Victorino Matus
Arts and Culture Editor at The Washington Free Beacon
Co - Host at Getting Hammered
@FreeBeacon Arts & Culture editor, cohost of the Getting Hammered podcast, Weekly Standard alumnus, author of Vodka
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4 days ago |
freebeacon.com | Victorino Matus
Welcome to our special Mother's Day edition of the Weekend Beacon, featuring all the subjects we love discussing with our mothers: faith, sex, drugs, and politics! (Okay, not all the subjects.)We begin with Mary Eberstadt, who reviews Ross Douthat's Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious. "Believe is vintage Douthat, marked by genial narration, lightly worn erudition (and lots of it), and authentic concern for readers.
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1 week ago |
freebeacon.com | Victorino Matus
It's been a rollercoaster of a ride, to say the least. Many of us wondered if the chaos and uncertainty would ever end. But it did. At long last, Shedeur Sanders was finally drafted in the fifth round by the Cleveland Browns. Not that I was worried—after all, every dog has his day. Which reminds me of a new book by Mark Rowlands, The Word of Dog: What Our Canine Companions Can Teach Us About Living a Good Life. New Weekend Beacon contributor Kristen Soltis Anderson gives us a review.
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2 weeks ago |
freebeacon.com | Victorino Matus
Apologies if this newsletter seems incoherent. Midway through writing it, I took a break, wandered out to the pool, sank into a lounge chair, and fell asleep. What could possibly go wrong? A lot, it turns out. Our Andrew Stiles reviews Chris Whipple's Uncharted: How Trump Beat Biden, Harris, and the Odds in the Wildest Campaign in History. "Some were keenly aware of Biden's condition, but didn't care.
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1 month ago |
freebeacon.com | Victorino Matus
Amid the tumult over tariffs, let's not forget a war rages on in the Middle East and terrorists are still holding innocent people hostage. Douglas Murray hasn't forgotten. His latest book, On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization, has just come out. Weekend Beacon contributor Meir Y. Soloveichik has a review. "I had been scheduled to speak in October 2023 in a London synagogue, at an event about my recent book.
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1 month ago |
conservativereview.com | Victorino Matus
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If you follow @KSoltisAnderson (and you all should) and you miss her Daily Wally posts, you’re going to want to read her review of “Word of Dog” in this Very Special Weekend Beacon.
When @VictorinoMatus asks you to review a book about dogs, you say yes. https://t.co/ZnkoX7dQQ8
RT @elianayjohnson: 72 hours after the Trump administration announced an investigation into the Harvard Law Review for racial discriminatio…