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Give yourself the gift of doing things • Taking action and helping others is good and feels good.
Give yourself the gift of doing things
Taking action and helping others is good and feels good.
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December 24, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Give yourself the gift of doing things • Taking action and helping others is good and feels good.
Tuesday discussion post
Tuesday discussion post
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December 24, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Tuesday discussion post
Nobody will read this article • And that’s fine — no matter what I wrote about today, it would be doomed.
Nobody will read this article
And that’s fine — no matter what I wrote about today, it would be doomed.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Nobody will read this article • And that’s fine — no matter what I wrote about today, it would be doomed.
Six months of the Evening Edition • Thank you for reading in 2025. See you with more evening content in 2026!
Six months of the Evening Edition
Thank you for reading in 2025. See you with more evening content in 2026!
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December 23, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Six months of the Evening Edition • Thank you for reading in 2025. See you with more evening content in 2026!
The case for progressive austerity • Lower inflation and lower interest rates can be achieved.
The case for progressive austerity
Lower inflation and lower interest rates can be achieved.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The case for progressive austerity • Lower inflation and lower interest rates can be achieved.
Sunday discussion post
Sunday discussion post
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December 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Sunday discussion post
Saturday Thread + Boxing Day Mailbag
Saturday Thread + Boxing Day Mailbag
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December 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Saturday Thread + Boxing Day Mailbag
Tips and the F.B.I. • Civilian involvement is key to solving cases. It’s also amplifying the agency’s mistakes.
Tips and the F.B.I.
Civilian involvement is key to solving cases. It’s also amplifying the agency’s mistakes.
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December 20, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Tips and the F.B.I. • Civilian involvement is key to solving cases. It’s also amplifying the agency’s mistakes.
Everyone should benefit from AI • Plus “Thunderball,” price controls, and liberalism & the limits of politics
Everyone should benefit from AI
Plus “Thunderball,” price controls, and liberalism & the limits of politics
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December 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Everyone should benefit from AI • Plus “Thunderball,” price controls, and liberalism & the limits of politics
Thursday discussion post • What was the last book you read?
Thursday discussion post
What was the last book you read?
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December 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Thursday discussion post • What was the last book you read?
Democrats should try to win in Florida • First step: Find a candidate.
Democrats should try to win in Florida
First step: Find a candidate.
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December 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Democrats should try to win in Florida • First step: Find a candidate.
God or Government • Whose backyard is better for housing?
God or Government
Whose backyard is better for housing?
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December 18, 2025 at 2:03 AM
God or Government • Whose backyard is better for housing?
Confessions of a former “studies say” guy • Wrestling with questions about how we know what we know
Confessions of a former “studies say” guy
Wrestling with questions about how we know what we know
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December 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Confessions of a former “studies say” guy • Wrestling with questions about how we know what we know
Tuesday discussion post • This is who’s in charge?
Tuesday discussion post
This is who’s in charge?
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December 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Tuesday discussion post • This is who’s in charge?
The most important open question about the political future • Can JD Vance sustain Trump’s cult of personality?
The most important open question about the political future
Can JD Vance sustain Trump’s cult of personality?
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December 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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
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
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December 16, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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.
Talking myself into a Netflix-Warner merger
I still have concerns.
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December 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Talking myself into a Netflix-Warner merger • I still have concerns.
Sunday Thread + Mailbag
Sunday Thread + Mailbag
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December 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Sunday Thread + Mailbag
Saturday discussion thread
Saturday discussion thread
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December 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Saturday discussion thread
How large public universities model their funding • Legal and political constraints keep academic, athletic, and other budgets largely separate.
How large public universities model their funding
Legal and political constraints keep academic, athletic, and other budgets largely separate.
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December 13, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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
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
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December 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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.
Thursday discussion post
It looks like many people’s health care will be more expensive next year.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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.
American higher education is adrift
From accommodations to admissions to grade inflation, colleges lack a sense of mission and purpose.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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
Will there be a “great housing reset”?
What’s next for buyers, builders, and cities
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December 11, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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
A Senate majority could be within Democrats’ reach
That’s the real lesson of the Tennessee special — just don’t blow it
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December 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A Senate majority could be within Democrats’ reach • That’s the real lesson of the Tennessee special — just don’t blow it