Latest articles by Matthew Walther
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President Trump has COVID-19. What happens now?
opinion How his diagnosis might shape the weeks to come
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The caesarship of a fake empire
opinion The first presidential debate gave us an all-too-rare glimpse of what American politics has really become
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Nominating Amy Coney Barrett is the best thing Trump has done in office
opinion In praise of the Supreme Court pick
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The worst presidential debate of all time
opinion 96 minutes of shouts, insults, interruptions, stray thoughts, and loose babble
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Trump's long week
feature Trench warfare over a Supreme Court nominee, the most watched presidential debate ever, an expansion of the Republican coalition — where does Trump find the energy?
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Trump should try to buy the election
opinion Another round of coronavirus stimulus spending would help Americans, and could buy Trump a second term
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The idiosyncratic originalism of Amy Coney Barrett
opinion What the prospective Supreme Court justice thinks
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Liberals need to sleep in the bed they've made
opinion You can't use the courts to override the will of majorities for generations and then complain when the other side harnesses that power to undo the very same work
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The audacious case for Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett
opinion Making the Notre Dame law professor a Supreme Court justice will be neither easy nor consistent. But Republicans should make it happen.
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Trump and Biden's Wild West showdown
feature Does the presidential race hinge on Arizona?
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The election results will not be apocalyptic
opinion The dark times aren't coming after November. They're already here.
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America's shy drinkers
feature Why are people increasingly ashamed of their alcohol consumption?
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What the world forgets about Angela Merkel
opinion The most salient feature of her leadership is its undeniably moral character
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The dehumanizing mistreatment of poor women in America
opinion Why reports of forced hysterectomies at an ICE detention center are sadly unsurprising
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Life is worth living
The Explainer What's driving America's rising suicide rate?
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The ghosts in my phone
feature My phone number hasn't always been mine, and I still receive strange messages meant for its previous owners
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The joy of having football again
feature Thursday night was the most fun I've had since March
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There's nothing shocking about Bob Woodward's new book
opinion In a few months, Rage will be inexorably forgotten
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The overdue end of the Kennedy myth
opinion Why do we glamorize this monarchical family?
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The race isn't tightening. It was always close.
opinion Trump's chances this year have never been as bad as some commentators have suggested
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The long history of professional reactionary hucksters
The Explainer Steve Bannon's wall scheme is part of a centuries-old tradition
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Trump's RNC speech eventually returns to what got him there — American carnage
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The fuzzy battle lines of the 2020 election
opinion So far this has not been the election anyone thought it would be
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This was Ivanka Trump's convention
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