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Year's End 2022: Looking Back, Taking Stock, Bumbling Onward, Ha!
As the year gallops to a close it is time once again to take a deep breath and reflect on what I been up to, where it has taken me, and...

David Matthews
Dec 29, 20228 min read
Holiday greetings, mes amis!
Wine Santa made a surprise delivery this morning! I did not see that coming. Trani and Candace are the best of the best. I called Trani...

David Matthews
Dec 21, 20222 min read
A Look Back at Allen Ginsberg (Part 1)
William F. Buckley Jr. (1925–2008) introduced Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) to the audience at the May 7, 1968, edition of Firing Line as...

David Matthews
Dec 13, 202210 min read
Varieties of Heroism: Ada Wordsworth at the Przemyśl Train Station
I have a new hero. Her name is Ada Wordsworth. What I know of Wordsworth comes from an article she wrote that appears in the current...

David Matthews
Nov 29, 20228 min read
It Could Have Been Worse
The consensus is that it could have been worse. As Mona Charen put it on the morning after, "Yes, some horrible candidates won, and a few...

David Matthews
Nov 11, 20224 min read
An Improbable Comrade
Sometimes fate messes with our heads. A player steps out from an ensemble cast onto the stage in a role no one would have anticipated....

David Matthews
Nov 7, 20226 min read
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