Archive - The Argument

What women "don't know"

Across nearly 100 poll questions, women select "I don't know" more often than men

1 hr ago • Lakshya Jain

I wish the states' rights people had meant it

It's hard to argue for federalism under Trump, but we still have to try

Jan 20 • Kelsey Piper

The things you can't make people do

An MLK Jr. sermon sent me down a rabbit hole on the limits of policy

Jan 19 • Jerusalem Demsas

We absolutely do know that Waymos are safer than human drivers

What Bloomberg got very wrong about self-driving cars

Jan 16 • Kelsey Piper

The toxic modernity narrative

Life in plastic, it’s fantastic

Jan 15 • Jerusalem Demsas

Against white-knuckle parenting

Playing with your kids shouldn't feel like torture

Jan 14 • Kelsey Piper

Are Republicans really happier than Democrats?

Trying to answer one of the most pressing questions of 2025

Jan 13 • Lakshya Jain

The price of expertise

How independent agencies save us from political whiplash and spawn populist backlash.

Jan 12 • Jerusalem Demsas

The loneliness crisis isn't just male

23,000 survey results are in.

Jan 9 • Lakshya Jain

Everybody hates renters

Institutional investors in the housing market… here we go again

Jan 8 • Jerusalem Demsas

I can't stop yelling at Claude Code

Vibecoding is like having a genius at your beck and call and also yelling at your printer

Jan 7 • Kelsey Piper

Voters care about democracy. They just can’t agree on what it means.

How Jan. 6 stopped mattering

Jan 6 • Carroll Doherty

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