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Matthew Loftus

Matthew grew up in a family of 15 children and completed his medical training in Baltimore, Maryland. Since 2015, he and his family have lived in East Africa, where he currently teaches and practices Family Medicine at a mission hospital. His work has appeared in outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, The New Atlantis, and Mere Orthodoxy and his first book is forthcoming from InterVarsity Press.

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Matthew Loftus

Matthew grew up in a family of 15 children and completed his medical training in Baltimore, Maryland. Since 2015, he and his family have lived in East Africa, where he currently teaches and practices Family Medicine at a mission hospital. His work has appeared in outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, The New Atlantis, and Mere Orthodoxy and his first book is forthcoming from InterVarsity Press.

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we need a twenty-first century Comstock - Doctors Without Boredom

Anthony Comstock was vilified and mocked in his time, but our times call for a new Comstock -- and some real restrictions on pornography.

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

even surgeons agree: we hate EMRs! - Doctors Without Boredom

Atul Gawande jumps on the anti-EMR bandwagon, and it’s a very satisfying read: There’s a techno-optimist view of how this story will unfold. Big technology companies are already circling to invest in IKS Health. They see an opportunity for artificial […]

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

even surgeons agree: we hate EMRs! - Doctors Without Boredom

Atul Gawande jumps on the anti-EMR bandwagon, and it’s a very satisfying read: There’s a techno-optimist view of how this story will unfold. Big technology companies are already circling to invest in IKS Health. They see an opportunity for artificial […]

Matthew LoftusFamily

the life-changing magic of having things to share - Doctors Without Boredom

Comment Magazine’s Seerveld Prize Winners have been announced, and the entries are a delight to read. I wanted to highlight Matt Miller’s entry in particular: Consumerism, however, is a subtle demon, and it may not be readily exorcised through the practice […]

Matthew LoftusFamily

the life-changing magic of having things to share - Doctors Without Boredom

Comment Magazine’s Seerveld Prize Winners have been announced, and the entries are a delight to read. I wanted to highlight Matt Miller’s entry in particular: Consumerism, however, is a subtle demon, and it may not be readily exorcised through the practice […]

Matthew LoftusCultureHistory

"making human life safe for human beings" - Doctors Without Boredom

This is a fine essay by James Poulos on the failure of “mass enlightenment” to occur via technology and the urge of the institutional elites to add more technology to fix the problem: On those premises, the internet arose. By […]

Matthew LoftusCultureHistory

"making human life safe for human beings" - Doctors Without Boredom

This is a fine essay by James Poulos on the failure of “mass enlightenment” to occur via technology and the urge of the institutional elites to add more technology to fix the problem: On those premises, the internet arose. By […]

Matthew LoftusPoliticsFeatured

Ten Theses on the Bible, Poverty, and Justice | Mere Orthodoxy

Political societies should not simply secure certain negative rights for their members, but should also make it easier for people to be good.

Matthew LoftusCriminal Justice

vulnerable children and orphanages - Doctors Without Boredom

This investigation by ProPublica into an orphanage and school in Liberia often reads like a checklist of what not to do when running an aid project overseas: Lack of oversight on the ground. Lack of trained or experienced staff running programs. […]

Matthew LoftusCriminal Justice

vulnerable children and orphanages - Doctors Without Boredom

This investigation by ProPublica into an orphanage and school in Liberia often reads like a checklist of what not to do when running an aid project overseas: Lack of oversight on the ground. Lack of trained or experienced staff running programs. […]

Matthew LoftusCultureHistoryEthics

colonizing Mars won't be nearly as exciting as we think - Doctors Without Boredom

Micah Meadowcroft is in top form with this essay at The New Atlantis about the letdown that colonizing Mars could be: Consider your place in our interplanetary future. Let us speculate. Suppose that SpaceX or some similar enterprise has succeeded, […]

Matthew LoftusCultureHistoryEthics

colonizing Mars won't be nearly as exciting as we think - Doctors Without Boredom

Micah Meadowcroft is in top form with this essay at The New Atlantis about the letdown that colonizing Mars could be: Consider your place in our interplanetary future. Let us speculate. Suppose that SpaceX or some similar enterprise has succeeded, […]