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Tuesday Thread
Criticizing China isn't racist
And criticizing Israel isn't antisemitic either. These are countries; they do things and get criticized
Big Mac-ghazi
Enjoy the long Weekend
Sunday Thread
It's time to take Andrew Yang's policy ideas seriously
Yang runs on good, popular poverty-focused policies. His opponents mostly don't.
Friday Thread
Free markets are creating a major free speech problem
Integration with China was supposed to spread our values; it's done the opposite
Thursday Thread
What is historic preservation for?
Utopia should look new
Wednesday Thread
The media's lab leak fiasco
A huge fuckup, with perhaps not-so-huge policy stakes
Tuesday Thread
What comes after the "defund" fad?
It's time to get serious about crime and policing
Monday Thread
The case for higher alcohol taxes
It turns out that alcohol is pretty bad