Matt Johnson

Matt Johnson has written for many outlets and is the author of the forthcoming book, How Hitchens Can Save the Left: Rediscovering Fearless Liberalism in an Age of Counter-Enlightenment (Feb 2023)

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New Atheism and the Demand for Dogma

The notion that we abandoned our old faiths and replaced them with new ones is too tidy and simplistic.

Matt Johnson

24 Jul 2023 · 9 min read

Animal Liberation Later

Most consumers of meat know that animals matter, but they choose to act as if this isn’t the case.

Matt Johnson

30 Jun 2023 · 12 min read

Mearsheimer: Rigor or Reaction?

What John J. Mearsheimer gets wrong about Ukraine, international affairs, and much else besides.

Matt Johnson

15 Feb 2023 · 21 min read

Fukuyama’s Victory

Liberal democracy has again proved itself capable of overcoming its internal challenges and contradictions.

Matt Johnson

7 Dec 2022 · 22 min read

The Problems with Longtermism

The further we look into the future, the less certain we can be about our predictions and plans.

Matt Johnson

27 Oct 2022 · 12 min read

What the Left Keeps Getting Wrong About Ukraine

Vapid bromides about peace and negotiation are no substitute for policy and a frank acknowledgement of Russia’s responsibility for the conflict.

Matt Johnson

9 Sep 2022 · 9 min read

The Limits of Radical Protest

Those fighting for social change today would do well to heed Bayard Rustin’s advice about how to build sustainable and effective political movements.

Matt Johnson

5 Aug 2022 · 12 min read

Burgis on Hitchens—Getting Radicalism Wrong

A review of Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters [https://amzn.to/3eL00Re] by Ben Burgis, Zero Books, 160 pages (January 2021) December 15th marked the 10th anniversary of Christopher Hitchens’s death, an occasion that produced a renewed flurry of

Matt Johnson

2 Jan 2022 · 14 min read