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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.

A man wearing a mask.

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In support of the CDC's new mask guidance

George P. Bush.

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George P. Bush learns the hard way

Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

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The GOP's vaccine blame game

Voters.

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Opinion

Should parents' votes count more?

Nancy Pelosi.

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Pelosi's savvy Jan. 6 outreach

A hundred dollar bill.

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The myth of 'woke capital'

The Statue of Liberty.

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America's shared smoke blanket

President Biden.

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Biden's bipartisanship fails?

Lindsey Graham.

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Lindsey Graham's revealing threat

The Statue of Liberty.

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Opinion

America's dreadful denial

Milley and Trump.

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The troubling Milley story

A tax check.

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Happy Child Tax Credit Day

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

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Will progressives really reject $3.5 trillion?

Joe Biden.

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Biden's empty voting rights talk

Cuba protests.

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What Cubans are protesting about

Lisa Murkowski.

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Opinion

Murkowski's move

Hunter Biden paints.

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Hunter Biden's fraught art career

Kevin McCarthy.

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Republicans settle on sabotaging Jan. 6 panel

Afghan troops.

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Watching the fall of Afghanistan

Allen West

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Allen West's gubernatorial ambitions

The Supreme Court.

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Opinion

The case for ending judicial review

J.D. Vance

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The depressing trajectory of J.D. Vance

The Supreme Court.

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The 1 issue that divides SCOTUS

Donald Trump.

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Why Trump Org charges might be small potatoes

Gwen Berry.

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Conservatives cancel Gwen Berry

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The increasingly Republican pandemic

Bill Barr.

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Opinion

Rebranding Bill Barr

President Biden.

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Biden's 'mission accomplished' moment

A protestor.

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The death of 'defund the police'

A donkey.

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Democrats hit a dead end

Chuck Schumer.

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Schumer's voting rights waste

Lin-Manuel Miranda.

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Opinion

How to judge a public apology

Gun rights and sanctuary cities.

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Sanctuary cities, but for guns

Stacey Abrams and Joe Manchin.

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Stacey Abrams, pragmatist

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

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The Democrats' accountability amnesia

A GOP trap.

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The GOP sets an infrastructure trap