Matthew Yglesias's Blog, page 90

I’ve Seen a State Put Someone to Death. Don’t Celebrate What’s Happening in Alabama.

Lethal injections, even when performed by a skilled doctor, are cruel.

My Unhappy, Single Sister Demands We Pay Part of Her Bill on Vacation

She always gets her way.

The U.S. Men Got It Done—and Gave Everyone Watching a Heart Attack

They retreated after their goal. Blood pressures surged. But it worked.

The Maddening Tale of Russian Refugees at the U.S. Border

This crisis could become a big problem for President Biden.

Mom Thinks She Protected Me From My Uncle. How Do I Tell Her She Didn’t Do Enough?

Talking creepy uncles and cis-splaining with guest Lisa McIntire.

I’ve Kept up a Lie in the Bedroom for Years. It’s Catching Up to Me.

Is it even a big deal?

Trump Has Been Pushed Back to the White Supremacist Fringe Again. But Is That a Problem for Him?

It's 2015 all over again.

Britain Is Melting Down Over a Disgraced Politician’s Eyebrow-Raising Comeback Strategy on TV

In America, it works the opposite way.

Please Vote in Elon Musk’s Dumb Twitter Polls

We need the "keep Twitter from being overrun by trolls” base to turn out.

The Not-So-Obvious Costs of “Buy Now, Pay Later” Plans

“A lot of people have trouble actually keeping track of what they owe and when,” says Bloomberg’s Paulina Cachero.