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Matt Labash’s Journalist Portfolio

Against Performing Monkeys

Against Performing Monkeys

Sometimes, when I'm going about my usual Slack Tide business - dodging the tax man and outstanding warrants, …

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Truth bombs from a Trappist monk - The Boston Globe

Truth bombs from a Trappist monk - The Boston Globe

I'll spare you most of the details of Thomas Merton's fascinating biography - that's why God invented Wikiped…

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Looking Back In Joy Instead Of Ahead in Dread

Looking Back In Joy Instead Of Ahead in Dread

While either can be done in all manner of settings, I've always believed that optimal conditions for both wri…

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Cooking Cowgirl Kristi

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By Matt Labash
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Kristi Noem, riding off into the sunset after becoming a burnt sacrifice at the House Judiciary Committee hearing Credit: Heather Diehl/Getty Images O Kristi, we hardly knew ye! Actually, that’s not true. We knew ye quite well, or at least better than we’d wish to. We didn’t have much choice. Mainly, because you were always in our grills with your Mar-a-Lago face, whether in $220 million taxpayer-funded sizzle reels, or in ICE-Barbie-wear.
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Our Unserious President

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By Matt Labash
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War, what is it good for? Talking about your gold drapes This isn’t a full-on piece. Just another primal scream. (Have been doing a few of those lately. Which beats kicking the dog, pent-up frustration-wise, as I’m a dog champion.) But I was reminded yet again, today, of how grateful I am that we have a Very Serious President.
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Is America Too Dumb For Democracy?

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By Matt Labash
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Editor’s Note: Have a question you’ve been sitting on that you haven’t asked Matt? Matt’s asking you why. Yeah, that’s right. Matt reserves the right to ask questions, too. How does it feel to have the tables turned? Give up your foolish pride, and Ask Matt at askmattlabash@gmail.com. Dear Matt, Are we “evolved” enough to hold a democracy together? Can we rule ourselves with reason and equanimity? Or, are we too brutish and naive to expect something like democracy to work? B.
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