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Opinion pieces on economics, technology, politics and culture.
The views and opinions expressed in these posts are my own and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of my employer.
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- American Science Needs a Scorecard That Survives an Election
- New York's Congestion Toll Must Earn Its Next Increase
- The Tariff Wall Hides America's EV Gap Without Closing It
- College Should Not Win by Default
- Winning Washington Should Matter Less
- Trump's Tariffs Raised Revenue, Not the Factory Jobs He Promised
- The Playoff Committee Must Explain When Head-to-Head Counts
- Before Europe Spends Russia's Money, It Should Say Who Repays
- Someone Has to Check an AI Draft Before Anyone Relies on It
- The 50-Year Mortgage Treats a Housing Shortage as a Payment Problem
- Baseball Needs a Superteam Worth Beating
- Missed Car Payments Expose Strained Household Budgets
- Streaming Is Rebuilding Cable One Merger at a Time, and That's Fine
- Washington Should Lower Rare-Earth Refining Costs, Not Buy Into Refiners
- The Louvre's Jewel Cases Should Have Bought More Time
- Regional Banks Should Share Back Offices, Not Owners
- Growth Lasts Only as Long as We Let Incumbents Lose
- The Nobel Still Outranks Its Richer Rivals
- The Annual Fee Is the Part of a Premium Card That Works
- A 72-Hour Week Is an Honest Filter and a Bad Default
- The Best Sequel to "Coraline" Is "Coraline"
- Every Search of an American Should Carry a Name and a Reason
- We Should Let Spoken English Shed Some Rules
- Republicans Should Not Play Investor With Tax Dollars
- Cities Should Not Condemn Homes for Private Developers
- Paying People to Move Won't Thaw the Housing Freeze
- The Pentagon Must Prove It Can Replace Its Drones
- Public Media Should Have Put the Emergency Signal Before the News
- We Lost the Permission to Be Alone in Public
- Firing the BLS Chief Makes the Next Good Jobs Report Suspect
- Creedence Clearwater Revival Invented the Bayou and Told the Truth
- Las Vegas Should Cut the Price of a Good Time
- National Parks Are an Inheritance That Comes With a Repair Bill
- Trump Should Let Powell Finish His Term
- It Is Fine to Stay Mediocre at What You Love
- Wealthy Colleges Should Disclose Their Admissions Preferences