If we build our parking lots for Black Friday, we should build our pedestrian infrastructure for #Halloween

As always, I’m super excited for everyone with a political model so flexible that every single event affirms it perfectly

If Democrats can't solve all the problems that Republicans caused, then voters can hardly be blamed for electing Republicans again.

A sharrow says to me, "Yeah, we thought about bicyclists, but ultimately decided that it would be fine if they died."

People Magazine named Paul Rudd the Sexiest Man Alive earlier today. Here's why that's bad news for Joe Biden.

Sandy Johnston 🚰 Or the reverse: the agenda is popular, but remains in limbo because of dysfunctional governing institutions, which hurts popularity, which further erodes the institutions.

Time to abandon the "it's all about messaging" fantasy. The Words Democrats Use Are Not the Real Problem nytimes.com/2021/12/07/opi…

being a journalist is getting excited to learn a bunch of new things until it's time to figure out how to explain all the things coherently

Paul Goldberger Why does so much of America look like sh*t? One reason is that one-hundred years ago we gave control of our streets to traffic engineers and Depts. of Transportation whose primary interest was the free flow of traffic.

The true appeal of Wordle is that it’s not too difficult. Most players win more than they lose. It’s a small daily win that is predictable and rarely overwhelming. What we all need more of these days are things that *aren’t too difficult* *THANK YOU FOR COMING TO MY TED TALK*

A too-rare example of deep context reporting in sports, when the go-to approach is narrowly focused finger pointing | Great job Dvora Meyers | Russian Doping Isn't The Only Problem In Figure Skating 53eig.ht/3sIBWF9

Sports is all about all-in determination, right? Never give in. But business consultant Bob Melville uses the recent Final Four match-ups to distinguish between boundaries in sports and those missing from competition in contermporary politics: civicway.substack.com/p/the-game-of-…

Whoever invented the "unsubscribe" email function was probably also responsible for the "door close" elevator button.

Baby boomers came of age distrusting big institutions, developers and growth. Now their values are better known as NIMBYism. Such a smart Conor Dougherty piece on how the ideas of one generation become the burdens of the next one. nytimes.com/2022/06/05/bus…

Close. Homeowner cartel successfully limiting output of new homes.

Housing forecasts have stumped some of the brightest minds, leaving too many out in the cold. Our Ben Brown gleans insights on what’s next from Arthur C. Nelson. #housing #trends placemakers.com/2023/03/07/the…

Boomers' choices are already blamed for their impacts on #affordablehousing . What if their final act as a generation makes the #housingcrisis supply-demand gap even harder to fix? Chris Nelson lays out the issues in a two-part Q&A: bit.ly/3kX2P8D

This seems wise: Progressives need to embrace progress, by Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 open.substack.com/pub/noahpinion…

The best pro-housing policy is the one that can pass.