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Who Needs Polls?
Prediction markets, not polling, argues Bradley, will be the defining information source of the 2026 midterms and a change worth celebrating. By ince…
2 months, 1 week ago
Learning to Talk Again
American democracy is doomed if people can't tolerate disagreement. Bradley sits down with Ed Manzi, founder of Unmuted, who is building something ge…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Not a Bad 100 Days, But ...
Is Mayor Mamdani's first hundred days as mayor a genuine reason for celebration, or just a decent start before the hard part kicks in? Bradley gives …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Crypto in a Collared Shirt
Amid meme coins, scams, and scary price swings, something more consequential is quietly happening in the crypto world: stablecoins are offering a fas…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Too Smart for Our Own Good
What if we human beings are an evolutionary anomaly, a species that discovered how to destroy ourselves before we learned how not to? Bradley links t…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Can You Be Good and Great?
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Is it possible to build the most powerful technology in human …
2 months, 4 weeks ago
It's Way Too Early for the Horse Race
We all need to stop worrying about who the Democrats will nominate in 2028, argues Bradley. Unless it's someone from the far Left, the main candidate…
3 months ago
The Left Broke America. Can It Be Fixed?
How did the Democratic party drift so far from the real interests of the poor and working class it historically championed? Legendary journalist Joe …
3 months ago
How Many Liberal-Arts Majors Does It Take to Fix a Toilet?
On the eve of a college trip with his son, Bradley reflects on the murky future that kids are facing and how education will have to be massively reth…
3 months, 1 week ago
Is Business Waking Up from Its 30-Year Nap?
One big reason that the Left has grown so powerful in the city, Bradley argues, is that the Partnership for New York — the group that should have bee…
3 months, 1 week ago