Jim Meigs
@jamesbmeigs
Sr fellow @ManhattanInst; contrib editor @CityJournal. Tech columnist @Commentary. Words: @WSJ, @Slate. Former @PopMech EIC. I beg to differ.
Gutsy piece.
There are too many dogs in American cities. Not just in parks, but in grocery stores, restaurants, and strollers. The urban dog has gone from companion to cultural force—and it’s reshaping how cities work. 🧵
Reject the constraints of "despite" Embrace the liberation of "because"
"despite" 🤔
The funny thing about these videos is that they are incredibly good PR for the police.
BREAKING: The Islamist who screamed at a Muslim NYPD officer for stopping rioters from burning down NYC has been revealed as an intern for Zohran Mamdani. These are the lunatics who’ll run the city if he becomes mayor.
A Third-Way Endgame for Israel in Gaza. Pause the war. Flood Gaza with food. But don’t let an ounce of construction material in until Hamas meets Israel’s demands. Hamas may fight it. But the Gazans will have their say. My latest for @Commentary. commentary.org/jonathan-schan…
HISTORIC NUCLEAR RESTART MILESTONE For the first time ever in the U.S., the NRC has approved a license transfer for a shut down nuclear plant—Palisades—to move from decommissioning back to operating! The plant aims to be restarted by the end of 2025, bringing 800 MWs of clean…
What a fun and fascinating conversation.
Had a great conversation with @nickgillespie reflecting on my time in Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker, and unpacking why streaming royalties are broken by design. bitli.pro/2wPPw_594403c3
Want to know how Vienna's housing sausage is really made? @TobiasPeterAEI explains @CityJournal:
Why do people look younger today than they used to? Part of the answer is the changing nature of the American workforce. kiteandkeymedia.com/videos/how-ame…
Spending the afternoon catching up with @Dr_Keefer's excellent interviews with nuclear savant @jbkrell on the Decouple podcast. They cover what went wrong at Vogtel, why small reactors are misunderstood, and more. youtube.com/watch?v=fsv7Vt…
My latest in City Journal: city-journal.org/article/wisdom…
Enjoyed watching the Zombies documentary "Hung Up on a Dream" and then seeing Colin Blunstone of the Zombies do a set with director Rob Schwartzman and his band Rooney.
NASA’s inspector general estimates that each Space Launch System flight will cost more than $4 billion, a price tag that makes routine launches impossible, @jamesbmeigs writes.
NASA has many insiders eager to fix its broken human spaceflight program. But with no administrator or advocate in the White House it can't make needed changes. Now Congress has just locked in SLS—a rocket too expensive to fly—instead of backing reforms. My take in @CityJournal
NASA today is leaderless and drifting, even as China surges ahead with efforts to land its astronauts on the moon and outpace the U.S. in space exploration, @jamesbmeigs writes.
A bit of clarification--though I don’t think my circumstances are particularly interesting or consequential. That said, and regardless of the points below, the President is entitled to assemble the leadership team he believes will best serve his administration. I have been…
Eagle River , Wisconsin, where they haven’t gotten the message that you’re not supposed to be proud to be an American.