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Will AI Kill All the Jobs?

Some predict a fundamental restructuring of the economy.

Class Sorting in American Politics

Most high-income Congressional Districts are Democratic and low-income Districts are Republican.

The Trump Show

The real media bias.

Republicans and Democratic Backsliding

When winning is the only acceptable outcome.

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California Revisiting Travel Ban

A symbolic gesture is now highly impractical, if not harmful.

Police Speculation and Contagion Fears

Balancing the public’s desire to know and the potential for harm is not easy.

Digital Blackface!

Inventing outrage in an already outrageous world.

Americans Don’t Live as Long as We Should

We’re falling further behind for many reasons.

Are eBooks Books and eLibraries Libraries?

A pending lawsuit seeks to settle those questions.

Microsoft Going All-in On AI

The future is here, whether we like it or not.

Of Motes and Beams

The left and right are attacking basic rights. But not equally.

Dilbert Canceled

Newspapers across the country are dropping the popular strip over a racist rant.

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The Value Of Cultivating Some Self Doubt

Tips for how to check yourself before you wreck yourself.

Risk, Reward, and Statecraft

President Biden’s dangerous gambit seems to have succeeded.

The Electric Mismatch

Cheap, big, fast: pick two.

OTB at 20

A look back at two decades of blogging.

Ukraine: Too Much Is Not Enough

The appetite for more resources approaches infinity.

Gay Wedding Cake Baker Back in Court

Here we go again.

Manchin 2024? Hogan 2024?

The market for competent centrists.

The Chaos is the Point

The anti-McCarthy holdouts have no end game.

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How Misinformation Spreads

What a too-good-too-be-true story shows us about the modern news business.

Trump Committed Four Crimes, Say January 6 Committee

The ball is now in Merrick Garland’s court.

Crisis of Confidence

Why have Americans lost trust in their institutions?

GOP Continues to Fail the Test

The response to extreme rhetoric from Trump is producing the some old responses.

Trump’s Rhetoric and the GOP’s Test

Spoiler alert: the GOP has already failed this test multiple times.

Minority Rule Isn’t a Myth

The will of the majority can prevail even in a skewed system.

Everybody Needs Some Elbow Room!

A memory of pop culture and its linkage to broader myths about America.

Making Sense of the Election

Parsing the results thus far.

Murdoch Gunning for Trump

The New York Post and Wall Street Journal are blasting the losing loser.

Trump 2022’s Biggest Loser

The 2020 loser has doubled down on losing.

Calcified Democracy

A deep dive into why our politics are so broken.

Craziness, Disconnectedness, and a Toxic Political Climate Equals Violence

The attack at the Pelosi house should surprise no one.

The Media is Biased Against Us!

Journalists openly root for a good story.

Fear and Resentment of a Changing America

A revealing comparison of Republican districts that deny and don’t deny the 2020 outcome.

“Words Have Power”

Thinking about a cliche that is nonetheless correct.

Reparative Semantics? Or Gobbledygook?

Do last year’s words belong to last year’s language?

Democracy and ZIP Codes

The rules for voting in America vary widely.

America’s Woeful Defense Industrial Capacity

Eighteen HIMARS and what do you get? Years older and deeper in debt.

Price Differentiation and Class Consciousness

Apparently, more expensive versions of products are often better.

The Emerging Democratic Majority at 20

How well has the famous thesis fared?

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The Declining Market for News

Reading habits continue to evolve, not necessarily for the better.

Anti-Zionism Isn’t Anti-Semitism

Many young, progressive Jews are feeling unwelcome in young, progressive circles.

American Civil War II is Unlikely but Not Impossible

A repeat of 1860 can’t happen. But something even worse could.

Trump Tipping Point?

As more details emerge about the documents he stole, defenders are falling away.

Student Debt Relief is Expensive

A proposed $10,000 writeup would cost more than $300,000,000,000.

Masking and Endemic COVID

Most Americans are choosing to live a normal life in abnormal times.

Nonhierarchical Parties and the Problems of Candidate Selection

American parties are coordination problems with shared branding.

Social Justice the New Religion?

The intersection of politics, morality, and meaning.

We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Constitution

Is it time to call the whole thing off?