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1 week ago | 
thedispatch.com | Sarah Isgur |Kori Schake |Thomas Sheppard
Will David ever say the good guys did something unlawful? By and Published June 17, 2025 Sarah Isgur and David French break down Israel’s latest strikes on Iran and the legal questions surrounding them. Was it a justifiable preemptive move, a murky act of prevention, or simply part of an already ongoing war?
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Feb 11, 2025 | 
thedispatch.com | Nick Catoggio |Michael Warren |Justin Stapley |Thomas Sheppard
Like before, but worse. Published February 11, 2025 It’s taken for granted in commentary about the president’s first three weeks in office that, at some point, he’ll “overreach.”I’m sure I’ve made that claim myself elsewhere. It’s the nature of modern politics: New presidents sweep into office, misread their mandate (assuming any such thing exists), and alienate their soft supporters. The backlash will come. It always does.
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Feb 11, 2025 | 
thedispatch.com | Justin Stapley |Thomas Sheppard |Nick Catoggio |David Drucker
On August 14, 1765, a man named Andrew Oliver was hung in effigy on the Liberty Tree in Boston. This act of colonial defiance by the Sons of Liberty symbolized the intense opposition to the Stamp Act among the colonists (“no taxation without representation”).
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Feb 10, 2025 | 
thedispatch.com | Sarah Isgur |Thomas Sheppard |Matthew Kuchem
Hiding in the Proverbial AtticHate speech. Government speech. Twitter speech. By and Published February 10, 2025 Sarah Isgur and David French steal away to sunny Stanford University to talk shop with law students and bask in a friendlier climate. The Agenda:—Casual antisemitism at Cooper Union?
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Feb 10, 2025 | 
thedispatch.com | Thomas Sheppard |Chris Stirewalt |Daniel N. Gullotta |Matthew Kuchem
Published February 10, 2025 • Updated February 7, 2025 In the midst of the tumultuous presidential election of 1800, Thomas Jefferson penned his views on what America’s military establishment should look like.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
thedispatch.com | Nicole Penn |Daniel N. Gullotta |Thomas Sheppard |Ben Rolsma
Who gets to decide who’s been the most faithful to the country’s creeds? Published January 18, 2025 In his seminal 1989 book The Democratization of American Christianity, historian Nathan Hatch posited that the forces of democratization and religious disestablishment unleashed by the American Revolution galvanized an unprecedented outpouring of spiritual enthusiasm.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
thedispatch.com | Daniel N. Gullotta |Jonah Goldberg |Thomas Sheppard |Brian M. Riedl
Whether it’s children sporting pointy hats, Hocus Pocus playing on repeat, or homes adorned with bubbling cauldrons and broomsticks, witches are a hallmark of the Halloween season. And though their rich history may span cultures and time periods, witches seem to hold a uniquely captivating place in the American imagination. Yes, it’s largely because of the notoriety of the Salem witch trials.
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Sep 14, 2024 | 
thedispatch.com | Daniel N. Gullotta |Thomas Sheppard |Jonah Goldberg |Thomas Koenig
Lindsay M. Chervinsky’s ‘Making the Presidency’ examines the second president’s legacy anew. Published September 14, 2024 Every few years, organizations like Siena College and C-SPAN ask historians, political scientists, and presidential biographers to rank the best U.S. presidents. The results invariably spark debate among academics and the public alike, and the whole exercise has become an amusing, if somewhat cynical, pastime.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
thedispatch.com | Peter Gattuso |Valerie Wirtschafter |Joseph Roche |Thomas Sheppard
Several social media posts are promoting the claim that the current leader of Afghanistan was released from prison in 2018 by then-President Donald Trump. “Let this sink in,” the posts state. “The new ruler of Afghanistan was in prison until Trump let him out in 2018.” The posts include photos of Trump and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s political leader who also serves as deputy prime minister in Afghanistan. These claims are mostly true, but lack important context.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
thedispatch.com | Alex Demas |Valerie Wirtschafter |Thomas Sheppard |Matthew Kuchem
Published September 5, 2024 • Updated September 6, 2024 A viral post claims that Minneapolis just became the first major U.S. city to broadcast the Islamic call to prayer five times per day over loudspeakers “for the whole city to hear.”Minneapolis becomes the first major U.S. city to broadcast Islamic call to prayer 5 times per day over loud speakers for the whole city to hear. IS THIS AMERICA?
