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Rooted in Place April 23, 2025
Even though American economic growth continues to beat out the competition, most Americans report being unhappy with their lives as well as the direction of the country. While the United States is richer than its peers, it does worse on a slew of ind...
Tiki’s Tide Crests Again April 18, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO—On the sidewalk in front of a nondescript building on an unremarkable street in a nameless neighborhood one recent Tuesday afternoon, a small crowd begins queuing up. The array of aloha shirts and a large bouncer pleasantly chatting wit...
Indie, Please April 15, 2025
In the late 2000s and early 2010s, I went to many rock shows in Williamsburg and Bushwick. The neighborhoods, like me, were a bit scruffier then. The glass monoliths had not yet swallowed up the waterfront....
Bad Ghibli April 03, 2025
To slop or not to slop. It was one of those days on the internet. Last week, after the introduction of Open AI’s 4o model enabled advanced image generation in ChatGPT, users quickly discovered they could generate a picture of… well, almost anything t...
There’s Nothing Righteous About Vandalizing Teslas April 03, 2025
In my neighborhood just outside of Washington, D.C., most Tesla owners I come across now have a bumper sticker with the words “I bought this before Elon went crazy.” What was once a symbol of middle-class eco-consciousness has turned into a toxic bad...
