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Pre-order link for my collection of essays -- "On The Housing Crisis" -- is now live! shorturl.at/uwW89
The Atlantic is publishing several of my essays (with a new introduction) in a book this fall! On the Housing Crisis: Land, Development, Democracy will hit the shelves just in time for you to argue with your various relatives over the holidays.
uh this is a pretty big narrative violation? 83% of Americans support giving medicine to developing nations 78% support giving them food and clothing 63% support economic development 61% support strengthening democracy close enough, welcome back liberal internationalism
The arrogance of this one family and the damage it has done to our country helps you understand why the early historians of the collapse of the Roman Republic spent so much time harping on the moral degeneration of the nation’s elites.
Hunter Biden just went off on the Democratic Party: "Fuck him and everybody around him... George Clooney is not a fucking an actor. He's a brand." "James Carville hasn't won a race in 40 fucking years." "David Axelrod had one success in his political life and that was Barack…
Decentralization of land use authority is *the most significant driver* of NYC's affordable housing crisis. A strong state that can make clear, rational decisions with input from the community needs to eliminate hyperlocal governance veto points like this. This is how good…
The Charter Commission’s Final Report significantly weakens the City Council’s role in land use decisions. This shift toward executive control undermines democratic oversight and meaningful public engagement. I stand with my colleagues who are fighting back. Our statement below:
george clooney showed more civic virtue in 2024 than almost any democratic current or former officeholder
A depressing thing about the Democratic Party is that the party actually would work better if George Clooney were in charge
‘Migrants at a Miami immigration jail were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and made to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates “like dogs”’ per allegations in a report from @hrw .
What I learned covering the abuses at Abu Ghraib in Iraq is that a system that encourages treating people like animals will eventually end up with abuse. A reminder most of those being held have not committed any crimes. theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…
One of the most maddening aspects of this story is learning how many times experts and lawmakers have agreed eliminating this rule is worth doing x.com/mattyglesias/s…
More and more people are talking about permanent chassis regulation! Great piece from @rcobooth and you can really see what a big deal this in a place like Maine where density is low but lots of people are struggling with a surge in housing demand. vox.com/policy/420254/…
This under-construction 7-bedroom, $14mm mansion did not have to pay any affordable housing fee. If you built a five-unit apartment of the same size, it'd need to pay a $360,000 affordable housing fee. How do five small homes neg. impact affordability more than one mansion?
She was and is by far the best transit governor in decades. Certainly not perfect, but has been genuinely great re: promoting MTA projects, finding money for the MTA, etc. There’s still a lot more work to do and the bar was very, very low.
What happened to Hochul? She's eons better in policy & messaging than just a year ago.
What happened to Hochul? She's eons better in policy & messaging than just a year ago.
Take it from a Queens parent: six months in, congestion pricing is working. Safer streets. Less traffic. A stronger economy. Better transit. That’s what progress looks like.
The Syrian jihadis seem to have only killed about 500 Druze, compared to 50,000 people killed in Gaza. I think the Druze events have gotten 1% of the coverage of Gaza, which is proportional to the number of deaths. In any case, the US pushed for a cease-fire in Druze regions of…