That paradox explains the fair’s generosity. Absolutely nothing there is serious, so nothing, and no one, can be mocked, and people are free to be sincere. Belonging is usually gated by time, ...

The iconic line “Call me Ishmael” should be spoken dialogue, not voiceover. It should be the narrator trying to make ...

I don’t agree with her position on the new permitting reform bill, but I think Genevieve Guenther perfectly captures the disagreement between the left and center-left: The bill would facilitate the ...

After you’ve finished reading today’s post, I hope you’ll check out the latest episode of “The Argument” podcast, where Jerusalem and I are joined by Jordan Schneider of ChinaTalk for a wide-ranging ...

Speaking of which, there’s also a bunch of works on the list that aren’t TV shows at all in a traditional sense. “Chernobyl,” ...

The Trump administration finalized a new regulation governing student loans back in July. At the time, it didn’t receive much attention outside of the higher-education specialty press, though the New ...

I put economics first on my manifesto, because it’s substantively the most important point. But item number two about public order is, I think, the most important politically. Somewhere on the road ...

At this point, everyone who cares about education policy at all has probably listened to Emily Hanford’s “Sold a Story” podcast series, or pretends to have, and is aware that there is a correct way to ...

You know the drill. Tuesday discussion post You know the drill. Halina Bennet ...

Zohran Mamdani rolled out a housing transition team on Monday, and it includes some very exciting names: Paul Williams from the Center for Public Enterprise; Carlina Rivera, who was a courageous YIMBY ...

I love walkable cities with mass transit and traditional urbanism, but I actually don’t love huge cities. In the United States, these things tend to go together. New York City is gigantic and accounts ...