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2 months ago | 
thedispatch.com | Michael Reneau |Patrick Brown |Ivana Greco |Greg Fournier
Will DOGE kill compassionate conservatism? Published February 9, 2025 Patrick T. Brown, a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, joins Michael Reneau to discuss the evolving landscape of compassionate conservatism within the context of the Trump administration. They explore the implications of government funding for faith-based organizations, the intersection of family policy and government roles, and the cultural shifts affecting social conservatism.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
thedispatch.com | John Mccormack |Kevin Williamson |Patrick Brown |Matthew Anderson
A misreading of the 2022 midterm elections led some to believe abortion would propel Democrats to victory in 2024. Published November 8, 2024 In our collective political memory, the 2022 midterm elections are remembered as a historic underperformance by the Republican Party, while the 2024 presidential election will be remembered as a historic victory and realignment ushered in by Donald Trump.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
thedispatch.com | Nick Catoggio |Kevin Williamson |Mustafa Akyol |Patrick Brown
Has Trump’s ceiling in the popular vote risen? Published October 11, 2024 The time has come in this election cycle for Kamala Harris’ supporters to wet the proverbial bed. It was always a matter of when, not if. Those on the left are (justifiably) terrified of what the other side’s victory in this race might mean for America. And if their candidate loses, liberals won’t have the fantasy of a massive vote-rigging conspiracy to console them.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
thedispatch.com | Jonah Goldberg |Kevin Williamson |Mustafa Akyol |Patrick Brown
Hollywood could take some hints and give us some additional, true-to-life villains. Published October 11, 2024 Dear Reader (including the particularly flamboyant rodents), I think we need a remake of the movie Falling Down. Let me be clear: I’m not a huge fan of the original, starring Michael Douglas as William “D-Fens” Foster. But it’s a significant cultural document.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
thedispatch.com | Nick Catoggio |Mustafa Akyol |Patrick Brown |Jonah Goldberg
Will anti-Trump conservatives swing the election? Published October 10, 2024 There are three approaches a Reagan Republican might take toward this election. I understand two of them. One is Liz Cheney’s. She’s set aside her policy differences with Democrats and endorsed Kamala Harris because she believes defeating a coup-plotter requires nothing less. By doing so, she’s forfeited whatever meager influence she might have wielded in a post-Trump GOP. I understand her rationale.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
thedispatch.com | Scott Lincicome |Mustafa Akyol |Patrick Brown |Jonah Goldberg
Job-ism is bad, actually. Published October 10, 2024 With the suspension of last week’s big U.S. port strike, Americans—especially Christmas shoppers but also farmers and manufacturers—can breathe a little easier, at least until January. At that time, another port strike could again loom large because, as has been widely reported, the recent settlement addressed only the lowest-hanging fruit—wages—while leaving the most contentious issues unresolved, namely automation.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
thedispatch.com | Jonah Goldberg |Mustafa Akyol |Alex Demas |Patrick Brown
Media Mogul Supper Club Published October 10, 2024 • Updated October 9, 2024 Christine Rosen, Jonah’s American Enterprise Institute compatriot and Commentary magazine contributor, usurped today’s episode of The Remnantand invited Eliana Johnson, editor-in-chief of the Washington Free Beacon and former Politico White House correspondent, to discuss the fallout from Ta-Nehisi Coates’ CBS interview, Kamala Harris’ rocky 60 Minutes appearance, and the Harris campaign’s pick-and-choose approach to...
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
thedispatch.com | Nick Catoggio |Patrick Brown |Jonah Goldberg |Kevin Williamson
Everyone has their biases. One of mine is assuming that most politicians aren’t stupid. (I said “most.”)If a candidate for office answers a question in a way I wasn’t expecting, a moment’s thought usually reveals some intelligent, strategic reason for doing so. Here’s a nice example from Kamala Harris as she takes a tentative step out of her basement:“Iran” is plainly not the correct response on a planet where China and Russia exist, but it’s an interesting response with a clear strategic purpose.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
thedispatch.com | Kevin Williamson |Jonah Goldberg |Patrick Brown |Nick Catoggio
Here’s an interesting tidbit from the latest New York Times/Siena College poll: One in 10 Republicans say they plan to vote for Kamala Harris over Donald Trump. That’s up from 1 in 20 in the last Times/Siena poll. Republicans today are also three times more likely to say they plan to vote for Harris (9 percent) than Democrats are to say they plan to vote for Trump (3 percent).
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
thedispatch.com | Jonah Goldberg |Patrick Brown |Kevin Williamson |Nick Catoggio
The three Coopers of North Carolina. Published October 9, 2024 There’s turmoil in the People’s Republic of The Dispatch. Democratically elected President Jonah J. Goldberg was deposed in the early hours of the morning by dissident General Kevin D. Williamson, who has taken over The Remnant airwaves in an often-precedented coup d’état.
