Slow Boring — Archive

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Sunday Thread + Mailbag
Saturday discussion post
Could the Second Mexican Empire have endured?
Plus the case for proportional representation, Obama’s foreign policy, and an S-Bahn for Greater Boston
I don’t buy your “dating recession”
The collapse of romantic infrastructure is an engineering failure, not a Gen Z character flaw.
The demonic policy strangling the British economy
Meet the “triple lock”
Thursday discussion post
Worst casting choice of all time?
Maybe *all* rental housing should be owned by large institutional investors
A much better idea than the opposite!
One bad provision could sink a critical bipartisan housing bill
Despite sweeping support and real substance, a poorly drafted investor ban could kill the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act.
Nobody plans for a quagmire
Behind every military disaster is an honest mistake.
Tuesday discussion post
Some takes you will have missed if you aren’t on X
A.O.C. is not the problem
Centrist Democrats need to push for change, not bandwagon behind the broken establishment.
First primaries, first lessons
Plus, more Republican retirements and Trump’s Iran problem
Everyone gets canceled sooner or later
You may as well just stir the pot.
Sunday Thread + Mailbag
Saturday discussion post