Slow Boring • 446 likes • 18 Jan 23 Who is included by "inclusive" language? Social justice and John le Carré
Slow Boring • 250 likes • 05 Jan 23 American transit agencies should prioritize ridership over other goals It's the only way to get costs under control
Slow Boring • 216 likes • 12 Jan 23 The most important 2016 "misinformation" came from the regular news media The sour legacy of a weird panic
Slow Boring • 204 likes • 02 Feb 23 Americans have been gaining weight for as long as records exist There's no need for a big obesity whodunnit
Slow Boring • 182 likes • 10 Jan 23 My predictions for 2023 I may be totally full of shit, but at least you can call me out
Slow Boring • 181 likes • 25 Jan 23 Why I'm worried about D.C.'s criminal code re-write For this to work, Congress is going to need to help
Slow Boring • 170 likes • 26 Jan 23 Republicans can't even explain what they're trying to do with the debt ceiling They want to cut ... something
Slow Boring • 169 likes • 16 Jan 23 Martin Luther King Jr.'s push for material redistribution A gospel of solidarity, not "colorblindness"
Slow Boring • 168 likes • 13 Jan 23 Slightly contrarian, mildly annoying, somewhat influential mailbag A slight shakeup of the format, but plenty of the parking content you crave
Slow Boring • 168 likes • 17 Jan 23 What does "induced demand" really amount to? We should build infrastructure that people use
Slow Boring • 164 likes • 31 Jan 23 A boring and obvious way to get more rural votes Describe generic progressive economics as closing urban/rural disparities
Slow Boring • 162 likes • 30 Jan 23 Recent layoffs at Big Tech don't spell economic doom They could even be change for the better!
Slow Boring • 160 likes • 09 Jan 23 In defense of "The West Wing" It's a good show about American politics
Slow Boring • 154 likes • 24 Jan 23 Joe Biden's conditional optimism about America Take his thoughts on national unity both literally and seriously
Slow Boring • 144 likes • 23 Jan 23 Zoning reform lessons from the closing of 16th-century English monasteries Commerce is good
Slow Boring • 142 likes • 20 Jan 23 Never answer mailbag questions angry! Profiling my profile, the GOP's identity politics future, and my favorite conspiracy theory
Slow Boring • 139 likes • 19 Jan 23 America needs more Class VI wells Net zero needs carbon capture, and carbon capture needs someplace to put the carbon
Slow Boring • 133 likes • 11 Jan 23 A new plan to get around the debt ceiling hostage If the platinum coin is too weird, meet high-yield bonds
Slow Boring • 109 likes • 06 Jan 23 First mailbag of 2023 Managing is hard, we’re more aware of viruses, and my dream of a James Cameron Moby Dick
Slow Boring • 107 likes • 27 Jan 23 An honor just to be nominated for the mailbag Ruben Gallego, what parents really care about, AI in movies, and skyscrapers vs. rowhouses
Slow Boring • 89 likes • 01 Feb 23 The case for tax reform Reviving an Obama-era proposal that's better suited for today's economy
Slow Boring • 70 likes • 03 Feb 23 Windy City mailbag Big cars, language change, and the case for more conspiracy theorists
Slow Boring • 69 likes • 21 Jan 23 What's going on with inflation? A soft landing, if you can keep it