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Why you should keep your therapy session even when you don't have anything to talk about
2+ hour ago (350+ words) Toughing out that awkward silence can help deeper issues come to the surface." If you, like me, often start your sessions by apologizing for "have nothing going on," consider this permission not to worry or feel awkward. Matt Sosnowsky, a…...
How Austin's stunning drop in rents explains housing in America
2+ hour, 30+ min ago (846+ words) We finally have some good news about housing affordability. Here is one narrative violation in the usual drumbeat of doom that we're used to hearing about housing in America: The rent, in many cities across the US, is getting cheaper....
Pete Hegseth preaches "maximum lethality." What has that meant in Iran?
16+ hour, 35+ min ago (606+ words) How Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump are waging war in Iran. Even before the Trump administration went to war with Iran, it was talking differently about its approach to combat. After notching successes in Venezuela and in last year's limited…...
We have no idea if Iran can still build a bomb
20+ hour, 30+ min ago (948+ words) The central goal of the war is nowhere near a resolution. The focus of the US-Iran war " and now the negotiations over the US-Iran ceasefire " has shifted to Iran's control of the Strait of Hormuz, to such an extent that…...
The surprising truth about logging
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (1091+ words) The reality behind Trump's push to log more public forests is weirdly complicated. The value of forest ecosystems is hard to overstate. Blanketing roughly a third of the US, they supply clean water and air, absorb planet-warming carbon dioxide, and…...
The myth of the downwardly mobile college graduate
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (1704+ words) The laptop class is moving left -- but not out of economic desperation." The heyday of the "high-skill" worker is ending. As corporations find new ways to replace labor with machines, more and more professionals are seeing their vaunted credentials lose…...
The war is on hold. But the economy is still in danger.
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (1537+ words) The best-case scenario for the Iran crisis is still pretty bad. For months, America's war with Iran has been slowly suffocating the global economy. In March, Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz " the narrow waterway that links the Persian Gulf's…...
The ceasefire is already getting shaky
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (467+ words) The status of US-Iran negotiations, briefly explained. Welcome to The Logoff: Hi readers, big news broke just after yesterday's newsletter went out: The US and Iran reached a temporary ceasefire agreement, averting President Donald Trump's threats of civilization destruction. What's…...
It should be much easier to remove the president from office
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (597+ words) The 25th Amendment chatter is pointless " but it shouldn't be. The 25th Amendment is having a moment. According to a tally by NBC News, over 70 Democratic lawmakers called for President Donald Trump's Cabinet to invoke an obscure constitutional provision that would allow…...
The soft TACO theory of Trump
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (1115+ words) Understanding when Trump chickens out " and when he doesn't. President Donald Trump's decision Tuesday to accept a ceasefire in Iran " rather than following through on his threats to escalate the war further with massively destructive attacks harming Iranian civilians " is…...