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Matthew Schmitz

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Matthew Schmitz

@matthewschmitz

editor @compactmag religion editor @postopinions co-host @againstthepod

New York, NY

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Joined September 2010

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Matthew Schmitz
@matthewschmitz
Jun 8
At @compactmag, we believe in the power of words to change society. Over the last year, our articles have shifted the cultural consensus and affected policy. Please support our summer campaign so that our influence can continue to grow: compactmag.com/donate/
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Matthew Schmitz
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Mar 21, 2025
Jacob Savage on the evaporation of opportunities for young white men writing fiction compactmag.com/article/the-va…
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Matthew Schmitz
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May 30, 2025
“Immigration, particularly at levels large enough to make a demographic difference, is not a solution to demographic decline but instead its accelerant.” An important analysis of the data by the political scientist @darelmass compactmag.com/article/mass-i…
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Matthew Schmitz
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Apr 11, 2025
Chris Caldwell has the best explanation of this I’ve seen x.com/ForecasterEnte…
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(((Harry Enten)))
@ForecasterEnten
Apr 11, 2025
A shocker for me given the tariff war: The GOP seems to be in their best position ever for the party who cares more for the needs of people like yourself. A tie on a metric that Dems have historically led by double digits. The reason? Huge GOP gains among the working class.
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Matthew Schmitz
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Apr 6, 2023
Unsealed documents have destroyed the conventional narrative on Watergate. Nixon had to go—not because of a bungled break-in, but because he challenged the national security state.
How the Deep State Took Down Nixon
From compactmag.com
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Matthew Schmitz
@matthewschmitz
Aug 15, 2025
Statements like this from a New Yorker staff writer raise the question of whether people who are neither women nor minorities—that is, white men—are treated equally in hiring and promotion at prestige publications.
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Matthew Schmitz
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Oct 2, 2022
Interesting study in how the effort to “defend democracy” can end up subverting it.
To Defend Democracy, Is Brazil’s Top Court Going Too Far? (Published 2022)
From nytimes.com
Matthew Schmitz
@matthewschmitz
Feb 15, 2022
Last year, at least 68 churches in Canada were set ablaze or vandalized following claims that 215 indigenous children had been murdered and secretly buried at a residential school run by the Catholic Church. tnc.news/2021/08/23/a-m…
Matthew Schmitz
@matthewschmitz
Oct 28, 2025
National Review’s 70th anniversary includes an attack on Phyllis Schlafly, perhaps the most successful activist the conservative movement ever produced. The author doesn’t like the fact that Schlafly endorsed Donald Trump.
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Matthew Schmitz
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Aug 9, 2024
“Walz recently legalized infanticide in the state of Minnesota. As someone who does not identify as conservative, I’d be delighted if this claim could be dismissed as a right-wing fever dream. Unfortunately, it is all too real.”
VP Nominee Tim Walz Supports the Right to Infanticide - First Things
From firstthings.com
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Matthew Schmitz
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May 3, 2022
A pretty clear call for intimidation.
Matthew Schmitz
@matthewschmitz
Nov 20, 2024
In 1997, Robert Lighthizer warned that if China joined the WTO, “virtually no manufacturing job in this country will be safe.” By contrast, nearly 150 economists signed a letter supporting the move. My essay on the man who saw what others missed:
Opinion | There’s One Person Trump Absolutely Needs in His Administration (Published 2024)
From nytimes.com
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Matthew Schmitz
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Mar 19, 2023
Princeton wrestler Patrick Glory greets Trump after winning the NCAA national championship last night
Margo Martin
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Margo Martin
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Matthew Schmitz
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Aug 15, 2022
Among other things, this article will be used to argue that Catholics peacefully praying in public—like attendees of the monthly Witness for Life in Manhattan—are violent extremists who should be restricted.