The Dispatch

Ross is unshockable.

Casual violent speech, even bluffs, can mask actual danger.

The Vietnam-era legislation is imperfect, but it’s the best we’ve got.

America is best when it looks to increase access to resources, not throttle technological growth.

We are all in need of mercy.

So much of culture parrots the Christian church’s deemphasis on repentance.

The president attended oral arguments at the Supreme Court and addressed the nation about the ongoing Middle East conflict.

Come for the organized violence, stay for the brotherhood.

Enough with the podcast jabroneys.

A boy’s life in the Research Triangle.

One need not have a terrible life to make good art. But some sort of suffering seems necessary.

Why has Pete Hegseth survived when Pam Bondi didn’t?

Social science has reframed the Seven Deadly Sins.

Your weekly roundup from Washington, D.C.

Plus: Bondi is no longer attorney general, the U.S. snubs talks on opening the Strait of Hormuz, and the reports of a tortoise’s death were greatly exaggerated.

Where the Trump administration goes from here.

The Supreme Court—as a whole—is still defending the constitutional order.

Secretary Kennedy’s anti-vaccine agenda is a constraint as the administration struggles to fill key public health roles.

The civil rights movement was fueled by the black church’s century-old foundation.

Why did the president pull a TACO on criticizing NATO?