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Matthew LoftusCriminal Justice

a betrayal: how do we help young people escape violence? - Doctors Without Boredom

This deeply-reported story about a young man who tried to cooperate with law enforcement and escape MS-13 is both moving and unsettling: Henry did his part to aid the federal crackdown on MS-13. In addition to the gang members he […]

Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

Mere Fidelity: Hospitality and Immigration, with Dr. Matthew Kaemingk

Mere Fidelity: Hospitality and Immigration, with Dr. Matthew Kaemingk

Matthew Loftus

Coptic churches in America on mission - Doctors Without Boredom

I enjoyed this story by Shira Telushkin about the Coptic Church in America adapting culturally. Growing up in the church and working overseas, debates about how to adapt to “the culture” are usually about European or Western traditions either trying […]

Matthew Loftus

Coptic churches in America on mission - Doctors Without Boredom

I enjoyed this story by Shira Telushkin about the Coptic Church in America adapting culturally. Growing up in the church and working overseas, debates about how to adapt to “the culture” are usually about European or Western traditions either trying […]

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

the public health promise of vaping - Doctors Without Boredom

Smoking is very, very bad. It’s in everyone’s interest to cut it back. And it looks like e-cigarettes might be helpful as smokers try to quit! And then the kids started doing it… and then the kids found the juul. Cigarette […]

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

the public health promise of vaping - Doctors Without Boredom

Smoking is very, very bad. It’s in everyone’s interest to cut it back. And it looks like e-cigarettes might be helpful as smokers try to quit! And then the kids started doing it… and then the kids found the juul. Cigarette […]

Matthew LoftusFamily

friendship, families, and the celibate - Doctors Without Boredom

I am a bit biased because Wes Hill is a dear friend, but man! This essay of his in Comment about breaking up with a friend and choosing to build deep, intimate friendships with families is so good: I spent my […]

Matthew LoftusFamily

friendship, families, and the celibate - Doctors Without Boredom

I am a bit biased because Wes Hill is a dear friend, but man! This essay of his in Comment about breaking up with a friend and choosing to build deep, intimate friendships with families is so good: I spent my […]

Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

Can There Be Mercy in Trump's America? | Mere Orthodoxy

Last week provided two more examples of what is an increasingly hard-to-dispute fact: There will be little mercy in the post-2016 United States.

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEconomics

sex robots: not just about sex anymore... or ever! - Doctors Without Boredom

Everyone loves a good read about the history of sex robots, right? “Sex robots,” therefore, have always been about more than sex. They’ve been a cultural repository for wider uncertainties in times of social change: a literalization of the fear […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEconomics

sex robots: not just about sex anymore... or ever! - Doctors Without Boredom

Everyone loves a good read about the history of sex robots, right? “Sex robots,” therefore, have always been about more than sex. They’ve been a cultural repository for wider uncertainties in times of social change: a literalization of the fear […]

Matthew LoftusCultureCriminal Justice

it's all about governance and trust - Doctors Without Boredom

Shadi Hamid, Vanda Felbab-Brown, and Harold Trinkunas share an excerpt from their new book on governance and trust, a subject that I’ve been banging on about for quite a while now: The Taliban claims to adhere to a strict interpretation of […]