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I feel like all the candidates in a Democratic Party primary in New Jersey are going to have the same position on abortion rights — would be more interesting to know where people stand on housing, transportation, and education.

Trump killed the SAT, Biden brought it back.

We’re living in essentially the best of times, but news & social media have gotten better at compulsive negativity so people want to do angry posts rather than work on solving problems.

slowboring.com/p/were-living-…

Every time we look under the hood at exactly how the different inflation indexes are calculated I gain renewed faith that we should be targeting NGDP instead — the real world is nominal!

Ethical Hustler Inflation is a big annoyance, but the fact is inflation-adjusted consumption is higher than it was in 2019 not lower.

There should be a special flag to honor our Roof Troops.

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Every time I’m stuck in a traffic jam I am baffled that congestion pricing isn’t seen as a more common sense idea.

Wouldn’t it just obviously be better for your city to have fewer traffic jams + a lower sales tax?

Trump, on the campaign trail in 2020, frequently liked to claim credit for an initiative to raise the price of milk.

Matthew Yglesias Also 'loan delinquency' is very low!

Housing and student loans are near all time lows. Credit card and auto delinquency are at historical norms!

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We’re back!

(American society’s self-correcting mechanisms are more robust than many conservatives fear or at least claim to fear)

I found Matthew Yglesias's Monday essay on Slow Boring to be so stimulating that I ended up writing an essay of my own on the subject. tinyurl.com/5a3vnujt 1/3

Whine less, do more.

slowboring.com/p/were-living-…

It’s too bad this car doesn’t have a front license plate that could be used to help identify it.

Most people out of compliance with this rule aren’t doing murders, but non-enforcement makes it harder to catch dangerous criminals.

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Need every member of congress to say whether OJ was guilty or not.

Food is the most material concern but also good food does so much for our intangible enjoyment of life. It’s not helping anyone to lose sight of the big picture. open.substack.com/pub/matthewygl…