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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.

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 […]

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 […]

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

what kind of diet should we eat? - Doctors Without Boredom

I’ve never seen a better, more succinct Q&A on what a good diet means, so I’m sharing this one: I feel smarter, but what happens when new information comes out, like, tomorrow? How can I stay up to date? It seems […]

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

what kind of diet should we eat? - Doctors Without Boredom

I’ve never seen a better, more succinct Q&A on what a good diet means, so I’m sharing this one: I feel smarter, but what happens when new information comes out, like, tomorrow? How can I stay up to date? It seems […]

Matthew LoftusCriminal Justice

racism in, racism out - Doctors Without Boredom

This article about Palantir is something else: “The world changed when it became clear everyone could be targeted using Palantir,” says a former JPMorgan cyber expert who worked with Cavicchia at one point on the insider threat team. “Nefarious ideas […]

Matthew LoftusCriminal Justice

racism in, racism out - Doctors Without Boredom

This article about Palantir is something else: “The world changed when it became clear everyone could be targeted using Palantir,” says a former JPMorgan cyber expert who worked with Cavicchia at one point on the insider threat team. “Nefarious ideas […]

Matthew LoftusCultureHistoryEconomics

the history of capitalism and the glory of man - Doctors Without Boredom

Note: I am sorry for the inconsistent posting schedule. Our family moved two weeks ago to our new field of service and the internet here is so inconsistent that I have been unable to connect every time that I sat […]

Matthew LoftusCultureHistoryEconomics

the history of capitalism and the glory of man - Doctors Without Boredom

Note: I am sorry for the inconsistent posting schedule. Our family moved two weeks ago to our new field of service and the internet here is so inconsistent that I have been unable to connect every time that I sat […]

Matthew Loftus

when churches commodify diversity - Doctors Without Boredom

What happens when urban churches try to commodify diversity? It gets ugly.

Matthew Loftus

when churches commodify diversity - Doctors Without Boredom

What happens when urban churches try to commodify diversity? It gets ugly.

Matthew Loftus

more questions than answers in the death of a journalist in South Sudan - Doctors Without Boredom

A journalist embedded with rebel soldiers was shot and killed in South Sudan. Simona Foltyn unravels the story of his last hours and the questions raised by his death.

Matthew Loftus

more questions than answers in the death of a journalist in South Sudan - Doctors Without Boredom

A journalist embedded with rebel soldiers was shot and killed in South Sudan. Simona Foltyn unravels the story of his last hours and the questions raised by his death.