Archive - Silver Bulletin

December 2024

Our best and worst takes of 2024

Even in a good year, we didn't get everything right.

Dec 31, 2024 •

SBSQ #16: Nate’s Incomplete Guide to Vegas

Including my Vegas hotel tiers and restaurant recommendations. Plus, advice for young poker players. Is the poker dream dead?

Dec 26, 2024 •

Nobody goes to New York City anymore. It’s too crowded.

The subway has problems but remains an incredibly popular means of transit.

Dec 23, 2024 •

How the Indigo Blob runs a bluff

Were efforts to conceal Biden’s age-related decline a “conspiracy”?

Dec 20, 2024 •

Save Daylight Savings Time

Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s plan would literally make the average American’s life darker.

Dec 17, 2024 •

Is it crazy to pay Juan Soto $765 million?

Running the numbers on the largest contract in baseball history.

Dec 14, 2024 •

Don't mistake Democratic partisan orthodoxy for a "coherent" philosophy

In a two-party system, the party coalitions are full of contradictions — and the Democrats' are becoming more obvious.

Dec 11, 2024 •

Part II: The failed rebrand of Kamala Harris

From Diet Woke to Brat Summer to ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Dec 6, 2024 •

Part I: Democrats' risk-aversion helped to re-elect Trump

Part 1 of a 3-part autopsy on the Harris campaign. Plus, a GiveDirectly fundraiser!

Dec 3, 2024 •

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