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November 2026

  1. The end of purple Colorado?
  2. Friday discussion post
  3. The enigma of Trump
  4. Thursday discussion post
  5. It’s so over for AIPAC
  6. “The Argument” podcast, ad free: What do we really know about Elizabeth Holmes?
  7. Wednesday discussion post
  8. The way forward
  9. Seventeen thoughts on an epic repudiation of Donald Trump
  10. Election night discussion post
  11. What not to watch tonight
  12. What did the right win with Malfoid?
  13. The seven most important midterms of all time
  14. Sunday Thread

October 2026

  1. Supernatural NIMBYs
  2. Friday discussion post
  3. The underrated — but hated — insights of Econ 101
  4. Thursday discussion post
  5. “The Argument” podcast, ad free: The human condition in the age of A.I.
  6. How I would fix all of America’s major problems
  7. A pastor, a Tejano singer, and a slew of salmon and Sullivans walk into a midterm
  8. Those who work and those who post
  9. Tuesday discussion post
  10. Why I don’t write about A.I. all the time
  11. Make housing affordable again
  12. Scammy fundraising is a big problem
  13. Sunday Thread + Mailbag
  14. The polls were fake, but the results were real
  15. Friday discussion post
  16. Obama’s forgotten late-term moves
  17. Thursday discussion post
  18. “The Argument” podcast, ad free: Can Congress finally pass permitting reform?
  19. Your favorite cause is not the civil rights movement and neither is mine
  20. Republicans are scrambling to beat the odds
  21. Americans need to get out of the house
  22. Tuesday discussion post
  23. Our culture is way too eager to embrace deception
  24. Housing is on the ballot
  25. Don’t get complacent but also don’t doom
  26. Sunday Thread + Mailbag
  27. The voice of a generation
  28. Friday discussion post
  29. The lost wisdom of the Old Moderates
  30. Thursday discussion post
  31. Why anti-Israel protestors are targeting New York’s anti-Zionist mayor
  32. “The Argument” podcast, ad free: Who should history cancel?
  33. Paying Whole Foods prices for a losing basket
  34. The right-wing obsession with “The Indian Question”
  35. Tuesday discussion post
  36. Destroying the West in order to save it
  37. Monday discussion post
  38. Live your values, and adopt values to live by
  39. Sunday Thread + Mailbag
  40. I went to the Renaissance fair and got a lesson in belonging
  41. Friday discussion post
  42. The dream of Blue Texas
  43. Thursday discussion post
  44. An honest framework for assessing electoral performance
  45. “The Argument” podcast, ad free: Jordan Schneider talks China’s AI hype
  46. A blue wave is building as the G.O.P.’s numbers sink
  47. There aren’t 100 good TV shows
  48. Tuesday discussion post
  49. The permitting deal is good and should pass
  50. With a new agenda, the Build America Caucus gets ambitious with abundance
  51. Trump’s new student loan rule is fine
  52. Sunday Thread + Mailbag
  53. An A.I. legislator running a cost campaign
  54. Friday discussion post
  55. How blue-state Republicans can be relevant again
  56. Thursday discussion post
  57. “The Argument” podcast, ad free: Europe’s liberals are losing on immigration
  58. 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?

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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