Every legal story now is either

Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach

or

In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport

Everyone was like “well I guess a Union County guy isn’t as bad as *insert some other county here*”

I think it’s also kinda underdiscussed how Scutari didn’t magically unite the caucus, but he was the only guy they agreed on when Sweeney shockingly lost.

sorry you didn't enjoy it!

two things can be true: The Power Broker is a good and important book AND that it is often sold as something it is not by annoying people

look I'm just saying I'm reading an awful lot of takes that are "I didn't read the book because it was so bad" and like thats not how books being good or bad works.

The NYC parkways are a distinct highway form though specifically designed for passenger cars and to exclude others.

Right, and there's 1 Garden State Parkway, and New York State has dozens of Parkways.

this is why you need to read the book and not subsist on the vibes!!!! The vibes are not correct, because most people haven't read the book!

Caro studies power, not men. Moses was a uniquely powerful figure in mid century New York!

I mean it kinda is! It's that Moses knew how to get stuff done, and did a lot of bad things with that knowledge and power.

that while his highway building was not unique, New York State's Parkways are somewhat distinct.

The impacts were not unique, but Moses was unique as an example of power and how to wield it. What makes Moses's success notable is that in many circumstances he was opposed by Mayors and Governors who nominally were his superiors but he was nonetheless able to succeed. I would also argue...