The Friday Focus #4: What Lasts, Supercitizens, and Bryan Cranston

Plus: the inner workings of the Nintendo Gameboy

Institutions Matter

This year's economics Nobel and how it relates to this year's election

The Friday Focus #3: Organ Donors, Murder, and the Paradoxes of Democracy

One Year On

A year after the October 7th attacks, has anything changed?

The Friday Focus — Null Island, Wealth Waves, and Pomplamoose

What to Expect from Tonight's Debate

JD Vance and Tim Walz square off tonight. Some thoughts about what each candidate needs to do to come away a winner.

The Friday Focus — Neil Gorsuch, Mike Posner, and Impossible Democracy

Change is Coming

A short update about the future of the newsletter

The Wages of Hate

Our politics can and must start with loving our neighbors, not lying about them.

The New Blood Libel

In which Republican campaigns spread rumors about a law-abiding group of immigrants to win a few more votes in November

What Conservatives Get Wrong About Political Division

As always, we need to remember that we're not in traffic; we are traffic

The Uneven Scale

Why you shouldn't support Trump, even if you oppose Kamala Harris