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October 2026

  1. Friday discussion post
  2. The underrated — but hated — insights of Econ 101
  3. Thursday discussion post
  4. “The Argument” podcast, ad free: The human condition in the age of A.I.
  5. How I would fix all of America’s major problems
  6. A pastor, a Tejano singer, and a slew of salmon and Sullivans walk into a midterm
  7. Those who work and those who post
  8. Tuesday discussion post
  9. Why I don’t write about A.I. all the time
  10. Make housing affordable again
  11. Scammy fundraising is a big problem
  12. Sunday Thread + Mailbag
  13. The polls were fake, but the results were real
  14. Friday discussion post
  15. Obama’s forgotten late-term moves
  16. Thursday discussion post
  17. “The Argument” podcast, ad free: Can Congress finally pass permitting reform?
  18. Your favorite cause is not the civil rights movement and neither is mine
  19. Republicans are scrambling to beat the odds
  20. Americans need to get out of the house
  21. Tuesday discussion post
  22. Our culture is way too eager to embrace deception
  23. Housing is on the ballot
  24. Don’t get complacent but also don’t doom
  25. Sunday Thread + Mailbag
  26. The voice of a generation
  27. Friday discussion post
  28. The lost wisdom of the Old Moderates
  29. Thursday discussion post
  30. Why anti-Israel protestors are targeting New York’s anti-Zionist mayor
  31. “The Argument” podcast, ad free: Who should history cancel?
  32. Paying Whole Foods prices for a losing basket
  33. The right-wing obsession with “The Indian Question”
  34. Tuesday discussion post
  35. Destroying the West in order to save it
  36. Monday discussion post
  37. Live your values, and adopt values to live by
  38. Sunday Thread + Mailbag
  39. I went to the Renaissance fair and got a lesson in belonging
  40. Friday discussion post
  41. The dream of Blue Texas
  42. Thursday discussion post
  43. An honest framework for assessing electoral performance
  44. “The Argument” podcast, ad free: Jordan Schneider talks China’s AI hype
  45. A blue wave is building as the G.O.P.’s numbers sink
  46. There aren’t 100 good TV shows
  47. Tuesday discussion post
  48. The permitting deal is good and should pass
  49. With a new agenda, the Build America Caucus gets ambitious with abundance
  50. Trump’s new student loan rule is fine
  51. Sunday Thread + Mailbag
  52. An A.I. legislator running a cost campaign
  53. Friday discussion post
  54. How blue-state Republicans can be relevant again
  55. Thursday discussion post
  56. “The Argument” podcast, ad free: Europe’s liberals are losing on immigration
  57. Who lost Afghanistan?

September 2026

  1. Cracks in the Republican coalition
  2. Math needs a phonics-style reckoning
  3. Tuesday discussion post
  4. The truth about rich people in America
  5. The housing market is way out of whack
  6. Feed the lizard
  7. Sunday Thread + Mailbag
  8. The map is melting
  9. Friday discussion post
  10. Getting to yes with Iran
  11. Thursday discussion post
  12. The A.I. apocalypse canon and why it matters
  13. “The Argument” podcast, ad free: Is the A.I. apocalypse coming for us all?
  14. Wednesday discussion post
  15. The Republican urge to start wars in the Middle East
  16. Tuesday discussion post
  17. Why I send my kid to low-income urban public schools
  18. A market full of paradoxes
  19. Is the blue wave forecast by polling real?
  20. Sunday Thread + Mailbag
  21. What stake does Airbnb have in the supply game?
  22. Friday discussion post
  23. Trying to convince people you’re right is underrated
  24. Thursday discussion post
  25. “The Argument” podcast, ad free: Why the worst people always end up in charge
  26. How to stop Hitler
  27. Republicans are playing defense in what should be easy races
  28. Destroying women’s sports in order to save it
  29. Tuesday discussion post
  30. Sanctions on West Bank settlements aren’t enough
  31. Bay Area officials want more housing to keep up with the A.I. boom. One developer sees a different opportunity.
  32. A simple plan to save the world from rogue A.I.
  33. Sunday Thread + Mailbag
  34. What I’ve learned after a year covering housing
  35. Friday discussion post
  36. We’re still underrating 9/11’s impact
  37. Thursday discussion post
  38. The economy could survive a downtick in A.I.
  39. The 9/11 attacks and the crisis of global liberalism
  40. Alaska’s ranked choice voting: Six years of experimenting and its biggest test yet
  41. Trump’s terrible plan to break skilled immigration
  42. Tuesday discussion post
  43. There’s an awful lot we don’t know about data centers
  44. Monday discussion post
  45. Sunday Thread + Mailbag
  46. The return of institutional purpose
  47. Friday discussion post
  48. Slow Boring D.C. happy hour on Wednesday
  49. You can’t blame housing shortages for literally everything
  50. Thursday discussion post
  51. Stop making up reasons to be mad
  52. Is there a liberal center? Should there be?
  53. Coalescence or ... no-alescence
  54. An easy way to give kids more freedom
  55. Tuesday discussion post
  56. Republicans have a big midterm cash advantage

August 2026

  1. The many ways to build more housing
  2. Democrats should vow to surrender in the Canada trade war
  3. Sunday Thread + Mailbag
  4. Everything is country
  5. Friday discussion post
  6. The Great Awokening started in 2014, not 2020
  7. Thursday discussion post
  8. Politics should be more boring
  9. The “anti-social century” with Derek Thompson
  10. As one housing reform works in Texas, another in Colorado hits a budgetary hitch
  11. YIMBYs already have a bold vision for solving the housing crisis
  12. Tuesday discussion post
  13. The Western water crisis has a simple solution
  14. Three Dan Sullivans walk into a race for Senate
  15. The real reason nobody feels good about technological progress
  16. Sunday Thread + Mailbag
  17. Saturday discussion post
  18. What kind of Democrat can win?
  19. Giving the people what they want (not data centers)
  20. Thursday discussion post
  21. Thousands of years of indoor air pollution
  22. Everyone hates the “elites,” but who are they?
  23. The have-and-have-not housing market
  24. Two kinds of moderate Democrats
  25. Tuesday discussion post
  26. The invisible faction that dominates the Democratic Party
  27. Chaos theory
  28. Woke 1 is dead. We’ve learned nothing.
  29. Sunday Thread + Mailbag
  30. Saturday discussion post
  31. What is college worth?
  32. History often hinges on boring technical questions
  33. Thursday discussion post
  34. Medicare for All should be more like Medicare
  35. From “Bowling Alone” to scrolling alone
  36. New York is building. But where?
  37. Abdul El-Sayed can win moderate voters

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Undated 6

  1. Podcast
  2. Its time for abundance democrats
  3. Slow boring events
  4. How to organize a slow boring meet
  5. Emergency debate pod bye bye biden
  6. How we got here