Matt Iglesias

But like, he's clearly not that invested in this question of permanent policy change. And again, I mean, I was saying this about immigration stuff. Like, I think he's... He's made so much headway politically with this that like he could get stuff done in a bipartisan way that overcomes the filibuster that is hard to reverse.

But like, he's clearly not that invested in this question of permanent policy change. And again, I mean, I was saying this about immigration stuff. Like, I think he's... He's made so much headway politically with this that like he could get stuff done in a bipartisan way that overcomes the filibuster that is hard to reverse.

But that doesn't seem that important to him versus the position taking, the sense of action. But he genuinely appears to be a much more forceful presence who dominates the scene. And like he's really into that. And I don't know that he cares about the permanence that comes with legislation.

But that doesn't seem that important to him versus the position taking, the sense of action. But he genuinely appears to be a much more forceful presence who dominates the scene. And like he's really into that. And I don't know that he cares about the permanence that comes with legislation.

Matt? Tim Shank's book, Left Adrift, is a great sort of intervention into the like what's up with Democrats kind of debate, looking historically at Bill Clinton and to an extent Barack Obama, but also a lot of Tony Blair, Ahud Barak, sort of center left figures. Very good stuff.

Matt? Tim Shank's book, Left Adrift, is a great sort of intervention into the like what's up with Democrats kind of debate, looking historically at Bill Clinton and to an extent Barack Obama, but also a lot of Tony Blair, Ahud Barak, sort of center left figures. Very good stuff.

Mark Dunkelman has a book that is, I think, not quite out yet, but I read in galleys and that is going to be released in a couple of weeks.

Mark Dunkelman has a book that is, I think, not quite out yet, but I read in galleys and that is going to be released in a couple of weeks.

It's called Why Nothing Works. It covers similar themes to your book, but more detail.

It's called Why Nothing Works. It covers similar themes to your book, but more detail.

Yeah, but more detail on a narrower set of topics. And you'll really learn a lot about the history of kind of big infrastructure projects. I've also, I've been trying to reclaim my scrambled cognition in the new era. So I'm reading old, long novels. Middlemarch is, by many people's estimate, the greatest English language novel ever written. I read on the internet, so I read it. It's really good.

Yeah, but more detail on a narrower set of topics. And you'll really learn a lot about the history of kind of big infrastructure projects. I've also, I've been trying to reclaim my scrambled cognition in the new era. So I'm reading old, long novels. Middlemarch is, by many people's estimate, the greatest English language novel ever written. I read on the internet, so I read it. It's really good.

You know, it's something, the conventional wisdom, they just like, they really nailed that one. It's by George Eliot. You can get it for like 20 cents on an ebook version. Public domain is lovely. You'll learn something and you'll learn how to read long sentences, which is miraculous in this day and age.

You know, it's something, the conventional wisdom, they just like, they really nailed that one. It's by George Eliot. You can get it for like 20 cents on an ebook version. Public domain is lovely. You'll learn something and you'll learn how to read long sentences, which is miraculous in this day and age.