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Matt K. Lewis

My advice for the class of 2013

No one has asked me to deliver a commencement address at a university graduation this spring. But if they did...

 

A conservative defense of government

If you like law and order, national defense, and the sanctity of contracts, you really ought to stop blindly bashing "government"

 

Let's all stop taking swings at Howard Kurtz

The Daily Beast's former media critic certainly made a big mistake. But the unrestrained glee from other journalists is uncalled for and unseemly.

 

Why I could never be a liberal

I get in fights with my fellow conservatives all the time. But I'm not about to switch sides

 

The White House Correspondents' Dinner and the startling ascendance of nerd culture

The geeks have truly inherited the Earth

 

Why newspapers need to hire more Christians

For starters, it would help rebut conservative concerns about media bias

 

Why is MSNBC aping George Orwell's villains?

Melissa Harris-Perry apparently thinks children belong to society rather than their families. Come on.

 

The culture war was never a fair fight

For years, our society has trended toward an "if it feels right, do it" dogma — at the expense of virtue

 

Conservatives' federalism copout

Sure, it sounds great to shruggingly say, "Leave it to the states." But the big issues of our time are worth fighting for

 

The presidency is not powerless

And The New Yorker's Ryan Lizza is wrong to claim it is

 

The moral and economic benefits of compassionate conservatism

There's nothing wrong with compassion. In fact, there's a whole lot right with it

 

Chris Christie is the new Jon Huntsman

Once again, liberals are baffled that conservatives aren't leaping to embrace the Left's favorite Republican

 

Rand Paul's extraordinarily difficult path to the presidency

Pleasing mainstream conservatives without alienating his libertarian base is much easier said than done

 

Are sex scandals the only scandals Americans care about anymore?

The press loves sexy stories of Bubba, Weiner, and Ensign — but largely ignores rather stiff tales of official malfeasance

 

Chris Christie's waistline, Marco Rubio's hairline, and our raging obsession with superficiality

Face it: Politicians are judged, at least in part, for the way they look

 

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