Slow Boring • 363 likes • 28 Jan 21 The "cancel culture" debate is dumb We ought to argue about substance not process
Slow Boring • 337 likes • 10 May 21 Tema Okun's "White Supremacy Culture" work is bad Prestigious universities and worthy nonprofits shouldn't push nonsense
Slow Boring • 306 likes • 15 Jan 21 White riot? What is the point of racializing the January 6 insurrection?
Slow Boring • 275 likes • 14 Feb 21 In defense of interesting writing on controversial topics Some thoughts on the New York Times' Slate Star Codex profile
Slow Boring • 275 likes • 08 Nov 21 "Critical Race Theory" and actual education policy, part one A dangerous attack on efforts to measure learning
Slow Boring • 253 likes • 21 Oct 21 When do we wind down the Covid theater? We need to lock in a sustainable new normal
Slow Boring • 248 likes • 16 Mar 21 Meritocracy is bad America is good at elevating "the best" people; the problem is that's a bad idea
Slow Boring • 246 likes • 25 Mar 21 Critical Race Theory and its enemies Less weird curriculum stuff and more focus on material issues would be nice
Slow Boring • 239 likes • 12 Jul 21 What is the climate left doing? Protesting Joe Biden thanks to a fundamental misreading of the situation
Slow Boring • 234 likes • 03 Mar 21 Democrats should try harder to win elections If Republicans are a threat to democracy, try moving to the center on culture to beat them
Slow Boring • 234 likes • 21 May 21 The anti-SAT push is misguided If you want to help less privileged students, help the schools they actually attend
Slow Boring • 231 likes • 23 Apr 21 South Korea and America's incredibly stupid Covid debate Ron DeSantis as a Covid model is a sign of utter national failure
Slow Boring • 230 likes • 04 Jun 21 Obama won downscale white people’s votes by pandering to their views An idea so crazy it’s worth trying again
Slow Boring • 230 likes • 16 Jun 22 Legalize housing, not tent encampments The war on rooming houses and SROs was a mistake
Slow Boring • 227 likes • 31 May 22 We need a new strategy on guns Ten years of failure is enough to admit this isn’t working
Slow Boring • 225 likes • 29 Mar 22 Develop a healthier emotional relationship with Joe Manchin You're glad he's there — or at least you should be
Slow Boring • 223 likes • 16 Dec 20 The case for not caring about Iran's "regional influence" The Middle East doesn't matter
Slow Boring • 219 likes • 12 Jan 21 Small business is not the answer Josh Hawley is wrong, and Walmart deserves a defense
Slow Boring • 218 likes • 11 Jan 21 The system doesn't work Notes on a failed putsh and a possibly successful counter-coup?
Slow Boring • 217 likes • 15 Feb 22 The "misinformation problem" seems like misinformation If anything people have become better informed
Slow Boring • 215 likes • 09 Apr 21 Andrew Yang versus the unrepresentative activists Even in an NYC primary, nobody really cares what left-wing activists think
Slow Boring • 214 likes • 02 Feb 21 Why don't we have more vaccines? A lot of informed speculation, but we could use clear answers
Slow Boring • 214 likes • 15 Feb 21 The myth of the Overton Window Deliberately advancing bad ideas is in fact bad.
Slow Boring • 213 likes • 21 Jun 22 Why progressive organizations have become so vulnerable to staff meltdowns We need to accept that the pipeline problem is real
Slow Boring • 213 likes • 26 Jul 21 There are too many scams in higher education Whether for-profit or not, there’s money to be made
Slow Boring • 211 likes • 18 Dec 20 Give the vaccine to the elderly It's simple, it's fair, and it saves the most lives
Slow Boring • 211 likes • 05 Oct 21 Is quiet climate policy enough? Probably not, but it’s the best we can do.
Slow Boring • 204 likes • 10 Feb 22 People need to hear the good news about climate change "Climate anxiety" isn't going to solve anything
Slow Boring • 202 likes • 07 Oct 21 The case for more energy America has been on a 45-year energy diet, and we ought to try and end it
Slow Boring • 202 likes • 20 Apr 22 The misinformation cope Democrats are misunderstanding their losses with less-educated voters
Slow Boring • 201 likes • 20 Jan 22 Housing policy lessons from the microchip shortage Curtailing supply is bad; rising used car prices are not a wealth-building strategy
Slow Boring • 199 likes • 19 May 21 Seventeen points on Israel and Palestine Something I bet everyone will find unsatisfactory
Slow Boring • 197 likes • 22 Mar 21 Taking the murder surge seriously People are dying — of hate crimes and other crimes, too
