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Joel Mathis

Contributing Writer

Joel Mathis is a freelance writer who lives in Lawrence, Kansas with his wife and son. He spent nine years as a syndicated columnist, co-writing the RedBlueAmerica column as the liberal half of a point-counterpoint duo. His honors include awards for best online commentary from the Online News Association and (twice) from the City and Regional Magazine Association.

President Biden.

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Why Biden's team is pushing for a death penalty he won't execute

Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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How censoring RBG adds to our misinformation problem

President Biden.

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Biden's Christmas crunch

A small bill.

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Democrats are right to 'do fewer things well'

Xi Jinping.

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Lessons about China from the war in Iraq

Democrats.

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Opinion

The Democrats' self-sabotage

Elon Musk.

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Will Elon Musk turn Texas blue?

Mitch McConnell.

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Threatening the filibuster gets results

Mitch McConnell.

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The GOP virtue signals on the debt ceiling

Bathroom symbols.

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The unpersuasive intimidation of Kyrsten Sinema

Policing.

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Opinion

America's two crime problems

Samuel Alito.

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Can SCOTUS ever be apolitical again?

An angry man.

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The threat to democracy goes local

President Biden.

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Biden is fundamentally misjudging his own party

Donald Trump.

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Why Russia found America ripe for meddling

Gavin Newsom.

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Every governor's race is now about Washington

Nancy Pelosi.

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Opinion

Pitfalls of going big

Chris Cuomo.

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What Chris Cuomo's quick apology means

Trump in Texas

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Trump's bizarre demand for a Texas election audit

A broken gavel.

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Why the Supreme Court's popularity suddenly matters

A donkey.

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Why Democrats own the debt ceiling debacle

President Biden.

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Why Democrats might lose the old-fashioned way

President Biden.

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Biden is repeating Bush and Obama's immigration mistake

Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump.

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Opinion

Trump turns on Mitch

Donald Trump.

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Trump keeps linking the GOP to the insurrection

Larry Elder.

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Why crying election fraud backfires

President Biden.

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Biden's booster headache

Stickers.

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High stakes in California

Stephen Breyer and Amy Coney Barrett.

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The delusions of the Supreme Court

Joe Manchin.

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Opinion

Joe Manchin vs. the Democrats

President Biden.

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What's the GOP alternative to vaccine mandates?

A ballot box.

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The party that never stopped crying voter fraud

A check mark.

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If decline is a choice

Sirhan Sirhan.

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Opinion

The challenge of mercy

The justices

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Opinion

No room for interpretation?

A hiring sign.

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Economy at the mercy of COVID