An Announcement

I'm writing a book!

Picking the Wrong Fight

The Groups are a problem, but not in the way many Democrats seem to think they are.

Throw Them A Party, II

Some more thoughts on rebuilding civic infrastructure

The Party Should Throw Them a Party

A proposal for how to build a more durable Democratic coalition

Blue Cities and States Need to Get Their Act Together

Urban dysfunction is eroding our last bulwark against Trumpism

Some Thoughts About Tuesday

Trying to make sense of what happened

How I'm Thinking About the Polls

A little pre-election hopium

YIMBYism and Fatalism, cont.

YIMBYs are Proving the Fatalists Wrong

A response to Steve Randy Waldman

Seniors and Safe Streets

Everyone loses when we build our cities for cars instead of humans

Give the People What They Want

On Alex Garland's Civil War

Housekeeping Note

Obligatory "why I left Substack" post