Matthew Yglesias's Blog, page 167

The Uncanny Scenes After the Queen’s Death at a British Café Far From the Motherland

Fox News cameras, grumbling Irish employees, and a long-lived life-size cutout of the queen.

Help! I Want to Model My Life After the Golden Girls. My Kids Have Other Plans.

They took it as a personal offense.

I’m Still Thinking About Witnessing the GOAT’s Final Fight

Serena Williams is still hanging over this U.S. Open, even as it enters its final rounds.

Hey, Parents of K–5 Kids: Hands Off the Homework!

If they don't ask for help, you don't need to offer.

I Can See Why CNN Is Booting All the Trump Critics Who Work There

There’s a noble explanation for the network’s play for “the center.” But it’s still doomed.

Oz Is Coming In Hot

He’s putting a bruising summer of polling behind him.

DWAC SPAC Setback

Slate Money talks the Lizes, DWAC, and The Wing.

Everyone Wants to Be a Food Influencer … or Do They?

TikTok has totally changed how we cook online.

The Never Accountable Former President and His Many Enablers in Robes

From Mar-a-Lago to the Supreme Court, a system that’s failing to protect democracy

I Just Sold My Business for a Boatload of Money, but My Family Still Thinks I’m a Lazy Leech

Should I pour wine on them to escape the conversation?