All articles from Slow Boring
The most important open question about the political future
Can JD Vance sustain Trump’s cult of personality?
A tale of Time and Warner
The corporate history of Time Inc., its merger with Warner Communications to form Time Warner, and many other things
Talking myself into a Netflix-Warner merger
I still have concerns.
Sunday Thread + Mailbag
Ask your questions below.
Saturday discussion thread
Happy Saturday.
How large public universities model their funding
Legal and political constraints keep academic, athletic, and other budgets largely separate.
Gavin Newsom is the 2028 front-runner and that’s bad
Plus the SPEED Act, the Pope’s pricing strategy, and some Dutch politics takes
Thursday discussion post
It looks like many people’s health care will be more expensive next year.
American higher education is adrift
From accommodations to admissions to grade inflation, colleges lack a sense of mission and purpose.
Will there be a “great housing reset”?
What’s next for buyers, builders, and cities
A Senate majority could be within Democrats’ reach
That’s the real lesson of the Tennessee special — just don’t blow it
Tuesday discussion post
A Matthew Yglesias-X roundup
Even meritocratic systems aren’t fair
Hard work and intelligence are important, but luck matters a lot.
Shrinking rural school districts threaten Republican strongholds
Districts experiment with structural changes as political resistance to new funding leaves Republican-leaning communities to absorb the fallout.
A bolder vision for American energy
You can’t “electrify everything” without more electricity.
Sunday Thread + Mailbag
Ask your questions below.
Saturday discussion post
Happy Saturday.
The stakes in the Affordable Care Act subsidy debate
Who stands to lose
Imagining pro-growth urbanism
Plus my plan to spend $1 billion and the hottest Charles Evans Hughes takes around
Thursday discussion post
What happened to the smartest person you went to school with?
You can afford a tradlife
It’s rising, not falling, wages and incomes that make full-time homemaking rare.
Prices rise and experiments abound
Amid HUD shake-ups and rising costs, local governments experiment with new models to keep homes affordable.