All articles from Slow Boring
Americans think everyone is corrupt
Voters have weird views about this, and progressive advocacy groups do a lot that’s counterproductive.
Housing has a pulse ... and a reckoning
Bipartisan breakthrough in Washington, implementation chaos in California, rent control revival in Massachusetts, and a case against abundance
The liberal case for the Olympics
Root for Team U.S.A., don’t let Trump own the flag
Tuesday discussion post
Olympic-level gossip
Don’t let Elon Musk monopolize space compute
A case for more antitrust enforcement
Big swings and calls for moderation
“Stop running candidates who excite the base but lose in the general.”
DoorDash and the dilemma of affluence
A more prosperous America is also a less thrifty America, with mixed results.
Sunday Thread + Mailbag
Ask your questions below.
Saturday discussion post
Better hockey, fewer miracles
What was lost and gained in the professionalization of the Olympics
Saying what we mean about ICE
Plus the under-appreciated Hakeem Jeffries and some Epstein takes
Thursday discussion post
A Gen-Z-led progressive content hub
Who really saved the whales?
The multiple lives and deaths of the commercial whaling industry
The limitations of YIMBYism
The housing debate stays heated.
A country can’t get rich by making housing scarce
Trump wants to reassure people he won’t make homes more affordable.
Tuesday discussion post
A football take that’s really about Bad Bunny
Liberalism and globalization
Good economics, questionable political analysis
An upset in Texas and a New Jersey primary
Early elections give Democrats an indication of which candidates can win.
Gavin Newsom is very similar to Kamala Harris
Two San Francisco local elected officials who successfully ran statewide in CA
Sunday Thread + Mailbag
Ask your questions below.
Saturday discussion thread
Immigration enforcement’s accountability gap
This funding fight — and possible shutdown — exposes institutional failures that have allowed ICE to skirt standard law-enforcement protocols.