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1 week 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 week 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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3 weeks 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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1 month 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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1 month 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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1 month 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 …
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.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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1 month ago | 
thedispatch.com | Megan Dent |Jonah Goldberg |Matthew Kuchem |Luis Parrales
From its emergence, “Make America Great Again” has doubled as a nostalgic call to action and a promise for a dramatic course correction. Its proponents vow to rectify the wrongdoings of successive political generations: to reclaim a set of American principles that the alleged villains of the leftist elite have either corrupted, forgotten, or willingly abandoned. Many who dreaded the unprincipled, brutish chaos of Trump & Co. nevertheless acknowledged the existence of the issues he shouted about.
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2 months ago | 
thedispatch.com | Michael Warren |Christopher J. Scalia |Luis Parrales |Jonah Goldberg
Culture Can the show created to spoof live TV survive in an age of streaming and short video? Published February 15, 2025 Lorne Michaels once said that the best cast of NBC’s Saturday Night Live was the one from when you, the viewer, were in high school. At the risk of contradicting the man who created and has helmed the show for most of its 50-year history, I’ll note this is plainly incorrect.
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2 months ago | 
thedispatch.com | Luis Parrales |Michael Warren |Michael Reneau |Bonnie Kristian
Dear Dispatch members,Thank you to everyone who participated in our latest Monthly Mailbag with community and partnerships manager Ryan Brown. To read about his childhood in Grand Rapids, his transition from the editorial side of The Dispatch to the business side, and the story of how Mitt Romney helped him meet his wife, be sure to click here. This month, our newest hire, ideas editor Valerie Pavilonis, has raised her hand to take on all of your questions.
