Archive - Matzko Minute

AI and the Future of Journalism

Notes from the Perugia Journalism Festival

Apr 14 •

March 2025

Trump is Losing Barstool Conservatives

Dave Portnoy, Joe Rogan, and the Sports Bros Constituency

Mar 24 •

AGI Hype vs AI Reality

Thoughts after an AI conference

Mar 17 •

February 2025

Trump is Nixon 2.0

And DOGE is like CREEP, but on steroids.

Feb 28 •

Trump's Friday Afternoon Massacre

Firing the inspector generals and replacing them with Elon Musk

Feb 18 •

January 2025

Joe Biden was a Bad President

The fact that he was bookended by even worse doesn't let him off the hook.

Jan 20 •

My First Waymo and My Last Uber (I Wish)

A Tale of Two Trips

Jan 8 •

December 2024

Complicating Jimmy Carter

I have an obituary for Jimmy Carter with Time in which I hit all the standard points: Carter was the true Great Deregulator who played an important role…

Dec 30, 2024 •

TikTok and the "Foreign Adversary"

The Wartime Logic of the TikTok Ban Invites Authoritarianism

Dec 16, 2024 •

November 2024

Feeling Thankful, Cars Edition

The automobile industry exemplifies the power of free markets.

Nov 27, 2024 •

Why I Won't Vote for Donald Trump

Donald Trump attempted to steal the 2020 election by illegally leaning on state election officials to find extra votes, illegally attempting to generate…

Nov 3, 2024 •

October 2024

The (Still) Golden Age of Film and Television

The decline of an industry is not the same thing as the decline of a medium

Oct 8, 2024 •

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