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5 days ago | 
thedispatch.com | Jonah Goldberg |Ivana Greco |Alex Demas |Valerie Pavilonis
Staring at the one-eyed baby. Published May 10, 2025 • Updated May 9, 2025 Jonah Goldberg ruminates upon the papal news, the dingo’s fly assassination skills, Columbia University’s new president, yet another unpronounceable German political philosophy theory, Joe Biden’s definition of misogyny, and Trump’s new threat to the film industry.
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5 days ago | 
thedispatch.com | Valerie Pavilonis
A particular piece of art was emblematic of my college artistic education: a massive rectangle, painted in the style of a Persian carpet, on a tiger, peacock, and doe. The focal point: two dark-skinned nude women. It’s an interesting painting, with beautiful colors. But I’m not sure what it means.
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1 month ago | 
thedispatch.com | Timothy Sandefur |Kevin Williamson |Valerie Pavilonis |Carl Graham
The Monday Essay If ‘America First’ applies to architecture, why don't its acolytes prioritize the country’s greatest builder? Published March 31, 2025 Scroll to the comments section Audio versions are only available to subscribers of The Dispatch. Join Today! to listen to this post. Among the 36 executive orders President Donald Trump signed on his first day in office was one document that stood out as strangely … aesthetic.
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1 month ago | 
thedispatch.com | James Sutton |Valerie Pavilonis |Ryan Brown |Michael Reneau
Hey everyone, thanks for all the great questions! In a job where you spend so much time typing words on the internet, it’s nice to be reminded that real people actually read—and even more surprisingly, enjoy—what you write! Let’s dive right in.
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2 months ago | 
thedispatch.com | Valerie Pavilonis |Kevin Williamson |Greg Fournier |Jonah Goldberg
Culture Consciously or not, modern art is considering the afterlife. Published March 15, 2025 Ever heard of the artist Otobong Nkanga? No? What about Rick Riordan? Yes, you’ve probably heard of him, writer of the Percy Jackson children’s adventure series, where the Greek and Roman gods are simple and zany and no one asks too many questions about infidelity. I confess that Riordan’s prose never wowed me.
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2 months ago | 
arcmag.org | Valerie Pavilonis
My twenty-fifth birthday celebration was typical for a young New Yorker: black going-out tops, alcohol, songs from college on loop, and friends, new and old, filtering in and out of my walk-up apartment. Around midnight, we hit the second location: a club in one of the seedier parts of the Lower East Side, complete with overpriced drinks and a late-night Uber home. Except we made a stop before home: St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church, on the Upper East Side.
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2 months ago | 
thedispatch.com | Valerie Pavilonis |Charles Hilu |Grayson Logue |Michael Reneau
Dear Dispatch readers,Thank you to everyone who participated in our latest Monthly Mailbag with Valerie Pavilonis, our new ideas editor. To read about her time at Yale University, why she jumped from the New York Times to The Dispatch, and her plans for our cultural coverage, be sure to click here. This month, Morning Dispatch reporter James P. Sutton has raised his hand to take on all of your questions.
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2 months ago | 
thedispatch.com | Valerie Pavilonis |Hannah Long |Jonah Goldberg |Joseph Holmes
Culture Will Timothée Chalamet go down in history as a great actor, or a meme? Published March 1, 2025 Last year, the New York Times published a list of what its critics deemed the best books of the 21st century. (So far.) Offices and book clubs across the country chattered about which books made it and which got snubbed, which were ranked higher and lower than deserved.
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2 months ago | 
thedispatch.com | Jamie Weinstein |John Mccormack |Bobby Miller |Valerie Pavilonis
‘It’s about the reaction.’ Published February 24, 2025 MSNBC anchor Joe Scarborough joins Jamie Weinstein to discuss the first month of Donald Trump’s presidency and whether or not we should hit the panic button over the elected “king.”The Agenda:—Separating signal from the noise—The seven-year itch (to ghost)—Will SCOTUS stop President Trump? —Using the Justice Department—The future of the GOP
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2 months ago | 
thedispatch.com | Valerie Pavilonis |Ryan Brown |Michael Warren |Michael Reneau
Our new ideas editor answers your questions. Published February 23, 2025 At the beginning of every month, a different Dispatch staffer fields questions from members and compiles his or her answer in a mailbag a few weeks later. This month, it was ideas editor Valerie Pavilonis’ turn. To ensure you’re able to submit questions for March’s Mailbag, click below to become a full Dispatch member.
