Tanner Matthews

Interested in political philosophy, ethics, philosophy of religion. Used bookstore aficionado. Ceviche lover. Practicing Attorney.

[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

Trump's defeat in Iran is a stunning display of incompetence -- even more flagrant than George W. Bush's mishandling of Hurricane Katrina two decades ago.

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[Edward Feser @FeserEdward]

🎯 It’s this simple. Read Aquinas on the consequences of the sins of pride and vainglory, and the man’s entire public life becomes intelligible. What’s astounding is how many Christians deluded themselves that his being in thrall to the gravest of all sins somehow wouldn’t matter

[Damon Linker @DamonLinker]

Trump believes in nothing but himself. That’s all you need to know to understand everything. Yet here we are 10+ years into his domination of American politics with lots of supposedly smart people learning it for the very first time.

[Blake Burge @blakeaburge]

Underrated life advice: Become generous with your assumptions. Assume they were tired, not rude. Overwhelmed, not careless. Preoccupied, not distant. This doesn’t mean tolerate disrespect. It means stop turning every small moment into a personal attack. Grace makes life lighter.

[Edward Feser @FeserEdward]

“The best and most clarifying thing I’ve read about Magnifica Humanitas comes from Ed Feser, who isn’t trying to explain away anything Pope Leo wrote but rather putting it in context. He’s particularly helpful on just war.” Thank you @RameshPonnuru https://t.co/XH72PFqQPI

[Tanner Matthews @TannerMatthew15]

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[Jared Cook @jkimballcook]

Krakauer is a very talented writer but a terrible historian. I enjoyed reading Under the Banner of Heaven, but it is best understood as an extended personal essay that wrestles with some of the hard questions of faith than as an accurate history of early Mormonism.

[Tanner Matthews @TannerMatthew15]

Contributor: My father, Ronald Reagan, would be heartbroken by today's White House conduct https://t.co/u7S6urHv1G

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For 2 centuries, Latter-day Saints have revered religious freedom – but their definition is evolving

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Opinion: The immigration memo that threatens 74 years of U.S. policy https://t.co/XHrndb1MlK

[Luis Dizon 🇨🇦🇻🇦 @luisdizon]

Catholic social teaching does not map neatly onto the left-right political spectrum. Followed consistently, it will (and ought to) trigger people on both sides, albeit for different reasons.

[Tanner Matthews @TannerMatthew15]

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[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

The debate between @romanhelmetguy and @balajis motivated me to finally write the post about liberal nationalism that I had been intending to write for months.

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WA immigration lawyer Alexandra Lozano, facing possible discipline, resigns https://t.co/g9gbRepYsq via @seattletimes