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Karen Bass, Nithya Raman, and the Incriment of the Street: Homelessness, Measurement, and the Manufacture of Civic Confidence
In principle, the proposition that Los Angeles voters might “finally change direction” on homelessness rests upon two assumptions that deserve interrogation before the proposition can be weighed: first, that a settled direction exists, and second, that the electorate has been the party steering. Principally, the record of the past decade contradicts both. Angelenos have voted,…
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CJ STROUD; INSIDE THE POCKET PT. 2
CJ Stroud finished Houston’s Week 1 loss to Buffalo 26-of-38 for 274 yards, two touchdowns, zero interceptions, and two lost fumbles off strip-sacks. Read alone, that line invites a common shortcut, one where the game gets reduced to a single storyline built around the two late turnovers. A box score, however, compresses forty-eight plays’ worth…
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The One Place Iran Can Still Hurt the World
How a Twenty-One-Mile-Wide Channel Became Washington’s Newest Forever War There is a particular kind of American war that does not announce itself with a declaration, a mobilization, or even a name that fits neatly on a headline. It arrives instead as a series of “operations” — a blockade here, an airstrike there, a naval escort…
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The Anatomy of Josh Allen
Picture a lecture hall, a projector, and two clips loaded side by side. On the left screen: a young passer from Wyoming, a program far from the sport’s bright lights, throwing rockets that sail off target as often as they find a receiver’s chest. On the right screen: a Buffalo franchise passer in September 2026,…
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The 53-Man Roster: What Nick Caserio Is Building
Every roster tells the story of the front office that assembled the soul of the city; and the Houston Texans’ 53-man roster heading into the 2026 season is, more than anything, a story about what happens after an organization nearly destroys one-self. To read this roster correctly, you can’t treat the draft classes and trades…
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QUICK: CJ Stroud Film Analysis
C.J. Stroud has spent 2026 living in the shadow of one of the worst two-game postseason stretches by a quarterback in recent NFL history. Across the Wild Card win over Pittsburgh and the Divisional Round collapse in Foxborough, Stroud turned the ball over seven times — four of them interceptions thrown in the first half…
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Karen Bass, Nithya Raman, and the Incriment of the Street: Homelessness, Measurement, and the Manufacture of Civic Confidence
In principle, the proposition that Los Angeles voters might “finally change direction” on homelessness rests upon two assumptions that deserve interrogation before the proposition can be weighed: first, that a settled direction exists, and second, that the electorate has been the party steering. Principally, the record of the past decade contradicts both. Angelenos have voted,…
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CJ STROUD; INSIDE THE POCKET PT. 2
CJ Stroud finished Houston’s Week 1 loss to Buffalo 26-of-38 for 274 yards, two touchdowns, zero interceptions, and two lost fumbles off strip-sacks. Read alone, that line invites a common shortcut, one where the game gets reduced to a single storyline built around the two late turnovers. A box score, however, compresses forty-eight plays’ worth…
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The One Place Iran Can Still Hurt the World
How a Twenty-One-Mile-Wide Channel Became Washington’s Newest Forever War There is a particular kind of American war that does not announce itself with a declaration, a mobilization, or even a name that fits neatly on a headline. It arrives instead as a series of “operations” — a blockade here, an airstrike there, a naval escort…
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The Anatomy of Josh Allen
Picture a lecture hall, a projector, and two clips loaded side by side. On the left screen: a young passer from Wyoming, a program far from the sport’s bright lights, throwing rockets that sail off target as often as they find a receiver’s chest. On the right screen: a Buffalo franchise passer in September 2026,…
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Karen Bass, Nithya Raman, and the Incriment of the Street: Homelessness, Measurement, and the Manufacture of Civic Confidence
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In principle, the proposition that Los Angeles voters might “finally change direction” on homelessness rests upon two assumptions that deserve interrogation before the proposition can be weighed: first, that a settled direction exists, and second, that the electorate has been the party steering. Principally, the record of the past decade contradicts both. Angelenos have voted,…
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CJ STROUD; INSIDE THE POCKET PT. 2
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CJ Stroud finished Houston’s Week 1 loss to Buffalo 26-of-38 for 274 yards, two touchdowns, zero interceptions, and two lost fumbles off strip-sacks. Read alone, that line invites a common shortcut, one where the game gets reduced to a single storyline built around the two late turnovers. A box score, however, compresses forty-eight plays’ worth…
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The One Place Iran Can Still Hurt the World
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How a Twenty-One-Mile-Wide Channel Became Washington’s Newest Forever War There is a particular kind of American war that does not announce itself with a declaration, a mobilization, or even a name that fits neatly on a headline. It arrives instead as a series of “operations” — a blockade here, an airstrike there, a naval escort…
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The Anatomy of Josh Allen
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Picture a lecture hall, a projector, and two clips loaded side by side. On the left screen: a young passer from Wyoming, a program far from the sport’s bright lights, throwing rockets that sail off target as often as they find a receiver’s chest. On the right screen: a Buffalo franchise passer in September 2026,…
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The 53-Man Roster: What Nick Caserio Is Building
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Every roster tells the story of the front office that assembled the soul of the city; and the Houston Texans’ 53-man roster heading into the 2026 season is, more than anything, a story about what happens after an organization nearly destroys one-self. To read this roster correctly, you can’t treat the draft classes and trades…
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QUICK: CJ Stroud Film Analysis
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C.J. Stroud has spent 2026 living in the shadow of one of the worst two-game postseason stretches by a quarterback in recent NFL history. Across the Wild Card win over Pittsburgh and the Divisional Round collapse in Foxborough, Stroud turned the ball over seven times — four of them interceptions thrown in the first half…
More Stories
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Karen Bass, Nithya Raman, and the Incriment of the Street: Homelessness, Measurement, and the Manufacture of Civic Confidence
In principle, the proposition that Los Angeles voters might “finally change direction” on homelessness rests upon two assumptions that deserve interrogation before the proposition can be weighed: first, that a settled direction exists, and second, that the electorate has been the party steering. Principally, the record of the past decade contradicts both. Angelenos have voted,…
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CJ STROUD; INSIDE THE POCKET PT. 2
CJ Stroud finished Houston’s Week 1 loss to Buffalo 26-of-38 for 274 yards, two touchdowns, zero interceptions, and two lost fumbles off strip-sacks. Read alone, that line invites a common shortcut, one where the game gets reduced to a single storyline built around the two late turnovers. A box score, however, compresses forty-eight plays’ worth…
-
The One Place Iran Can Still Hurt the World
How a Twenty-One-Mile-Wide Channel Became Washington’s Newest Forever War There is a particular kind of American war that does not announce itself with a declaration, a mobilization, or even a name that fits neatly on a headline. It arrives instead as a series of “operations” — a blockade here, an airstrike there, a naval escort…
-
The Anatomy of Josh Allen
Picture a lecture hall, a projector, and two clips loaded side by side. On the left screen: a young passer from Wyoming, a program far from the sport’s bright lights, throwing rockets that sail off target as often as they find a receiver’s chest. On the right screen: a Buffalo franchise passer in September 2026,…
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The 53-Man Roster: What Nick Caserio Is Building
Every roster tells the story of the front office that assembled the soul of the city; and the Houston Texans’ 53-man roster heading into the 2026 season is, more than anything, a story about what happens after an organization nearly destroys one-self. To read this roster correctly, you can’t treat the draft classes and trades…
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QUICK: CJ Stroud Film Analysis
C.J. Stroud has spent 2026 living in the shadow of one of the worst two-game postseason stretches by a quarterback in recent NFL history. Across the Wild Card win over Pittsburgh and the Divisional Round collapse in Foxborough, Stroud turned the ball over seven times — four of them interceptions thrown in the first half…
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