Latest articles by Matthew Walther
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An iPad is not a parent
opinion Parenting is as tedious as it is rewarding. Nothing, not even millions of hours of sparkly CGI sharks, can be a substitute for it.
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The immorality of layoffs
opinion It wasn't until the 1970s that corporations began to fire employees en masse simply because it allowed them to save on labor costs
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Marie Kondo and the rise of clutter shaming
opinion In defense of stuff, and having a lot of it
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The horror and promise of Trump's nuclear policy
opinion However alarming you may find the short-term prospect of President Trump's withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, there is a great opportunity here for diplomacy
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The colossal waste of the war in Afghanistan
opinion What the hell have we been doing there for all these years? And why?
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Theresa May's undead government
feature There is probably no head of government in the world who works harder than the British prime minister does, all in the hope of advancing the parliamentary fortunes of a series of bills that no one supports, in service of an agenda that she probably does not believe in
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The mystery flavor of Trump's foreign policy
opinion What's underneath the Trump wrapper?
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Why my kids aren't getting toys for Christmas
feature Toys are trash
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Suicide and the chimera of American prosperity
opinion Why are Americans killing themselves in record numbers?
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The enduring appeal of Michigan vs. Ohio State
The Explainer I and millions of other people in these two cold post-industrial states would not miss The Game for anything this side of heaven
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A disgusting crime — and justice denied
opinion A ruling in Colorado reveals the shame and folly of judicial textualism
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Why the Brexit deal will fail
The Explainer And why everyone hates it
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Amazon and Crystal City deserve each other
opinion The appalling inequality of modern American life is matched only by its physical repulsiveness
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D.J. Durkin and the polite fiction of amateur football
opinion What Durkin's long-delayed firing reveals about the most poorly treated professional athletes in the United States
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The joy of college football upsets
feature This is why we watch
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Solitary confinement is torture
opinion It has no more place in a civilized society than the rack
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Hog waste is scarier than North Korea
opinion One is a clear and present danger
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Police officers do not need guns
opinion Patrolling a neighborhood or making a routine traffic stop is not the same thing as raiding the compound of a drug smuggler accused of murder
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The charming machismo of Burt Reynolds
The Explainer He was the average man — but a heck of a lot cooler
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The heroism of Kim Kardashian
opinion How a reality TV star famous for being famous became the voice of truth rising above the moronic din
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The best games to watch over college football's opening weekend
feature Don't you dare flip that channel
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The sneering contempt of Pope Francis
opinion No more secrets in the Catholic Church
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Urban Meyer epitomizes how the conversation about abuse has become a team sport
The Explainer The Buckeyes coach was never going to be fired
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How America is anthropomorphizing pets and abandoning babies
opinion While the elite get "fur-ternity" leave, poor mothers don't get adequate maternity leave
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