WAMU stands for We Are Messing Up washingtonian.com/2024/04/19/why…

It's terrible to lose such a talented reporter

This detail. And the kicker on this story is just incredible. Tremendous work from Andrew Beaujon washingtonian.com/2024/04/19/why…

Georgists: Taxing expensive land would redistribute people more efficiently across existing housing and incentivize more housing in high-demand places.

Like Joe Biden says, you don't need to compare YIMBYism to the Almighty, just the alternative

NIMBYs know this & usually refuse to discuss the alternative to building...

But now somebody's actually written it in public & it's so awful I'm shocked they put their names on it!

You, a dullard: It might be hard but we should build more housing
Me, a genius: We will simply redistribute all existing housing

Steve Inskeep's response to Ari Berliner is a damning indictment of The Free Press as a publication that doesn't do even basic fact checking steveinskeep.substack.com/p/how-my-npr-c…

I got a choose-your-own-adventure email pitch

Imagine what it would take for USC to cancel a football game over security threats. Asking us to believe that's the real reason here strains credulity.

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SCOOP. Smithsonian Institution Cracks Down on Drag Shows // my latest for ⁦The New Republic⁩ newrepublic.com/article/180752…

Back when Monarch Novelties was still occasionally open, it was a rare place where you could hear a white person speaking in a native Washingtonian accent. Robinson and his brother would tell stories but also follow you to make sure you weren't shoplifting
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This Michael Graves project was supposed to replace the AutoZone on H Street but now it sounds like that's not happening? bizjournals.com/washington/new…

“OJ fooled a lot of people. Few of them were black.” I’ve been thinking about the things Ralph Wiley wrote about OJ Simpson ever since I read them, going back almost 30 years ago. So I wrote about it. slate.com/culture/2024/0…

Barack Obama Presidential Library Center and Mini Putt

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