David MatthewsJun 7, 202112 minNikole Hannah-Jones, the 1619 Project, and Academic FreedomIn April the University of North Carolina's Hussman School of Journalism and Media announced that Nikole Hannah-Jones would join its...
David MatthewsMay 31, 202112 minThe Israeli Peace Movement, Palestinian Nonviolent Activism, and What They Are Up AgainstNews coverage of Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank tends to focus on Hamas raining rockets down on Israel and Israel in turn bombing the...
David MatthewsMay 21, 202119 minLiterary Adventure with Larry McMurtryWe were taught to make outlines in high school, maybe before that, as far back as fifth or sixth grade at Dutch Fork Elementary. Although...
David MatthewsMay 12, 20213 minLiz Cheney and the Urgency of the MomentLiz Cheney and I share little common ground. For the most part a vast chasm lies between us. Cheney contributed to the authoritarian...
David MatthewsApr 29, 20217 minUntimely thoughts prompted by the Chauvin verdict; and sundry digressionsThe jury's verdict of guilty on all counts in the Derek Chauvin trial should have come as no surprise. The prosecution had a strong case...
David MatthewsApr 9, 202111 minThe Writer at WorkW.S. Merwin wrote in a poem that he once asked John Berryman how you can ever be sure that what you write is really any good, to which...