Matthew Walther
@matthewwalther
Editor @thelampmagazine. Contributing writer @nytopinion. Writing a biography of John Henry Newman for @yalepress. More @heartuntonewman.
With apologies in advance for the anarthrous noun modifier, some big news
Largely convinced by this @matthewwalther piece that conspiracy theories have become a dysfunctional bit of folk wisdom to deal with political corruption and sclerosis, though their mainstreaming is a disturbing new trend... nytimes.com/2025/07/20/opi…
Reminder number 45751 that "cancel culture" and similar accusations are always made by opposition parties working from a position of desperation.
Just finished taping with Stephen Colbert who announced his show was cancelled. If Paramount and CBS ended the Late Show for political reasons, the public deserves to know. And deserves better.
Absolutely—whatever happened to all the immigrant poodle barbecue gangs?
I think this from @matthewwalther is an insightful point & imo it arguably applies to certain kinds of non-conspiratorial scapegoating as well (e.g., in much anti-immigration sentiment). See next tweet for gift link to full piece:
congrats on getting a house so shitty that it has its own liminal space passage into the netherworld
Fuck you money
Read this piece, but also what were your summer jobs commonplace.org/2025/07/16/are…
No one writes quite like @matthewwalther thelampmagazine.com/blog/no-matter
"In case you haven’t noticed, a lot of people are very obviously under the impression that the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church is some kind of special club or camarilla for people who do these things to kids." @matthewwalther thelampmagazine.com/blog/no-matter