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All content by Matt Barnum
Good message, bad methods
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Matt Barnum
May 21, 2010
The trouble with empathy
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Matt Barnum
May 7, 2010
Point-Counterpoint: To give or not to give?
By
Matt Barnum
April 23, 2010
An easy, yet important decision
By
Matt Barnum
April 20, 2010
Free labor
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Matt Barnum
April 9, 2010
Point–Counterpoint: Civil discourse on an uncivil incident
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Matt Barnum
March 5, 2010
Steppenwolf nearly makes A Separate Peace a theatrical masterpiece
By
Matt Barnum
March 2, 2010
Rethinking rights
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Matt Barnum
February 5, 2010
Quarterly denial
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Matt Barnum
January 15, 2010
Not a numbers game
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Matt Barnum
November 20, 2009
Where reading comes to die
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Matt Barnum
November 6, 2009
The pessimism bias
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Matt Barnum
October 23, 2009
Is Obama different?
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Matt Barnum
October 9, 2009
The real mental recession
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Matt Barnum
September 19, 2009
The socially conservative moment
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Matt Barnum
May 22, 2009
Searching for a Souter
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Matt Barnum
May 5, 2009
A blank slate
By
Matt Barnum
April 21, 2009
In style and substance, Parks photocopies Office’s approach
By
Matt Barnum
April 14, 2009
Obama’s speech impediment
By
Matt Barnum
April 7, 2009
Is Ted O’Neill your homeboy?
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March 10, 2009
Corps Curriculum
By
Matt Barnum
March 10, 2009
Art attack
By
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February 6, 2009
Transgender, Mormon find The Real World
By
Matt Barnum
January 30, 2009
Proximity without intimacy
By
Matt Barnum
January 23, 2009
Clock still ticking, but 24’s glory days near end
By
Matt Barnum
January 13, 2009
Seeing the smaller picture
By
Matt Barnum
November 25, 2008
Viewpoints columnists and staff discuss the election
By
Matt Barnum
November 4, 2008
Voting fraud
By
Matt Barnum
October 31, 2008
A trenchant moment
By
Matt Barnum
October 14, 2008
Presidential Debate 2008: Viewpoints columnists react
By
Matt Barnum
October 10, 2008
Agree to agree
By
Matt Barnum
October 4, 2008
Controversies
By
Matt Barnum
September 25, 2008
Religious students find many options on campus
By
Matt Barnum
September 25, 2008
I think Clarence Page is voting for Barack Obama
By
Matt Barnum
August 24, 2008
Despite promise, film estranged from originality
By
Matt Barnum
May 30, 2008
The self-esteem soap opera
By
Matt Barnum
May 16, 2008
The Court’s mistaken identity
By
Matt Barnum
May 1, 2008
Abortion comes to life
By
Matt Barnum
April 18, 2008
Rotten to the Core
By
Matt Barnum
April 3, 2008
More on Obama’s speech
By
Matt Barnum
March 22, 2008
Considering Obama’s speech
By
Matt Barnum
March 21, 2008
More than a game
By
Matt Barnum
March 4, 2008
All the wrong answers
By
Matt Barnum
February 19, 2008
Bob Herbert: Evidence, Schmevidence
By
Matt Barnum
February 5, 2008
A union divided: Organized labor strikes out
By
Matt Barnum
February 5, 2008
Ross’s keynote remarks don’t do MLK Day justice
By
Matt Barnum
January 25, 2008
Seat belt laws, racial profiling, and cops
By
Matt Barnum
January 13, 2008
I don’t like Michael Kinsley, and Michael Kinsley doesn’t like me
By
Matt Barnum
January 12, 2008
Cultural protectionism breeds unfair prejudices
By
Matt Barnum
January 11, 2008
Are you “inebriated” with Obama-hope?
By
Matt Barnum
January 10, 2008
Quick: What does the 24th Amendment say??
By
Matt Barnum
January 10, 2008
Polls tell Hillary to cry. She does.
By
Matt Barnum
January 8, 2008
Fire David Brooks: Part II
By
Matt Barnum
January 7, 2008
Pro-Union side won’t let facts, logic get in the way
By
Matt Barnum
January 2, 2008
Fire David Brooks; don’t vote for Barack Obama
By
Matt Barnum
January 1, 2008
I will not attack Mike Huckabee for his idiotic political ploy in this blog post
By
Matt Barnum
December 31, 2007
Democrats on education
By
Matt Barnum
December 23, 2007
Donny Deutsch: Get out more
By
Matt Barnum
December 21, 2007
Glossy fliers, vast right-wing conspiracy doom Co-Op
By
Matt Barnum
December 19, 2007
Not Liveblogging from the Republican Debate
By
Matt Barnum
December 14, 2007
RE: Harvard gives financial aid to rich
By
Matt Barnum
December 11, 2007
Inferiority complex is so U of C
By
Matt Barnum
November 27, 2007
Republicans hearing populist echo
By
Matt Barnum
November 9, 2007
Don’t be a boneheaded voter
By
Matt Barnum
November 5, 2007
Thou shalt not criticize Ron Paul
By
Matt Barnum
November 3, 2007
If Scalia only had a heart
By
Matt Barnum
October 30, 2007
Obama inspires unique hope in youth
By
Matt Barnum
October 26, 2007
Joe Biden doesn’t care about black people (or at least he doesn’t think they’re very smart)
By
Matt Barnum
October 25, 2007
Lousiana Elects New Governor
By
Matt Barnum
October 21, 2007
Jonah Goldberg Attempts to Plaigarize the End of my Column, But I Catch I Him
By
Matt Barnum
October 18, 2007
Lapel-gate
By
Matt Barnum
October 17, 2007
Read my lips: Stop raising taxes
By
Matt Barnum
October 12, 2007
Something about burying the tomahawk
By
Matt Barnum
October 9, 2007
Memo to General Peter Pace: Get down from the moral high ground
By
Matt Barnum
October 2, 2007
A good cause does not make a good person
By
Matt Barnum
September 19, 2007
Taxing and spending yield more poverty, not less
By
Matt Barnum
June 22, 2007
Should taxpayers fund Planned Parenthood? (Answer: No)
By
Matt Barnum
June 16, 2007
The pay gap myth1
By
Matt Barnum
June 8, 2007
Hillary’s fat lie
By
Matt Barnum
June 5, 2007
Are the rich paying their fair share in taxes?
By
Matt Barnum
June 5, 2007
The Supreme Court could use some more estrogen!!
By
Matt Barnum
June 5, 2007
What do I want? Understanding of Economics! When do I want it? Now!
By
Matt Barnum
June 3, 2007
My first entry: Thompson in ’08?
By
Matt Barnum
May 30, 2007
Big Apple’s $18-million pitching prize rotten to the core
By
Matt Barnum
May 8, 2007
Let’s have moderation in pursuit of justice
By
Matt Barnum
May 1, 2007
On rights, freedom, and being pro-abortion
By
Matt Barnum
April 6, 2007
Al Gore’s convenient lifestyle
By
Matt Barnum
March 30, 2007
Point—Counterpoint: The perpetual delusion of a desperate Cubs fan
By
Matt Barnum
March 6, 2007
We need another Barry Goldwater
By
Matt Barnum
March 2, 2007
Whoever put the “liberal” in “libertarian?”
By
Matt Barnum
February 16, 2007
Questioning Constitutional assumptions
By
Matt Barnum
February 6, 2007
The upside of being an anti-choice extremist
By
Matt Barnum
January 30, 2007
Why does tolerance stop at the church door for so many?
By
Matt Barnum
January 19, 2007
The Democrats’ silver bullet: Minimum wage hike for all
By
Matt Barnum
January 9, 2007
Make the health care system safe for doctors to practice
By
Matt Barnum
November 17, 2006
Remember Blair Hull? Barack Obama does.
By
Matt Barnum
November 14, 2006
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