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A Thief’s Final Surrender
1+ hour, 26+ min ago (689+ words) There is almost nothing left now. The body has reached its limit. Every breath is a gasp. Every second is a strain. Every movement sends shockwaves of pain through what remains of his strength. Time isn't slipping away" it's collapsing....
Our Best Stuff on Birthright Citizenship and the Iran War
1+ hour, 25+ min ago (570+ words) Let's talk about both. The 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868, declares that "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." The Supreme Court affirmed birthright citizenship in an 1898 ruling,…...
The Rugby Match Drink-Up
2+ hour, 40+ min ago (447+ words) You're reading'Dispatch Culture, our weekly newsletter exploring the world beyond politics. To unlock all of our stories, podcasts, community benefits, and our newest feature, Dispatch Voiced, which allows you to listen to our written stories in your own podcast feed,…...
Letter to the Editor: Who's Censoring Whom?
4+ hour, 24+ min ago (163+ words) Nicholas Clairmont's review of Jacob Siegel's The Information State: Politics in the Age of Total Control ("Tyranny Through Technology," March 29, 2026) calls it "careful and specific" and "unimpeachably sourced." I am one of the book's caricatured villains and I want to…...
Duel of the Faiths: Judeo-Christians vs China’s Marxist-Leninists
4+ hour, 25+ min ago (397+ words) Billions of people around the world are celebrating two of the great advances in human freedom this weekend. Wednesday night marked the start of Passover, the Israelites" divine rescue from slavery in Pharaoh"s Egypt. This Sunday, Christians will attend…...
Open Thread
6+ hour, 25+ min ago (62+ words) Eugene Volokh | 4.4.2026 3:00 AM NEXT: Accusing Someone Who Called Police of "Blatant Racial Profiling" May Be Defamation Reem Ibrahim | 4.3.2026 5:02 PM Eric Boehm | 4.3.2026 2:35 PM Joe Lancaster | 4.3.2026 1:45 PM Jack Nicastro | 4.3.2026 1:25 PM C.J. Ciaramella | 4.3.2026 11:55 AM...
Pam Bondi, Cuba, and Plato | Ruminant
6+ hour, 25+ min ago (1892+ words) Plus, stick around for Jonah's spicy take on birthright citizenship. The podcast transcription below was generated using artificial intelligence and may include occasional errors or misspellings. was that, uh, Pam Bondi was fired. I have this weird feeling, you know,…...
Is ‘the Suffering Artist’ a Myth?
6+ hour, 40+ min ago (310+ words) Unless, of course, you are suffering. Then, the idea is suddenly not so comforting. You want your suffering to mean something. You don't want it to be completely in vain. Deprived of the fullness of being, you yearn toward something…...
Water and Bones in Raleigh, North Carolina
1+ hour, 56+ min ago (356+ words) Editor's Note:This is the fifth entry in a new Dispatch series titled "Where I'm From." Every Saturday, a writer will share a meditation on his or her hometown'a bustling metropolis, distant desert outpost, quiet suburb, or somewhere in between'and…...
Hegseth Authorizes Off-Duty Troops to Carry Firearms on Bases
13+ hour, 55+ min ago (437+ words) Stressing that the Second Amendment applies to all lawful Americans, including service members, on April 2, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum that will allow off-duty servicemembers to carry personal firearms on military bases for self-defense purposes. The memorandum…...