More than 40% of Americans are working from home, and among them the urge to "work nest" is strong. My sister-in-law turned the family shed into a "shoffice," with charming homemade curtains hiding the tools and a pillow for the pandemic puppy. Surging home prices suggest that many who are working from home and find themselves shedless are in the market for a bigger house. I hope to put a big yellow "Slow" sign on home-buying in a pandemic. The housing market may be soaring because of bad information and short-term thinking. You don't know whether bosses will make work-from-home permanent or who will be targeted for downsizing. You may come to rue buying at a time when inventory is so low and prices so high. Read the whole thing. How to Be Happy During a Pandemic — Tyler Cowen Biden Aced the Town Hall. Why Didn't Trump? — Jonathan Bernstein What Happened to Portland? — David Shipley New York City's Day of Reckoning Is Here — Timothy L. O'Brien and Nir Kaissar Work From Home Is Ending. But the Pandemic Is Still Here. — Emily Oster France and Spain Fail the Coronavirus Test — Lionel Laurent Journalists Should Stop Cleaning Up After Biden — Ramesh Ponnuru Why Has Trump Ignored California's Wildfires? — Jonathan Bernstein This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion published this week based on web readership. | 
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