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Thirty percent of the American homeless population and 50 percent of its unsheltered population live in California, more than 170,000 people total. Homelessness is primarily a function of the broader housing-unaffordability crisis, which in turn is primarily a function of how difficult local governments have made building new housing in the places that need it the most. Pundits and politicians routinely claim that the California homelessness crisis is actually a result of people moving from other states for better weather or better public benefits.

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In common usage, rural Nevada comprises the parts of the state which are neither Washoe nor Clark counties (the location of Reno and Las Vegas, respectively, for our non-Nevadan readers). If Julius Caesar visited Nevada today, he might write something like the fake quote above as reflecting this general understanding. With the grudging inclusion of Carson City (the independent state capital municipality), these other counties are assumed to share a certain essential unity.

Greg here, popping in to talk some hockey. Our goalie contributor has been having a tough time this playoffs. Check out some of his recent tweets… A few days later… I thought this would be the perfect time to talk goaltending and evolution. From bad angles (also known at dead angles), almost all goalies today are taught what is called the RVH (Reverse VH). It’s a blocking position that has many benefits for goalies such as mobility and rebound control.

Today’s post is a how-to on calculating the Sahm rule. It’s for anyone who wants to apply it themselves or apply the logic to other data. Alternatively, you can follow the monthly updates on FRED—that’s what I do. Share The Sahm rule is based on the U.S. unemployment rate (U-3). You can download the data from FRED—a national treasure—here. The unemployment rate was 3.9% in October and has been below 4% for the longest stretch since the 1960s.

Praveen Fernandes (PF) is my brother-in-law and a previous WITI contributor (the very excellent Owl, Stamps, and Federal Architecture Editions). His bio is far longer than I could list here, but briefly, he’s a lawyer, advocate, former Obama administration appointee, and art lover. - Noah (NRB) Praveen here. Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building” is marked by intergenerational humor. In a scene from the first season, after deciding that young people prefer texts to calls, the two older protagonists (played by Martin Short and Steve Martin) are deciding how to sign off texts to the younger protagonist (played by Selena Gomez).

I often rely so much on family traditions and on what I have known since I was a kid that I forget how invigorating it can be to vary, even if for just one single ingredient. I was in the mood for a spring-like homemade pasta dish, with a fresh and slightly tart taste, just like those early spring days when the weather is still uncertain and the air brimming with expectation.

The most obviously inane of the many unattractive aspects of professional running is the emergence and especially the sanctification of the sham identity “nonbinary.” This notion’s proponents—small in number, but magnificently ignorant, loud, and censorious in practice—cannot explain what “nonbinary” means any better than anyone can draw a square circle. That’s because claiming to be “nonbinary”—i.e., a bipedal primate born with no genitals or genitals only others can see—is no different than claiming to have been given instructions by God or the neighbors’ Labrador retriever.

David H.— Along with everything else, the post-October 7 period is a time for rethinking the old boundaries that divided Jews. It is a time for communities to learn from one another. In this remarkable essay, Armin Rosen explores the community of Satmar Hasidim in Williamsburg, New York—and finds a remarkable approach to Jewish communal life. Armin Rosen is a Brooklyn-based writer for Tablet Magazine, as well as a frequent contributor to the Washington Examiner and Al Arabiya.