Matthew Schmitz

Matthew Schmitz
Matthew Schmitz is deputy editor of First Things.
Republicans such as Ben Carson aren’t the only ones with concerns about Islam, and race isn’t the paramount issue.
Is Donald Trump the vengeful ghost of Norman Vincent Peale sent to punish a nation of haters and losers?
What reportorial goal is furthered by claiming that ‘critics say’ something without giving the names of any critics or quoting their words?
Progressives shouldn’t join anti-Muslim activists in asserting wild outcomes from Indiana’s new religious freedom law.
To illustrate the extent of the Kochs’ dystopian agenda, here are a few of their most shocking attempts to buy influence.