I don't like it when characters break the fourth wall in movies. Don't tell us, Kermit, tell Miss Piggy.

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The first problem here is it assumes we aren’t already in a race for the bottom. We have been for forty years but only one side has been racing, which has already led to #2. So the argument is the only way out is to join the race and win.

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For a while I was like “worse, there are horrors on the other side of the filibuster” but these days I more tend to “listen, are we a self-governing people or not.”

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strategic political capture of the court has, for 40 years, been a one-way ratchet. among other things, this has inculcated a sense among conservatives that they can act with virtual impunity. showing them that their opponents will play hardball is a necessary first step toward a better status quo.

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This article quotes a sociology professor, a lawyer, and an architect who reject the notion that housing prices are set by supply and demand and do not believe that building more homes reduces rents. It is the housing policy equivalent of platforming climate change deniers.

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