Matt Johnson

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Matt Johnson is a writer. His work has been published in Haaretz, The Bulwark, Persuasion, The Daily Beast, Quillette, American Purpose, and elsewhere. He is the author of How Hitchens Can Save the Left: Rediscovering Fearless Liberalism in an Age of Counter-Enlightenment (Pitchstone Publishing, 28 February 2023).

Latest Articles

The end of American idealism

4 March 2025 Arts & Books

A review of 'The Myth of American Idealism' by Noam Chomsky and Nathan J. Robinson.

How Trump will reshape America’s global role in his image

22 November 2024 Civil Liberties

Donald Trump’s return to the White House will plunge the United States back toward America First isolationism, protectionism,…

Can the ‘New Theists’ save the West?

30 April 2024 Blasphemy & Free Speech

'[Jordan] Peterson is the most influential New Theist in the world, and he’s sympathetic to the cultural grievances of a…

Christopher Hitchens and the value of heterodoxy

22 February 2023 Blasphemy & Free Speech

'We have never been in greater need of authors, academics, and journalists who think for themselves rather than mindlessly conforming…

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