Slow Boring

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1. Wednesday discussion post
   Sep 23, 2026
2. The Republican urge to start wars in the Middle East
   Sep 23, 2026
3. Why I send my kid to low-income urban public schools
   Sep 22, 2026
4. A market full of paradoxes
   Sep 21, 2026
5. Is the blue wave forecast by polling real?
   Sep 21, 2026
6. Sunday Thread + Mailbag
   Sep 20, 2026
7. What stake does Airbnb have in the supply game?
   Sep 19, 2026
8. Trying to convince people you’re right is underrated
   Sep 18, 2026
9. “The Argument” podcast, ad free: Why the worst people always end up in charge
   Sep 17, 2026
10. How to stop Hitler
    Sep 17, 2026
11. Republicans are playing defense in what should be easy races
    Sep 16, 2026
12. Destroying women’s sports in order to save it
    Sep 16, 2026
13. Sanctions on West Bank settlements aren’t enough
    Sep 15, 2026
14. Bay Area officials want more housing to keep up with the A.I. boom. One developer sees a different opportunity.
    Sep 14, 2026
15. A simple plan to save the world from rogue A.I.
    Sep 14, 2026
16. Sunday Thread + Mailbag
    Sep 13, 2026
17. What I’ve learned after a year covering housing
    Sep 12, 2026
18. Friday discussion post
    Sep 11, 2026
19. We’re still underrating 9/11’s impact
    Sep 11, 2026
20. The economy could survive a downtick in A.I.
    Sep 10, 2026
21. The 9/11 attacks and the crisis of global liberalism
    Sep 10, 2026
22. Alaska’s ranked choice voting: Six years of experimenting and its biggest test yet
    Sep 9, 2026
23. Trump’s terrible plan to break skilled immigration
    Sep 9, 2026
24. There’s an awful lot we don’t know about data centers
    Sep 8, 2026
25. Monday discussion post
    Sep 7, 2026
26. Sunday Thread + Mailbag
    Sep 6, 2026
27. The return of institutional purpose
    Sep 5, 2026
28. Slow Boring D.C. happy hour on Wednesday
    Sep 4, 2026
29. You can’t blame housing shortages for literally everything
    Sep 4, 2026
30. Stop making up reasons to be mad
    Sep 3, 2026
31. Coalescence or ... no-alescence
    Sep 2, 2026
32. An easy way to give kids more freedom
    Sep 2, 2026
33. Republicans have a big midterm cash advantage
    Sep 1, 2026
34. The many ways to build more housing
    Aug 31, 2026
35. Democrats should vow to surrender in the Canada trade war
    Aug 31, 2026
36. Sunday Thread + Mailbag
    Aug 30, 2026
37. Everything is country
    Aug 29, 2026
38. Friday discussion post
    Aug 28, 2026
39. The Great Awokening started in 2014, not 2020
    Aug 28, 2026
40. Politics should be more boring
    Aug 27, 2026
41. As one housing reform works in Texas, another in Colorado hits a budgetary hitch
    Aug 26, 2026
42. YIMBYs already have a bold vision for solving the housing crisis
    Aug 26, 2026
43. The Western water crisis has a simple solution
    Aug 25, 2026
44. Three Dan Sullivans walk into a race for Senate
    Aug 24, 2026
45. The real reason nobody feels good about technological progress
    Aug 24, 2026
46. Sunday Thread + Mailbag
    Aug 23, 2026
47. What kind of Democrat can win?
    Aug 21, 2026
48. Giving the people what they want (not data centers)
    Aug 21, 2026
49. Everyone hates the “elites,” but who are they?
    Aug 20, 2026
50. Thousands of years of indoor air pollution
    Aug 20, 2026