

Winter-weather weekend recommendations

The shocking collapse of American vaccination

Thursday discussion post

Let companies set prices

More money, same problems

Liberalism and the search for meaning

One (or maybe five) years of Trump

Tuesday discussion post

Blame Trump for Trump-era immigration excesses

Monday discussion post

The dream still matters

Sunday Mailbag + Thread

Saturday discussion post

An American obsession

Why A.I. might kill us

Thursday discussion post

America’s lost liberal center

Housing abundance vs. energy efficiency

Schools are getting worse in most red states

Tuesday discussion post

Where has all the money gone?

The wars Trump ended

Theft is not the road to prosperity

Sunday Thread + Mailbag

Saturday discussion post

What the Maduro indictment actually says

The actual barrier to self-driving cars

Thursday discussion post

A reply to critics on American oil and gas

7 of Halina’s hottest takes

2026 is the year of housing

Tuesday discussion post

Zohran Mamdani’s strong start

What to watch leading up to the 2026 midterm elections

What I got wrong in 2025

Sunday Thread + Mailbag

Saturday discussion post

Friday discussion post

The internet is killing sports

Thursday discussion post