Author: Matt


  • NYT: The American Abyss

    NYT: The American Abyss

    I’m one of the most critical readers of the NYT and…

  • The Myth of American Restraint

    The Myth of American Restraint

    Over the last four years, several prominent talking heads have pushed…

  • My Software Stack

    My Software Stack

    I recently purchased a new desktop PC (AMD 3600, 16GB Ram,…

  • The COVID Story No one’s Paying Attention To

    The COVID Story No one’s Paying Attention To

    Considering the Jupiter-sized clusterfuck that’s hitting the United States around the…

  • 2020: The Rest of My To-Do List

    2020: The Rest of My To-Do List

    I have a growing iOS list of things to do/watch/see/hear. Figured…

  • Optimism amid the pandemic

    Optimism amid the pandemic

    Last year while in Tuscany, we drove down to Montalcino for…

  • quarantine musings

    quarantine musings

    It’s Day 52 of our quarantine in the age of COVID-19,…

  • Some Things I Learned in 2019

    Some Things I Learned in 2019

    2019 deserves a medal. I think it’s one of the first…

  • The 25 Best Things I’ve Seen on the Internet in 2019

    The 25 Best Things I’ve Seen on the Internet in 2019

    Every year-long trip around the sun, another 10 internet years goes…

  • 2020 Playlist

    I created a 2020 playlist for my friend’s New Year’s Eve…