Slow Boring — Archive

A new bill pits housing supply against environmental groups.

The “Southern surge” is great, but it’s just four states.

Fish abundance

Benefits for the elderly have gotten more generous and there are more old people than ever.

“I’m not going to start a war. I’m going to stop wars.”

Trump’s attack on Venezuela recapitulates Venezuela’s failed economic model

Can you really bring machine gun charges against a foreign head of state?

Plus necktie advice, M.T.A. elevator spending, and the truth about my group chat with Marc Andreessen

And now for Matt’s takes

Warning: This is very long because I’m trying to be thorough.

I thought this day would never come

The center of everyone’s 2026 agenda

Two weeks or two years?