Sitemap - 2022 - Joel Mathis

My favorite new-to-me movies of 2022

No, it's not nice to smear people with accusations of pedophilia

My favorite books of 2022

Twitter didn't follow its own precedents when kicking Trump out. So what?

That awful Washington Post story about U.S. troops in Somalia

When sacred texts are inconvenient

Elon owns Twitter. He wants to own your attention.

Am I willing to sacrifice my son's life for Taiwan?

How to defend an anti-Semite without defending an anti-Semite

You're either with the anti-Semites or you're not

Gratitude. And shame.

'Groomers' and Colorado Springs

Merrick Garland is making legitimacy with his special counsel appointment

Is this the end of Twitter?

The Trumpist right is even *more* sour on democracy now

Three ways Mitch McConnell helped lose the midterms

Good news for Dems. Bad news for Dems.

The Trumpist age of prophecy

Is democracy something you can buy for $8 a month?

What Josh Hawley, Vladimir Putin and Life Surge have in common

Was I wrong about 'the letter?'

What's up with the rage against mildly dovish Dems?

Alex Jones has free speech. You don't.

Mass persuasion and mashed potatoes

If American democracy dies, Democrats will have helped kill it

George Saunders on the miracle of empathy

Claremont conservatives are coming for (non-conservative) press freedom

No, Worf probably isn't a pacifist

Unbreaking our brains

I'm anti-war. Why don't I trust the anti-war right?

Destigmatizing mental health is good. But not like this.

What Alex Jones and Robert Sarver have in common

Media outlets need to hire journalists who have been to church

When to be a Christian. And when not.

Trumpism is a denial of service attack

Putin's on the run in Ukraine. That's good? And bad?

My Twitter détente

Some thoughts about our forthcoming civil war

Are liberal hawks back?

What to do about our CNN problem? Don't watch CNN.

Hillary's 'deplorables' and Biden's anti-MAGA speech

On reading 'dangerous' books

Accelerating the 'Big Sort'

The New Yorker's manifest contempt for Sam Alito

Does Trumpism equal fascism? Yeah, sorta.

Hooray for health!

Stop trying to silence anti-abortion activists

The Founders would've hated the GOP's plan to sabotage the Inflation Reduction Act

Is American democracy already over?

Newland Archer is a stalker

Yes, it would be nice if we all had rich friends

The abortion vote may not mean what you think it means

The haughtiness of NPR

In Kansas, a pro-life campaign is lying

How to disagree

No, Joe Manchin isn't just like a Republican

Trump should be indicted. But...

My marriage story

What I got wrong

Joe Biden and the 'at least he means well' presidency

In Kansas, the pro-lifers aren't being entirely forthright

In praise of both-sidesism

The selfish Royals baseball players are America in a nutshell

A 10-year-old girl is not your point to be scored

20 thoughts about Elizabeth Bruenig's 'Make Birth Free' article

No, Jon Stewart should not be president

Debbie Lesko and the Left's misinformation problem

What Thomas Frank got wrong in 'What's the Matter With Kansas?'

Guns are still destroying community in America

I'm not so sure about this 'culture of life' thing

How John Roberts can restore judicial modesty to the Supreme Court

Process is the last refuge of the scoundrel

Coming soon