
Matthew Walther
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.
Latest articles by Matthew Walther
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Declare war on drug makersopinion Opioid manufacturers should be punished
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Sympathy for Mark Zuckerbergopinion Here is a sentence I never thought I would find myself typing: I feel sorry for the billionaire founder of Facebook
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Pope Francis and the saints next dooropinion Francis' latest exhortation is the happiest piece of writing I have come across in ages
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How American schools standardized madnessopinion Want to help teachers? Eliminate standardized tests (and give them more money, too).
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The emperor's new trade waropinion Stop saying President Trump has started a "trade war." He hasn't. He's just playing make-believe.
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American teenagers' quiet despairopinion Why are teens killing themselves?
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Smug elites are about to start parading their virtues. Ignore them.opinion Elites have plenty of things to apologize for
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Elon Musk is a messianic hucksteropinion And he's selling little more than pseudo-profundity and nostrum
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Why can't we all admit that violent video games are sick?opinion Trump is absolutely right about the hideous violence of video games. Why can't the rest of us admit it?
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America's junk epidemicopinion The reason we can’t have nice things in 2018 is that we don’t want them
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Why does anybody watch the Oscars?opinion On the baffling popularity of the lamest event on television
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The tyranny of credit scoresopinion Meaningful participation in the economy requires good credit. In a country in which the economy has replaced society, this means our system of credit scoring is an obstacle to life.
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The alchemy of bitcoinopinion Bitcoin is not cool. Bitcoin is not real. It is a fantasy.
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How a generation of American children grew up expecting to be shot by other childrenopinion How is it possible that something this evil — without precedent in the history of this country and with few parallels abroad, even in countries in the midst of civil war — has become more routine than elections or the Super Bowl?
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The payday loan industry is indefensibleopinion These scorpions prey on the weakest among us. Shame on them.
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The Sriracha hot sauce guy is an American heroopinion All hail David Tran
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Tom Brady, man of kaleopinion Why America loves to hate Tom Brady
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The priceless work of university pressesopinion Here's what Kentucky loses by saving $672,000
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Davos reminds us that smart people are dumbopinion Has there ever been a greater gift to comedy than the unintentionally hilarious dilettantes of Davos?
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America's broken childbirth systemopinion How can we allow giving birth to bankrupt new families?
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How not to thinkopinion Against Alan Jacobs' How to Think
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The puerile bleating of James Damoreopinion This guy is a real chucklehead
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Trump's glib complacency about nuclear war — and oursopinion Why the president of the United States feels free to joke about wiping out all life on Earth
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Who cares about Meghan Markle?opinion Why should any of us care that The Real Housewives of Westminster is due to receive an additional cast member sometime in the next year?
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