Matthew Yglesias's Blog, page 30

Help! I Found My Boyfriend’s Reddit History. Dear God.

Drew Afualo answers your letters.

Has the Internet Made Parenting Easier?

Or has it just created new problems for parents to grapple with?

Netflix’s Pamela Anderson Documentary Is a Wake-Up Call

The Baywatch actress gets the Framing Britney Spears treatment, and the results are grim.

Move Over, Formaldehyde: Those Hot Old Corpses Pulled Out of Bogs Have a Dirty Little Secret

That New York Times story about long-preserved dead bodies enchanted us. So we wrote some alternative headlines for it.

I’m a Drag Queen. Yes, We Have Some Thoughts on George Santos.

It’s fun to giggle at the duplicitous congressman’s queenly past—but there's a much darker side.

My Doctors Say I Must Avoid COVID at All Costs, but My Loved Ones Don’t Seem to Care!

Talking about COVID isolation, reciprocating romance, and musk flavored candy with guest Bay Ryan.

Why a Certain Marie Kondo Quote Set the Parenting World on Fire This Week

All that fury isn’t really about Kondo.

Republicans Are Hoping Trump Will Die Before He Ruins 2024 for Them, but He Is Obviously Never Going To

Never going to die, that is. He will definitely ruin 2024 for them.

The Last of Us’ Gorgeous Gay Love Story Could Not Be More Timely

This wasn’t just easy representation. It felt lived-in, achingly familiar, and pointed.

How the World’s Second-Richest Man Lost $68 Billion in a Week

A bomb has gone off in the Indian business world, all thanks to a scrappy Wall Street short seller.