Latest articles by Matthew Walther
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The ashes of the pro-life movement
opinion What the Supreme Court's most recent decision means for abortion opponents
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The case against D.C. statehood
opinion What's next — statehood for Los Angeles and Houston and New York City?
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Falling statues and the collapse of moral authority
opinion Why have leaders across the country allowed protesters to tear down civic memorials without any meaningful resistance?
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Facial recognition is for-profit policing
opinion The only thing standing between you and a jail cell is your ability to prove that you are not the person in a grainy video taken five months or a year ago
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The fake fireworks crisis
opinion The surge in complaints proves Americans haven't learned a thing
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The statues of Samuel Johnson can stay
opinion One man who saw the racist evils of his time and took a lonely stand
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Trump's shaky start in Tulsa
opinion The news from the president's first campaign rally in months had nothing to do with crowd sizes
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The ugly truth of Trump's position on Chinese concentration camps
opinion What he allegedly told Xi reflects the mainstream American consensus
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The nihilism in Atlanta
opinion Police walk-offs expose the hollow narratives we tell ourselves about law enforcement
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The real Google scandal
opinion The most significant implications of the NBC-Federalist affair are likely to be lost
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In defense of Karen
opinion A sympathetic portrait of the internet's favorite villain
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Voters won't accept the 2020 election results — no matter who wins
opinion How rejecting election results became an American political norm
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The paternal wisdom of Dave Chappelle
opinion The comedian's George Floyd special is full of profane, essential truths
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NASCAR's surprising wokeness
opinion The sport is embracing the Black Lives Matter movement. Is that really so shocking?
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Don't count Trump out yet
opinion He may be down but he's not out
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The revolution is not coming
opinion Mitt Romney and Joe Biden show that change is a very remote possibility
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Is Trump rejecting American carnage?
The Explainer Instead of returning to the themes of his 2016 campaign, Trump seems determined to remain optimistic. It won't last.
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The media's dubious about-face on coronavirus risks
opinion It's time to stop gaslighting people about this pandemic
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'Imagine' is a bad, bad song
opinion Why John Lennon's most famous piece of music is fundamentally nihilistic
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In the face of riots, practice empathy
opinion How can we bring some measure of intelligence and humanity to the quarrels afflicting America? I'm afraid the answer is love.
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Trump is incapable of wielding power
opinion This is the most important takeaway from Trump's drowsy photo op at St. John's Church
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The inevitable long, hot summer
opinion The Minneapolis story is also party of the pandemic story
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How social conservatives traded causes for clichés
opinion What does it really mean to love the flag or to dislike campus snowflakes or to suggest that #MeToo has gone too far?
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We should be grateful for good news in Georgia
opinion The state is looking like a coronavirus success story. Let's celebrate it.
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