Archive - Social Matter

The Great Books Aren't Enough

Few institutions have been fought over as much as education, and none have fallen to modern fads to the extent of the classroom.

Jun 12 • Alan Schmidt

Substack is Drowning in AI Slop

I just want to have a conversation

Jun 3 • Alan Schmidt

Unleash the Soldier of Fortune and Slash the Deficit

Solve the Deficit Crisis and the Male Loneliness Epidemic with this One Weird Trick

Jun 1 • Alan Schmidt

May 2026

Pizza Hut Nationalism

This is the monthly preview post.

May 20 • Alan Schmidt

Parental Slavery, Parental Liberation

Obligations must confer Rights

May 18 • Alan Schmidt

Did Women's Suffrage Dilute Female Power?

The Anti-Suffragettes in their Own Words

May 11 • Alan Schmidt

Paying the Danegeld

Why libertarian instincts fail in building lasting power.

May 5 • Alan Schmidt

April 2026

Back in college, I was friends with what seemed to be the ideal couple.

Apr 28 • Alan Schmidt

Mr. and Mrs. Good Enough

Marriage Needs to be a Little Mercenary

Apr 20 • Alan Schmidt

Judge My Bookshelf: Part 3

The Ancient City, The Perfect and the Wicked, Heretics of Dune, and others

Apr 16 • Alan Schmidt

14:14

A Dune Future Was Inevitable

A Brief History of the Jihad Against the Machines

Apr 13 • Alan Schmidt

Judge My Bookshelf: Part 2

Apr 2 • Alan Schmidt

13:49

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