<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 21:04:40 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@matthew.allen/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Trump shot the rule of law in the head on 5th Ave., didn't lose a vote, then raped the corpse while Republican leaders applauded.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Blaze wasted a bunch of ones and zeros letting us know that No. 42 is still considered to be in the top three presidents in recent history along with Kennedy and Reagan…pretty good company I’d say:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/impeachment/@matthew.allen/trump-shot-the-rule-of-law-in-the-head-on-5th-ave-didn-t-lose-a-voter-then-raped-the-corpse-while-republican-leaders-applauded</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/impeachment/@matthew.allen/trump-shot-the-rule-of-law-in-the-head-on-5th-ave-didn-t-lose-a-voter-then-raped-the-corpse-while-republican-leaders-applauded</guid><category><![CDATA[impeachment]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matthew.allen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2017 03:00:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXa3Y3uhwb9z21xy5PMcR9Rd9cSP58Xar2hbaFXnG8SXcTtsWM4roxHmhTa24uSLp6PqVWhSdVTc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time and attention…the different bedside approaches to governing.]]></title><description><![CDATA[This piece was originally written as a critique of the Republican handling of healthcare reform efforts. In general, however, it is a look at how the Republicans have decided to govern with their unified]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/healthcare/@matthew.allen/time-and-attention-the-different-bedside-approaches-to-governing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/healthcare/@matthew.allen/time-and-attention-the-different-bedside-approaches-to-governing</guid><category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matthew.allen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2017 02:01:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZjUPSYAVmQTvXPNDionB299m8iCjnSxhySMs852VzJrwDPw43Ug2huaCAkDqpTkddgZNqZcDEE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shove it up your Quora no. 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[If the social and political views held by most liberal Quorans took hold in the United States, what form of government would it be? I misread the original question but spent time writing an answer to the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/society/@matthew.allen/2ayehv-shove-it-up-your-quora-no-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/society/@matthew.allen/2ayehv-shove-it-up-your-quora-no-2</guid><category><![CDATA[society]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matthew.allen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2017 01:31:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZ1L4PmzvdKqA48QwhvN6anae8tPRjJodpahD7dRLzAzYR51t8BzDdAPJSXXVFWdG2aNMWiT5W6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mean Girls of the Senate.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I wonder what the political landscape would look like today if Trump and the Congressional Republicans just kept the promise they made over the past 8 years: repeal and replace Obamacare with something]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/obamacare/@matthew.allen/mean-girls-of-the-senate</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/obamacare/@matthew.allen/mean-girls-of-the-senate</guid><category><![CDATA[obamacare]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matthew.allen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2017 01:25:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYMtH2iDH3QRwxKGVBDHe9UQBPBfhHJtYrcZ8n9aoH1Tz9zBDtvA4yk5ggz8YaZTNdJR9cw6S9C?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oxford comma anyone?]]></title><description><![CDATA[So I am a devotee of the Oxford comma and get annoyed when I see it not being used. I have to say "Yes" to the Oxford comma. What do you have to say? Talk amongst yourselves...but comments and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/grammar/@matthew.allen/oxford-comma-anyone</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/grammar/@matthew.allen/oxford-comma-anyone</guid><category><![CDATA[grammar]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matthew.allen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2017 15:17:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZykt1m7ng1zM9iYTNNJPYvaFRchUm51K8kC5MY3ZVMkLAzsY1Go3RvjRMsa1EhxEaZ5k6TguoL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[When will the #MeToo movement regain reason?]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/metoo/@matthew.allen/when-will-the-metoo-movement-regain-reason</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/metoo/@matthew.allen/when-will-the-metoo-movement-regain-reason</guid><category><![CDATA[metoo]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matthew.allen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Dec 2017 01:30:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kws91ecJjkANAzfstp5ietJ4ACvk9NVMVPcsVh4XaEz4WsaPuvtWDHi9bLPCQpiMM1YmcyEu7rrF6QFDDCLzwQYK8mfN9THHrAeZnsiL8D2EvVeS4xW82DMGa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your Comprehensive Guide to Why We Should Preserve Net Neutrality]]></title><description><![CDATA[ This has been a long time coming.  There is a lot of misleading information out there.  While the misleading information comes from both sides (I fell victim to the Portugal nightmare scenario]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/netneutrality/@matthew.allen/your-comprehensive-guide-to-why-we-should-preserve-net-neutrality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/netneutrality/@matthew.allen/your-comprehensive-guide-to-why-we-should-preserve-net-neutrality</guid><category><![CDATA[netneutrality]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matthew.allen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2017 01:03:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZAkuVTZFZDuAr6vbTrpaa8P7cSE1mExnxJ9LELB6qzJrE7ZrJ1GHGJUeGQ5NCwMSZTJ9HcDef8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know...enough is enough...but...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ok, so I just watched Al Franken's full resignation speech. I stand by my previous post, but now I feel like I have been punched in the gut. I think Al Franken had to resign, but not because it was the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@matthew.allen/i-know-enough-is-enough-but</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@matthew.allen/i-know-enough-is-enough-but</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matthew.allen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2017 19:57:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZpdC96e2qLmHvQFvRiGkTaHLXBakiM8UuHuzAsYBhA5hi5cCrwd9K8nkA7zYAvCqGzp2MXUqBC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enough is enough...]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have been a vocal supporter of Senator Al Franken since the first allegations were made. I posted a pretty strongly worded piece criticizing the excesses of the #MeToo movement/cause. I warned that by]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@matthew.allen/enough-is-enough</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@matthew.allen/enough-is-enough</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matthew.allen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2017 18:38:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYrajhWCwiMEN6v8rj7mFDjgbAmLuzZVL98skbx8K3d4JxhYLkNwCtttoCM9fUL18FFivv3DWGE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shove it up your Quora no. 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[If the social and political views held by most liberal Quorans took hold in the United States, what form of government would it be? I misread the original question but spent time writing an answer to the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/opinion/@matthew.allen/shove-it-up-your-quora-no-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/opinion/@matthew.allen/shove-it-up-your-quora-no-2</guid><category><![CDATA[opinion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matthew.allen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Dec 2017 16:46:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc1665gdCuTuqSqPt7kPjELDkEsQtG2QafVR5VzUULgCxok8qxQRSUjeGzUtJ1xpVWLQZ66pXr4iMztVYwD6VoD3VkdviWk6mGJRmxbhWyFHKqgV66B?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth or Dare]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was asked the following: even if Flynn gave up the whole story and it is bad as we can imagine, does it make a difference given how radicalized the Republican party has become? My response is as follows:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/opinion/@matthew.allen/truth-or-dare</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/opinion/@matthew.allen/truth-or-dare</guid><category><![CDATA[opinion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matthew.allen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Dec 2017 12:42:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2NXw2N5tPHQjyW8tR9kZ69a1Q3DDxPWoTpjP9WQXNJf85fTakynQumdwbtAArGS8SUjJTfyyc2NykQV8pKSgFXz6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[It actually is the economy stupid.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was listening to the Slate podcast "I Have to Ask" hosted by Isaac Chotiner. His guest was Mark Lilla and the discussion was centered on Lilla's argument that the Democratic Party's reliance]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/opinion/@matthew.allen/it-actually-is-the-economy-stupid</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/opinion/@matthew.allen/it-actually-is-the-economy-stupid</guid><category><![CDATA[opinion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matthew.allen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2017 13:11:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3zpz8WQe4SNH8q6FEif2uzpmXjQNog2n2huWTcwn7gTvGxBx2etP71wgnb3dNWLuPewZtfea8THZhRLJSgZG9Bvodo6JViWeVSef18n29wQfbwEQ58H1Vb1Q7Y53U34prpom7Z41ho7hRh4gWBUA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shove it up your Quora  no. 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[Should liberals be less condescending when trying to debate conservatives? That is the question I was charged with answering. If you don't know, there is a sometimes wonky, sometimes troll infested site]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/opinion/@matthew.allen/shove-it-up-your-quora-no-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/opinion/@matthew.allen/shove-it-up-your-quora-no-1</guid><category><![CDATA[opinion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matthew.allen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2017 13:00:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYqsPjALevjk4DhiS8jTxu5pjxc3vuLtwh12kbsgDCcCLp43LHTqPz98L6SBju6DDazrJJhnkVU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suck it up...]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am about to become very unpopular. The Democrats, lefties, and progressives are presently enthralled in a very big and very important discussion about sexual misconduct. This discussion is extremely]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/opinion/@matthew.allen/kgv5u-suck-it-up</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/opinion/@matthew.allen/kgv5u-suck-it-up</guid><category><![CDATA[opinion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matthew.allen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2017 02:10:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2Me9tvPKoJ7DbWvCq7eSSVDFozryTfMn8UH5qcMAU9DwJ36hFaY7vp5AzqMXECV7Ktomn5GkeqwPna4oUdi5EK34?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suck it up...*]]></title><description><![CDATA[*Previously posted on The Nugatorium, my WordPress blog...just so that nobody mistakes my reposts here as plagiarism. I am about to become very unpopular. The Democrats, lefties, and progressives are presently]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/opinion/@matthew.allen/suck-it-up</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/opinion/@matthew.allen/suck-it-up</guid><category><![CDATA[opinion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[matthew.allen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2017 23:20:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2Me9tvPKoJ7DbWvCq7eSSVDFozryTfMn8UH5qcMAU9DwJ36hFaY7vp5AzqMXECV7Ktomn5GkeqwPna4oUdi5EK34?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>