Matthew BarrittThe Nearness of HopeI’m writing this in the late evening of the day Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race. I saw the news minutes after his tweet…Jul 22Jul 22
Matthew BarrittNo Questions About FishWe have rarely enjoyed a public service announcement as much.Jul 5, 2023Jul 5, 2023
Matthew BarrittTwo Types of PeopleThose who are willing to harm others, and those who aren’t — the most essential and rationally baffling division in the human dichotomy.Jul 4, 2023Jul 4, 2023
Matthew BarrittTools and ToiletsThe cool design of this screwdriver is not what I’m writing about. I’m writing about the online danger of tools, and toilets.Dec 1, 2022Dec 1, 2022
Matthew BarrittWhat Someone Did to Salman RushdieCutting the body of all people who believe that rational hope is found in the freedom of truthful speech.Aug 13, 20221Aug 13, 20221
Matthew BarrittLook Away, at Least for a MomentThe spectacle of destruction holds my gaze. Consuming the news becomes my necessary compulsion. Distraught my normal frame of mind.Aug 8, 2022Aug 8, 2022
Matthew BarrittinEleventh LifeThe New Sound of the Fourth of JulyLate evening, July 4th, 2022:Jul 8, 2022Jul 8, 2022
Matthew BarrittinEleventh LifeThoughts and Prayers — F*** ThatI’ve had enough. We’ve had enough. And false civility may be appeasement. I just don’t know.May 28, 2022May 28, 2022