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3 weeks ago | 
thedispatch.com | Charlotte Lawson |Grayson Logue |Joseph Roche |Garry Kasparov
Is Donald Trump Serious About a Third Term? It’s uncertain how seriously Donald Trump is taking the idea of a third term right now, and his allies on Capitol Hill seem to think he’s pulling the media’s collective leg. If his team were honest with him, they would note how many roadblocks stand in the president’s way. There’s not only the 22nd Amendment but also the 12th Amendment, which lays out the conditions for electing the president and vice president.
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3 weeks ago | 
thedispatch.com | Michael Reneau |Bill Drexel |Paul Miller |Joseph Roche
Hi and happy Sunday. With India’s importance in geopolitics rising—perhaps in no small part to its charismatic leader, Narendra Modi—it may be easy to assume the Hindu nationalist political project he has become the leader of is something akin to Christian nationalist movements in the U.S. That’s not the case, the Hudson Institute’s Bill Drexel writes in today’s Dispatch Faith.
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4 weeks ago | 
thedispatch.com | Tim Mak |Joseph Roche |David Drucker |Nick Catoggio
Published March 27, 2025 Scroll to the comments section Audio versions are only available to subscribers of The Dispatch. Join Today! to listen to this post. KHARKIV REGION, Ukraine—He goes by the military call sign “Mathematician.” Before the war, he specialized in functional and complex analysis.
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1 month ago | 
thedispatch.com | Michael Reneau |Paul Miller |Joseph Roche |Iryna Matviyishyn
Happy Sunday. One of the recurring themes around The Dispatch is that in any debate (politics, culture, religion, economics), the most extreme voices are often wrong. Perhaps they’re wrong honestly, but often because they’re being duplicitous. And throwing our lot in with a particular faction solely out of fear of the other side usually ends badly.
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1 month ago | 
thedispatch.com | Michael Reneau |Joseph Roche |Iryna Matviyishyn |Nadya Williams
Hello and happy Sunday. For years Syrians have suffered strife and war, with the myriad religious and ethnic groups that call it home divided. With the fall of the regime of dictator Bashar al-Assad —the source of much of that division—in December came hope that the country could once again unite in spite of those differences. But perilous questions lie ahead, evidenced by recent clashes that have left hundreds dead.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Michael Reneau |Joseph Roche |Iryna Matviyishyn
From the Dispatch Faith on The DispatchHello and happy Sunday. For years Syrians have suffered strife and war, with the myriad religious and ethnic groups that call it home divided. With the fall of the regime of dictator Bashar al-Assad —the source of much of that division—in December came hope that the country could once again unite in spite of those differences. But perilous questions lie ahead, evidenced by recent clashes that have left hundreds dead.
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1 month ago | 
thedispatch.com | Jonah Goldberg |Joseph Roche |Kevin Williamson
The Oval Office blowup gives cowardly Republicans another excuse to abandon Ukraine. Published March 3, 2025 When Voldomyr Zelensky arrived at the White House for his high-stakes meeting Friday, Donald Trump offered a sarcastic welcome. “How are you? You’re all dressed up today,” Trump said. “How are you, Mr. President?” Zelensky responded. Trump turned to the cameras. “He’s all dressed up today,” he said, with a wry smile, before leading Zelenskyy into the Oval Office.
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1 month ago | 
thedispatch.com | Rachael Larimore |Peter Gattuso |Joseph Roche |Jonah Goldberg
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. —John F. Kennedy, January 20, 1961Hello and happy Saturday.
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Dec 23, 2024 | 
lapresse.ca | Joseph Roche
(Kyiv) Des passants, les bras chargés de cadeaux, se pressent autour de l’avenue Khreschatyk. À son angle, les vitrines du centre commercial Tsum, l’un des plus grands centres commerciaux de la ville, inondent de lumière les familles qui s’y pressent. Passé les artères centrales de la capitale, chargées de larges guirlandes, les rues, sans lumières ni décorations, replongent leurs habitants dans le noir le plus profond.
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Dec 12, 2024 | 
thedispatch.com | Joseph Roche
A volunteer unit made up almost entirely of women defends Kyiv’s airspace. Published December 12, 2024 KYIV OBLAST—On the steps of a small barracks in Kyiv’s suburbs, the Witches of Bucha stand in near-freezing temperatures, listening to their commanders’ orders. This volunteer unit, made up of nearly 90 percent women, is one of a handful of such units in Ukraine’s military.
