Welcome to Matt and Nate’s matinee! Who are Matt and Nate? Well, if you aren’t able to figure out who “Matt” is right now — the guy with over 100 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes to date and whose website, matthewrozsa.com, hosts this review — than I can’t help you. As for Nate? Let’s just say that he is a local comedian in eastern Pennsylvania who shares my love of Yocco’s hot dogs, ukulele-based...
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Can you be friends with exes?
May 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
Published: The Good Men Project (May 10, 2016) The title of this article is a bit misleading. My first thought was to call it, "Can you be friends with individuals of the opposite sex?" Then I realized this wouldn't pose any potential ethical quandaries for homosexuals, so I rephrased it to "Can you be friends with individuals who you could hypothetically find sexually attractive?" That doesn't...
Looking Through ‘Depressing’ Tweets
Aug 8, 2015 | Autobiographical, General Advice, Mental Illness, mic, Uncategorized
Published: Good Men Project (August 8, 2015) Matthew Rozsa explores the latest Twitter trend, #TheWorstPartOfDepressionIs. — For the most part I’m not a big fan of Twitter. Any medium that attempts to condense the human experience into 140 characters is, in my opinion, more likely to water down meaningful self-expression than encourage it. Although my career makes Twitter use something of a...
Why Conservatives Will Deeply Regret Coining the Term “Obamacare”
Dec 4, 2013 | mic, Uncategorized
Published: mic (December 4, 2013) One day, in the not too distant future, conservatives will deeply regret their decision to use "Obamacare" as an epithet for the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This isn't to say that the tactic isn't working right now. Although polls have consistently shown that an overwhelming majority of Americans supports the ACA's key provisions of the ACA, those same studies...
Tea Party Racism
Oct 2, 2010 | Political Ideologies, Uncategorized
Whenever the Tea Party is accused of being motivated by racism, its conservative defenders tend to trot out some variation of this argument:"Why is that you liberals always play the race card whenever conservatives disagree with you? Can't you accept the fact that people may have differences of opinion with a black politician for reasons other than his race?"There is some truth to the first...
Another Ron Paul
May 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
Remember how I wrote that the Republican Party may nominate Ron Paul in 2012?Well, Salon just published an article about an up-and-coming GOPer who is out to seize the Ron Paul mantle:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_E._Johnson#Possible_2012_presidential_runI think Johnson has an excellent chance of doing it. Despite his pro-choice, pro-gay marriage stances - all of which are guaranteed to...