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What I’ve Learned From 10 Years of Doing Standup Comedy

Jokes, jealousy, Jews, and the journey of being a comedian in New York City

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What Tom Petty Taught Me About Songwriting and Life

He wrote gospel songs about defiance, love, and life as an outcast

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Ten Lessons from Standup Comedy That Will Make You a Better Speaker

How thinking like Louis CK and…

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What comedians get that pundits don’t

White House Correspondent’s Dinner: You are a bad room. The problem isn’t Michelle Wolf. The problem is you.

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Dorks, Vice, and the Comeback of Real Reporting

Why the future of journalism is the NY Times & Washington Post (and definitely not Vice)

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I have a HOT TAKE. Things are not that bad.

We keep viewing the world through a prism of outrage.

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Coming to Terms with President Trump

I’m a comedian. I’ve been writing a lot about the election and Donald Trump. Here’s a collection of the things I’ve posted on social media.

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What Liberals Can Learn from the NRA

Why the left must abandon identity politics and focus on income inequality

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Immigrants Love America the Most

To us, America is a place. To them, America is an idea.

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The Uncomfortable Path of Finding Funny

On Chris Rock and how writing comedy onstage works.

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These were the top 10 stories published by Sandpaper Suit; you can also dive into yearly archives: 2016, 2017, and 2018.

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Sandpaper Suit

This is the comedy blog of Matt Ruby. I’m a standup comedian and the creator of Vooza, a video comic strip about the tech world. Learn more at mattrubycomedy.com.

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