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.

President Trump surrounded by his supporters.

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Opinion

Why Trump failed

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Opinion

Biden's triumph of circumstances

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Opinion

Trump doesn't have it in him

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Trump signals defeat

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Opinion

Oregon legalizes self-destruction

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Opinion

Incompetence and hysteria are the American way

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Opinion

Trump hands the media the next Russiagate

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Biden jumps the gun

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Why Trump defied expectations in Florida

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Opinion

Why I am a political atheist

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Opinion

Who will win the Senate?

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Opinion

How the liberal consensus exercises its power

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Opinion

What a second Trump term would look like

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Opinion

Why Trump's re-election still seems likely

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Opinion

Middle-finger voting is driving the entire country mad

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Opinion

Republicans are thrilled to lose

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Analysis

Who won the final 2020 debate? Call it a draw.

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Opinion

Men, this should be so easy

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Opinion

How the media created Teflon Joe

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Opinion

Why QAnon will outlive Trump

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Analysis

What happened to third party candidates?

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Opinion

The town halls weren't a debate — but Trump still won

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Opinion

Twitter's election meddling

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Opinion

Will there be another Trump surprise in Michigan?

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Opinion

The Democrats' desperate SCOTUS scaremongering

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Opinion

Why would someone plan to abduct the governor of Michigan?

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Opinion

Mike Pence was the unlikely winner of the vice presidential debate

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Opinion

The myth of Mike Pence's appeal

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Feature

Trump is finally doubling down on COVID skepticism

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Opinion

President Trump has COVID-19. What happens now?

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Opinion

The caesarship of a fake empire

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Opinion

Nominating Amy Coney Barrett is the best thing Trump has done in office

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Opinion

The worst presidential debate of all time

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Feature

Trump's long week

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Opinion

Trump should try to buy the election

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Opinion

The idiosyncratic originalism of Amy Coney Barrett