I don’t think the NYT graphics team had to work hard on this one

Still very much TBD if Musk is serious about wanting to reform government, but his reaching out to Jennifer Pahlka would be a good sign

My latest #VitalCenter podcast is up -- a discussion with Marc J. Dunkelman about his terrific new book, "Why Nothing Works." It will be of particular interest to those who hope to recover the best parts of the Progressive Movement's belief in progress. niskanencenter.org/why-nothing-wo…

A terrific assessment of moderate Republican leader Margaret Heckler, whose current obscurity owes much to the prevailing incomprehension and hostility toward people who don’t fit into standard political categories

🎶 Ostdeutschland town a dead-end world/ The Right-Wing boys and Left-Wing girls 🎶

“Academia’s leftward drift is a problem.” How great it would have been if the liberal establishment had acknowledged this at any point over the last 25 years prior to the violent Trumpian overcorrection we’re now experiencing. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/…

It was a real privilege to be able to speak with former Harvard University president Neil L. Rudenstine on the #VitalCenter podcast. His new memoir, "Our Contentious Universities," brilliantly compares current campus protests to '60s upheavals and '90s culture wars niskanencenter.org/our-contentiou…

The vibe shift is real. (Phillips Collection January vs. March)

I know a number of Europeans who would strongly endorse the view that none of Catturd’s followers should travel to Europe

Impressive. Very nice. Now do Lord Byron. theguardian.com/science/2025/a…

In classic moderate fashion, I’m already getting caught in the crossfire between those who think Harvard deserves three cheers and those who’d give it one or none allthingsinmoderation.substack.com/p/two-cheers-f…

This will be as incomprehensible to succeeding generations as the headlong rush into World War I was to our predecessors

Sarah is always right.

It would sound like a parody if it wasn’t, you know, the Democrats