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Matt Patterson
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October 3, 2018
New Rules for MenIn light of the new reality of constant, lifelong vulberability to unsupported accusations, new rules for men vis-à-vis the opposite sex are required. Here are some baseline suggestions.
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January 26, 2018
Our Omnipresent PastAre the internet and social media erasing our capacity to live in the moment?
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December 31, 2016
Carrie Fisher: Goodnight, PrincessSo was she the scrappy, gorgeous dame the world saw, or the frightened, unstable child she felt herself to be? Why, both, of course. It's precisely what made her so interesting and (dare I say) sexy.
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September 5, 2016
How to Be a LiberalIgnorance is an absolute must, but especially ignorance of three things: economics, human nature, and all of recorded history.
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May 17, 2016
What Lies Beneath?New scientific discoveries in astrophysics and archeology make the notion of “settled science” risible. Most of existence still is a profound mystery
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July 4, 2012
The American Revolution Comes to a Pitiful CloseThe government of our Founders claims the authority to tax anything you do - and anything you don't.
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December 10, 2011
A World without Men?Now that a world without men seems to be at least on the cusp of possibility, it's worth considering for a moment, I think, what such a world would really be like. Careful what you wish for, ladies.
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September 8, 2011
Is Obama Insane?A popular definition of insanity, variously attributed to Albert Einstein, Mark Twain, and Ben Franklin, is, "doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."
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August 22, 2011
The Dismal GOP FieldHoly crap. Romney, Bachmann, and Paul respectively seem to have distinguished themselves primarily by displaying astonishingly poor judgment.
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August 18, 2011
Obama: The Affirmative Action PresidentIt is embarrassing to see a president so willing to advertise his own powerlessness, so comfortable with his own incompetence. But really, what were we to expect?
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July 30, 2011
America: Time to Start OverThis must have been what it was like living in the 1930s: politicians running around, fingers in their ears, unwilling or unable to confront a rising conflagration that they helped to light.
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April 2, 2011
Art Death/Heart DeathThere is a great deal of talk these days about the death of the music industry, at least as we know it.
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January 29, 2011
Digital Dark Age Ahead?The vast abundance of digital information showcases its terrifyingly evanescent nature.
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September 15, 2010
What's the Matter with Islam?The media and political elites are upset at the wrong aspect of the Terry Jones Koran-burning affair.
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June 19, 2010
Tea Partiers Late to the PartySome evidence has recently emerged to warm the hearts of those who would like to see the Tea Party fade into irrelevancy.
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March 30, 2010
So You Say You Want a Revolution?How are the people to react to the destruction of their liberty that is the Obama health care regime?
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March 22, 2010
Where Were You When the Republic Died?In November 2008, Americans elected a socialist as their president. In March 2010, they woke up stunned to find themselves living in a socialist country.
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January 5, 2010
Does America sit under a rising, or setting sun?Is it our destiny to go the way of Rome and other great powers?
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December 19, 2009
Are We Doomed?I have a fear about John Derbyshire's new book, We Are Doomed -- that the over-the-top cheekiness of its title and the wit and snap of its prose will distract from its deadly serious thesis.
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December 3, 2009
Obama's surrender will end in bloodHaving re-taken Afghanistan, they will plot their return to America, to once again paint our skies in fire and blood.
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November 24, 2009
Obama and the Cult of YouthThe difference between healthy societies and sick societies is that sick societies take advantage of the young.
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November 10, 2009
Losing Our RepublicWhat emerged from the House on Saturday night was a malignant, Republic-killing tumor. It left me wondering about the tea party movement, and how much effect it has really had in this whole affair.
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October 14, 2009
Obama The Impotent: A Dangerous DelusionA meme is forming in the popular consciousness that Barack Obama is a do-nothing president. That is a false and dangerous delusion.
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July 19, 2009
Walter Cronkite Has Blood on His HandsWalter Cronkite was called the most trusted man in America. He abused that trust.