The case for and against Eric Adams.

As it stands, the current Borough President of Brooklyn is ahead in the race to become the next mayor of New York. But what will he do if he wins the coveted position? In this instalment of Slow Boring, David Schleicher —  a Professor of Law at Yale Law School — reflects on the positives and concerns of the 21st-century political machine that Eric Adams is attempting to create.

Michael Satow

Matthew Yglesias is the author of the Slow Boring newsletter, a senior fellow at the Niskanen Center, and host of The Weeds podcast.

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Slow Boring covers American politics and public policy. The name comes from Max Weber’s essay on “Politics as a Vocation” where he writes that “Politics is a strong and slow boring of hard boards” that “takes both passion and perspective.”