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Matthew Walther

National Correspondent

Matthew Walther is a national correspondent at The Week. His work has also appeared in First Things, The Spectator of London, The Catholic Herald, National Review, and other publications. He is currently writing a biography of the Rev. Montague Summers. He is also a Robert Novak Journalism Fellow.

People reacting to the Chauvin verdict.

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Opinion

The Chauvin verdict should be celebrated

A typewriter.

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Opinion

What is opinion journalism?

Tigray people.

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An eyewitness account of atrocities in Tigray

In Search of Lost Time.

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How to read Proust

MC Hammer.

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break it down

The MC Hammer school of philosophy

Rush Limbaugh.

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How Rush Limbaugh created modern politics

President Biden.

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Opinion

Biden's Dennis Green presidency

Texas.

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Opinion

Disasters are not partisan

Walking away from anger.

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Opinion

On sitting out the new culture wars

Donald Trump.

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Opinion

Trump is acquitted but the Senate convicts itself

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Opinion

The NeverTrump third party delusion

John Roberts.

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Opinion

The most important person in the impeachment trial is missing. It isn't Trump.

Bruce Castor.

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Trump's dumbfounding defense

Donald Trump.

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A show trial with no reason to watch

Marco Rubio and Josh Hawley.

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Opinion

Pro-worker Republicans go missing

Tom Brady.

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How the Super Bowl became 'hero ball'

Mitt Romney.

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Opinion

Mitt Romney's child benefit is a challenge to both parties

A house on a scale.

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Opinion

Weird and not so weird ways to save money

Candles and Christmas trees.

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The joy of a long Christmas

Dave Portnoy.

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Opinion

Rise of the Barstool conservatives

A hat.

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Opinion

How GameStop explains right-wing populism

America.

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Opinion

American carnage rages on

Mitch McConnell.

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Opinion

Mitch McConnell is the GOAT

President Biden.

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Opinion

Biden's reverse triangulation

Feature

The transcendent Hank Aaron

President Biden and Ethiopian migrants.

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Biden's opportunity in Ethiopia

President Biden.

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Opinion

Joe Biden's inaugural address was painfully normal

President Biden.

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biden inauguration

Why Biden's bible is so big

Trump in Washington

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Matthew Walther

Trump's fascinating and bizarre final pardons

America.

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Opinion

The country Joe Biden is inheriting

President Trump.

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Opinion

What the Constitution really says about removal from office

The Capitol building.

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Opinion

Where do riots come from?

The Capitol building and the White House.

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Opinion

Impeachment season is just beginning

The Statue of Liberty.

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Opinion

Slashing big tech's Gordian Knot

President Trump.

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Impeachment and America's cult of punishment

A memorial.

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Sympathy for Ashli Babbitt