Matthew Yglesias's Blog, page 15

The Unprecedented Collapse of a College Basketball Powerhouse

Who’s to blame for this fiasco?

Real Church Committee Advises Jim Jordan’s “New Church Committee” to Change Course

Jordan's approach is nothing like what the Church Committee sought to achieve.

Shrimp Larvae Have a Bizarre Secret Way to Hide From Predators

We can learn a thing or two from their tricks.

The Georgia Trump Grand Jury Report Strongly Suggests Indictments Are Coming

To a former federal prosecutor, the tea leaves are there to read.

Contributors to NYT: Your Trans Coverage Is Terrible. Pamela Paul: Hold My Beer.

There is way more wrong with the columnist's defense of J.K. Rowling than its incredibly bad timing.

The Great Misunderstanding of Reese Witherspoon

Blithely chasing a middling love interest was never her thing.

I Challenged Trump’s Coup Attempt From the Bench. I Never Expected to Become a Target Myself.

As a Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice, I never imagined that working to protect our country’s democracy would go like this.

I’m Suddenly Very Interested in My Wife’s Sexy Fan Fiction. I’m Worried She Won’t Like Why.

I've teased her about it before.

The Very Serious Lessons We Should Learn From the Balloon Fiasco

The balloon didn't have to trigger this kind of diplomatic crisis.

There’s a Growing Crisis in Our Social Lives. Is the Cure This Simple?

We’re suffering from a “quiet catastrophe.” What if the fix is something we used to do all the time?