Every once in a while, Congress does something so rare that you almost want to check the walls for structural damage. It passes something bipartisan. Not a ceremonial resolution. Not a post office naming. Not one of those empty gestures where everyone gets to clap and no one has to govern. A real bill, aimed at a real problem, with support from both parties. In this case, the problem was housing affordability, which is not exactly a fringe concern in a country where rent feel

If somebody owned 700 can openers, we’d probably assume something had gone psychologically sideways. We instinctively understand there’s a point where accumulation stops making sense. The first refrigerator is useful. The second might be practical. The ninth starts raising questions. Yet somehow, when the thing being accumulated is money, especially extreme amounts of money, many people stop applying the same logic entirely. We recognize hoarding everywhere else. Why not when