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Category Archives: Matt Welch
Matt Welch: A Life Against the Emergency State
Matthew Lee Welch is born July 31, 1968 in Bellflower, California, and grows up in Long Beach. He attends UC Santa Barbara and leaves without a degree. Through his mother, Mary Bobbitt Townsend, he descends from Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus. … Continue reading
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Decoding Matt Welch
ChatGPT says: Alliance Theory reads Matt Welch as a durable outsider who chose permanent non-alignment rather than coalition capture. Early positioning. Welch emerged as a libertarian critic when both parties were expanding state power. That stance made him legible to … Continue reading
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The Fifth Column Podcast Will No Longer Appear On Megyn Kelly’s Show Because She Refuses To Condemn Candace Owens
I have mixed feelings about this. In the real world, you are judged by the people you hang out with. It is about the easiest and most accurate way of judging someone. On the other hand, this announcement feels off … Continue reading
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What Does Kamala’s Freedom Agenda Mean?
“Democrats have now rebranded as the party of freedom,” Reason magazine Editor Matt Welch noted in a recent video. Is this freedom agenda more substantial than the joy agenda? Linguist John McWhorter wrote in the New York Times Aug. 29: … Continue reading
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McCain: Myth of a Maverick
From the Washington Post: Another two-fer, this book excoriates John McCain as a calculating flip-flopper and the media for mythologizing him as a straight shooter. Welch, assistant editor of the Los Angeles Times‘ editorial pages, compares McCain’s "ritual self-criticism" to … Continue reading
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LAT’s Matt Welch Returning In Triumph To Reason Magazine In January
Matt and his beautiful wife Emmanuelle Richard will move to Washington D.C. He’s going to be a big shot at the publication. Editor Nick Gillespie will remain at Reason. Matt did not want this news to get out. I got … Continue reading
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No Lipstick for the Dodger pig
Matt Welch writes: Of all the lowliest (and most punishing) forms of journalism there are in our marvelous culture of media plenty, post-game baseball call-in shows possibly rank in the lowest quintile. And I say that as someone who probably … Continue reading
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