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Dylan Matthews

Dylan Matthews

Former Senior Correspondent and Lead Writer

    Latest articles by Dylan Matthews

    Life
    Americans are more excited about their lives than they’ve been in 40 yearsAmericans are more excited about their lives than they’ve been in 40 years
    Life

    And the more excited they are, the happier they are too.

    By Dylan Matthews
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    Vox Sentences: The optics and metaphysics of the dressVox Sentences: The optics and metaphysics of the dress
    archives

    That and more in our daily news roundup.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Culture
    Remember Leonard Nimoy with “The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins,” his greatest musical momentRemember Leonard Nimoy with “The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins,” his greatest musical moment
    Culture

    “In the middle of the earth, in the land of the Shire, lives a brave little hobbit whom we all admire.”

    By Dylan Matthews
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    Vox Sentences: Unmasking “Jihadi John”Vox Sentences: Unmasking “Jihadi John”
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    That and more in our daily news roundup.

    By Dylan Matthews
    Culture
    Boyhood didn’t win the Best Picture Oscar. Was that a horrible decision — or a good one?Boyhood didn’t win the Best Picture Oscar. Was that a horrible decision — or a good one?
    Culture

    It was either a beautiful paean to the universality of childhood or a movie built around a complete cipher.

    By Emily St. James and Dylan Matthews
    archives
    Vox Sentences: The FCC is finally voting on net neutralityVox Sentences: The FCC is finally voting on net neutrality
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    That and more in our daily news roundup.

    By Dylan Matthews
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    Vox Sentences: The Justice Department shuts down its Trayvon Martin investigationVox Sentences: The Justice Department shuts down its Trayvon Martin investigation
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    That and more in our daily news roundup.

    By Dylan Matthews
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    It’s time for Mitch McConnell to kill the filibusterIt’s time for Mitch McConnell to kill the filibuster
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    It doesn’t matter what party’s in power. The filibuster needs to go.

    By Dylan Matthews
    archives
    Vox Sentences: DHS is set to shut down Friday. No one’s panicking.Vox Sentences: DHS is set to shut down Friday. No one’s panicking.
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    That and more in our daily news roundup.

    By Dylan Matthews
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    Vox Sentences: Europe and Greece reach deal to reach another deal in the futureVox Sentences: Europe and Greece reach deal to reach another deal in the future
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    That and more from our daily news roundup.

    By Dylan Matthews

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