Matthew Yglesias's Blog, page 134

We Can’t Quit Elon

Ed Lee joins Slate Money to talk inflation, Nobel Prizes and Elon Musk.

What Makes Online Advice Good?

Slate’s Dear Prudence is here to talk about giving advice online and why everybody likes to chime in with their own opinion.

The ’70s Was a Very Funky Decade.

Funk by the ’70s was the cutting edge of Black pop music, prefiguring disco and rap—and offering headier concepts and more outlandish costumes than rock.

The Rings of Power’s Big Twist Wasn’t Really About Sauron

The finale’s surprise revealed more than just the Dark Lord’s identity.

My Husband and I Can’t Stop Spending Thousands of Dollars on Dining Out and Target Runs

He says we're "seeing dollar signs."

The Real Significance of John Fetterman Using Closed Captioning

It appears that some major journalists know very little about disabilities and accommodations.

The Most Revelatory Piece of the New Nancy Pelosi Jan. 6 Footage

How the hearings turned Donald Trump's favorite medium against him.

A Villain Too Villainous Even for the NFL

Everyone hates the league’s owners. The owners all hate one of their own. Will he be forced to sell the team?

The Supreme Court Could Not Have Timed Its Latest Attack on Unions Any Worse

The strike wave that is sweeping the country shows that when they can, workers are often willing to take huge risks to fight for better jobs.

The Real Reason Alex Jones Was Hit With a Nearly $1 Billion Sandy Hook Judgment

These families' emotional distress is severe and permanent, and the many millions in damages awarded to them is fully justified.