Open Letter to Seattle City Council Regarding Bill 120247 (Diversion and City Attorney’s Office)

Dec 11, 20217 min read

The council is trying to place unprecedented restrictions on the City Attorney’s office, without even knowing what the most important outcome metrics are of the…

Inflation Shoots to 40-year High

Dec 10, 202114 min read

This is new for a whole lot of Americans. The last time inflation was this high, you hadn’t ever heard of the term “e-mail.”

Twitter’s New CEO and Freedom of Speech

Dec 9, 202118 min read

What does the changing of the guard at Twitter suggest about free speech online?

Children: Vectors of COVID Spread?

Nov 26, 20211 min read

A new study from the UK suggests that children are not, in fact, significant vectors of COVID risk.

New Book Argues That Our Approach to Homelessness Won’t Work

Nov 22, 20218 min read

Why are west coast cities suffering through a seemingly intractable growth in homelessness? What can we learn from the relative successes of Amsterdam, Lisbon, Miami…

Will the “Billionaire Tax” Survive?

Oct 27, 202115 min read

A new billionaires’ wealth tax is gaining momentum, but few have pondered the complexities, downsides and likely Constitutional challenges.