Latest articles by Matthew Walther
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Declare war on drug makers
opinion Opioid manufacturers should be punished
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Sympathy for Mark Zuckerberg
opinion 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 door
opinion Francis' latest exhortation is the happiest piece of writing I have come across in ages
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How American schools standardized madness
opinion Want to help teachers? Eliminate standardized tests (and give them more money, too).
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The emperor's new trade war
opinion 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 despair
opinion 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 huckster
opinion 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 epidemic
opinion 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 scores
opinion 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 bitcoin
opinion 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 children
opinion 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 indefensible
opinion These scorpions prey on the weakest among us. Shame on them.
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The Sriracha hot sauce guy is an American hero
opinion All hail David Tran
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Tom Brady, man of kale
opinion Why America loves to hate Tom Brady
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The priceless work of university presses
opinion Here's what Kentucky loses by saving $672,000
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Davos reminds us that smart people are dumb
opinion Has there ever been a greater gift to comedy than the unintentionally hilarious dilettantes of Davos?
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America's broken childbirth system
opinion How can we allow giving birth to bankrupt new families?
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How not to think
opinion Against Alan Jacobs' How to Think
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The puerile bleating of James Damore
opinion This guy is a real chucklehead
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Trump's glib complacency about nuclear war — and ours
opinion 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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