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Matt Labash

Matt Labash writes at the Substack Slack Tide.

Fly-Fishing with Dick Cheney

In 2008, Matt Labash landed a rare interview with the VP through their shared love of fly-fishing—a sport, one guide said, that might’ve made Americans…

November 4, 2025

South Toward Hell After September 11

Originally published in September 2001, an account of a city split in two: rescue workers sifting through the rubble, and families waiting in silence…

September 11, 2025

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