A Perfectly Crude Solution to America’s Housing Shortage
admin If you can’t beat the NIMBYs, pay ’em.
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The Attention-Span Class Divide
Who can afford to sit still at the movies?
The Best Running Shoes You Can’t Get Your Hands On
Chinese shoes are cheap and high quality. Why are they so hard to buy in the U.S.?
Susan Collins Is Not Concerned About Election Denial
Mortal threats to the republic are apparently a sideshow that distracts from cutting taxes, confirming judges, and deregulation.
Trump Dooms His Own Party
The president’s self-serving message will not serve the Republicans on the ballot.
Trump Just Did More Damage to American Elections Than China
His speech was a mashup of charges that aren’t supported by the documents he released.
Explaining Sex to an Anthropologist
The president of the field’s leading professional association was asked about a polarizing topic—and showed that she doesn’t understand the…
J. D. Vance Wants Someone to Find Out What the Government Is Doing
The vice president has been replaced with a guy who’s just asking questions.
Nobody Even Expects DOJ to Be Independent Anymore
At Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing, there was scant support for the once-cherished ideal of dispensing impartial justice.
You Don’t Need to Vote for Socialists to Get Universal Health Care
Critics on the left and the right are, for different reasons, obscuring the Democratic Party’s long commitment to this cause.