The Trump Tariffs Are Dead. Long Live The Trump Tariffs.
The peculiar thing about news these days is that we’ll spend months waiting for something, but then, when it finally
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Author: Nat M. Zorach
Minneapolis Strong: The Twin Cities Say ICE Out!
During particularly strange times in which it’s become somehow acceptable for masked secret federal police to execute people in the
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It’s The Continuous Air Barrier, Stupid!
Even doing some basic air sealing can save you a ton of money on your heating bill this winter.
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DoE’s Chris Wright: Spend More Money, Die Faster.
Yeah, we’re all well aware that we’re living in the upside down these days. But this even extends to energy
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House-as-a-Service? The Unbearable Silliness of the 50-Year Mortgage
Not a day goes by in 2025 without some egregious display of incompetence, overtly contemptuous behavior, or general foolishness from
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Ten Scary Things This Halloween
A spoiler alert: none of these things have anything to do with inflatable skeletons, horror movies, or my anxiety about end-of-semester grading.
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When Is A Building A High-Rise?
No, this is not a silly riddle with a dad joke punchline, it’s a genuine question– and one that comes
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Fond Memories From DC, An American War Zone
I had a great time living in DC. It was hardly a war zone, no matter what the president of the United States says.
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Dan Gilbert Juggles Tenants, And Taxpayers Are On The Hook.
The University of Michigan says that the Hudson’s Site in Detroit will pay off the cost of the public subsidies, which amount to the better part of a billion dollars– by 2052. Is it worth it?
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Is The Nation’s Capital, In Fact, A Crime-Infested Hellhole?
In spatial terms, DC is a peculiar phenomenon.
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