The warmth of collectivism

Every time I see this building I think I am watching a future season of "Andor" in which the Galactic Empire constructs some kind of occupation headquarters on planet Ferrix.

Sad that Machado felt compelled to give her Nobel Peace Prize Medal to Trump. But she has to do whatever it takes to restore democracy in Venezuela. As an American, I'm really embarrassed that my president actually took it.

The United Nations is a bunch of gutless wonders kept company by some of the most despicable men on earth. Long live a free Iran! Long live @AlinejadMasih !

Antisemitism is one of the clearest tells that an American is being paid or otherwise supported by a foreign actor.

@WSJFreeEx Here's my @WSJFreeEx column offering one weird trick that could improve housing for everybody! https://t.co/xCfXwc0U8n

This morning we posted my @WSJFreeEx column which suggests Mamdani and housing tsar Cea Weaver will use the rent freeze to squeeze landlords so they can't make repairs, and then use dilapidation as a rationale for the city to take over those buildings. Now, here she is saying

Today's column: I argue that letting developers build luxury housing is the best way to increase housing access for all. People hate this idea. It seems counterintuitive and even immoral. But it is working today in Nashville, Austin and other cities.

If we want more housing, we should let developers build more homes for people who are willing and able to buy or rent them. The thought of that drives many people crazy, writes @jamesbmeigs https://t.co/VlEVc4u25n

Amazing to watch the transformation of the Republican Party into the Democratic Party.

Sometimes you learn the most about people's actual values when they don't say a thing. From today's @WSJFreeEx newsletter: The Pro-Gaza Left Is Oh So Quiet on Iran https://t.co/fq8stMAyZE via @WSJFreeExp

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Elizabeth Warren, ever alert to political trends, comes out against "abundance." @MattHennessey on "the Senator from Harvard" in today's @WSJFreeEx newsletter. https://t.co/r1OuAO1k6G

The far-left only ever hated the West - and hates Jews because it frames them as avatars of Western-ness. There's no deeper idea than that. It really is that one-dimensional and dumb. And in the end, incoherent and incompetent and cruel.

And look at that! An old-school, in -depth magazine feature by my longtime colleague @johnvoelcker:

Not a single Golden Globes attendant gave a fuck.

Message from inside Iran: Please help us. The situation here is horrific. It is a full scale war. The regime’s forces show no mercy. They shoot protesters in the head and heart and even finish off those already wounded on the streets. In hospitals the wounded are being kidnapped

And look at that! An old-school, in -depth magazine feature by my longtime colleague @johnvoelcker:

Browsing the newsstand in Grand Central used to be my great pleasure. (Also my business, as I was always scoping the competition...) Today, Hudson News mostly sells junk food. But there are a few venerable titles still making a good go of it. Nice to get off my screens and read

The usual politics took center stage at Sunday night’s Golden Globes. But labor costs are killing Hollywood and the glitterati won’t face it, writes @rkylesmith. Read today’s newsletter here: https://t.co/txg2KAu8sN