This, from Tyler Cowen, explains why I love writing here so much: It is hard to write for uninspired readers. Y’all chose to stop by. That makes the task of writing for you so much easier and more enjoyable. So thanks.

As part of my new “slow journalism” movement, I’m adopting a more casual style of photography than the hyper-aware Weegee “f/8 and be there” approach.

Here’s a picture of a person in a frog costume, looking at Hoover Dam, thanks to Getty Images’ fascinating new stock photo licensing scheme. More on that from Nieman Labs. This is an experiment to test how it works and looks

Government interests in perpetuating traditions, shielding state matters from federal interference, and favoring one model of parenting over others must yield to this country’s cherished protections that ensure the exercise of the private choices of the individual citizen regarding love and family. Ultimately, this is consistent with our nation’s traditions of freedom. “[T]he history of our Constitution … is …

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I love the old steel girder bridges. They really feel like they’re getting you somewhere, like you’re not taking the crossing for granted.

So yeah, Seattle won the big pointyball game, and lots of people came out for a parade to celebrate. But are we surprised to learn that parade organizers overestimated the crowd size? “There is civic pride that goes into estimating these numbers. They tend to be overstated wildly,” says Steve Doig, the Knight Chair in …

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