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3 weeks ago | 
medium.com | Luis Parrales
When I started creating episodes for my true crime podcast, I thought it would be about the stories — gruesome details, shocking twists, and the pursuit of justice. I was drawn to cases like those of Marcus Wesson and Dorothea Puente, whose chilling crimes in California’s Central Valley left communities reeling. But as I dug into their lives, combed through court records, and scripted their stories, I realized I wasn’t just telling tales of villains and victims.
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4 weeks ago | 
theatlantic.com | Luis Parrales
This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present. Sign up here. During the 1963 papal conclave, amid expectant crowds at St. Peter’s Square, The Atlantic published a brief exchange between a woman and a priest. “I want one exactly like John,” the woman declared, referring to Pope John XXIII, who had died recently. “He needn’t be exactly the same,” the priest countered.
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4 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Luis Parrales
This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present. Sign up here. During the 1963 papal conclave, amid expectant crowds at St. Peter’s Square, The Atlantic published a brief exchange between a woman and a priest. “I want one exactly like John,” the woman declared, referring to Pope John XXIII, who had died recently. “He needn’t be exactly the same,” the priest countered.
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1 month ago | 
thedispatch.com | Michael Warren |Steve Larkin |Luis Parrales |Paul Rice
SAN FRANCISCO—On the sidewalk in front of a nondescript building on an unremarkable street in a nameless neighborhood one recent Tuesday afternoon, a small crowd begins queuing up. The array of aloha shirts and a large bouncer pleasantly chatting with those at the front of the line are the only indication that this is a tiki bar.
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1 month ago | 
thedispatch.com | Jonah Goldberg |Steve Larkin |Luis Parrales |Nick Catoggio
The Remnant with Benicio del Toro. Published April 12, 2025 For your Saturday listening pleasure, Jonah Goldberg ruminates upon the latest Dispatch editorial, the sibylian nature of Suicide of the West, the problems with planned economies, and the back-of-house responsibilities of the federal government. Plus: dunce caps for the “deep state” and the font choices of the first Alien movie.
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1 month ago | 
thedispatch.com | Luis Parrales
Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for the third season of The White Lotus. The most common complaint about The White Lotus’ third season was that it was just too slow, that it reveled in visual opulence while settling for a meandering plot. A memeable grin here or a lascivious monologue there notwithstanding, the HBO show didn’t feel like it was venturing beyond well-trodden jabs at the hollowness of wealth for much of its eight-episode run. Until the finale, that is.
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2 months ago | 
thedispatch.com | Patrick Brown |Beatrice Scudeler |Melissa S. Kearney |Luis Parrales
As fertility rates continue to decline both globally and in the U.S., efforts to revive them face a headwind generated from within: Some of the loudest voices trying to boost birth rates are, well, just plain weird. Take Elon Musk, the world’s richest and most prominent pro-natalist, who has personally addressed his concern about “mass extinction” by fathering at least 14 children with four different women.
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2 months ago | 
businessandamerica.com | Luis Parrales
In a letter to America’s bishops, Pope Francis last month decried a “major crisis” unfolding in the United States: “the initiation of a program of mass deportations.” He called on “all the faithful of the Catholic Church, and all men and women of good will, not to give in to narratives that discriminate against and cause unnecessary suffering to our migrant and refugee brothers and sisters.”Border-hawk Catholics were scandalized. R. R.
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2 months ago | 
theatlantic.com | Luis Parrales
In a letter to America’s bishops, Pope Francis last month decried a “major crisis” unfolding in the United States: “the initiation of a program of mass deportations.” He called on “all the faithful of the Catholic Church, and all men and women of good will, not to give in to narratives that discriminate against and cause unnecessary suffering to our migrant and refugee brothers and sisters.”Border-hawk Catholics were scandalized. R. R.
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2 months ago | 
flipboard.com | Luis Parrales
2 hours agoKing Charles III is slated to have an audience with Pope Francis during a visit to the Vatican next month, suggesting there is optimism the pontiff will be back at work by then, as he continues his recovery from double pneumonia. Francis, 88, was admitted to Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Feb. 14 after …
