Every Attempt to Make War Easy: substack.com/@johnfdicker...

Every Attempt to Make War Easy: substack.com/@johnfdicker...

Stack the Week, and experiment in news: johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/stack-the-...

The president thanked Iran for opening a strait the US was still blocking, Gospel believers argued with the Gospels, a shoe company made $ by not selling shoes, and the man who didn’t believe he’d won a Picasso was the only person all week wrong to be suspicious. open.substack.com/pub/johnfdic...

The president thanked Iran for opening a strait the US was still blocking, Gospel believers argued with the Gospels, a shoe company made $ by not selling shoes, and the man who didn’t believe he’d won a Picasso was the only person all week wrong to be suspicious. open.substack.com/pub/johnfdic...

"Probably the most Holocaust jokes that I've heard in an Applebee's" -- Antonia Hitchens with @jdickerson.bsky.social & @davidplotz.bsky.social @slate.com discussing her @newyorker.com article on the disturbing and growing "Groypers" movement among young Republicans slate.com/podcasts/pol...

The Convicted. open.substack.com/pub/johnfdic...

The Convicted. open.substack.com/pub/johnfdic...

My guess— unless this is prideful or a sacrilege to say this— is that the Pope’s response to president Trump’s attentions, will be to pray more for him.

Another experiment in arranging the news, this time a digest of the week. A lot like Face the Nation Diary for those who remember: substack.com/home/post/p-...

You may find this of interest.

Turns out the presidency is a high stakes job. substack.com/@johnfdicker...

Turns out the presidency is a high stakes job. substack.com/@johnfdicker...

Mad? Madman? Showman? open.substack.com/pub/johnfdic...

Not the Strangest Thing. Putting a Waffle House visit in context. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Not the Strangest Thing. Putting a Waffle House visit in context. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Thank you. open.substack.com/pub/johnfdic...

Then What? substack.com/home/post/p-...

Then What? substack.com/home/post/p-...

A new phase but old questions about the Iran war. New questions about NATO. The Supreme Court is deciding who gets to be American. India is counting all of its people. Oracle stopped counting 30,000 of theirs. johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/story-stac...

A new phase but old questions about the Iran war. New questions about NATO. The Supreme Court is deciding who gets to be American. India is counting all of its people. Oracle stopped counting 30,000 of theirs. johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/story-stac...

“B-52s are up in the air. So is NATO, the European economy, and the question of whether a government can hang one ethnicity, compile a list of Jews, and fire its own investigators. More solid: The First Amendment.” open.substack.com/pub/johnfdic...

Israeli missiles redirect mid-flight. So does Trump's Iran policy. One hit. The other is still in the air. The Fed's Powell is consulting the vibes and holding fire. TSA agents got a check. Congress isn't earning theirs. In 2 days, 4 humans leave Earth's magnetic field. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Stack Stories for March 30, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/johnfdic...

No Kings: Washington's life was the rebuttal. Trump's record is the charge. johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/no-kings

Colson Whitehead concludes his Harlem Trilogy with a transcendent and wildly entertaining novel in which his recurring characters grapple with the ways their lives are defined by crime and the city they call home. It’s the greatest New York novel in years. @doubledaybooks.bsky.social

The Strait of Hormuz is closed, the FBI director's emails are open, and the airport lines are neither. The thermostat is broken but that’s not why the raspberries might rot. Even the comets want to stop and start over. Still: at least you can use your phone. open.substack.com/pub/johnfdic...

The Strait of Hormuz is closed, the FBI director's emails are open, and the airport lines are neither. The thermostat is broken but that’s not why the raspberries might rot. Even the comets want to stop and start over. Still: at least you can use your phone. open.substack.com/pub/johnfdic...

The fourth stacking stories experiment. open.substack.com/pub/johnfdic...

The One Question on Iran @jdickerson.bsky.social johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/th...

3/25/26 experiment in stacking the day's top stories. open.substack.com/pub/johnfdic...

The one question on Iran. johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/the-one-qu...

The one question on Iran. johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/the-one-qu...

An experiment in the news of the day. substack.com/home/post/p-...

If you are a reader of Thomas Merton, some of my stumbling thoughts about him. open.substack.com/pub/johnfdic...

Chief Grave Dancer. johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/chief-grav...

Chief Grave Dancer. johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/chief-grav...

I don’t know who monitors the national presidential trivia account, but in the column marked “Uncontrollable effluence in the proximity of the Japanese Prime Minister” a second tick mark should be added.

We're flying blind. open.substack.com/pub/johnfdic...

We're flying blind. open.substack.com/pub/johnfdic...

When one side has overwhelming military superiority, the outcome can look inevitable—which makes the question of objectives seem beside the point. That’s exactly when it matters most. johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/why-is-the...

Headlines suggesting the Iran war will challenge the American economy risk clouding the picture. Even before the invasion, the economy showed significant weak spots unrelated to the conflict: substack.com/@johnfdicker...

Thank you. johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/thank-you

What Eisenhower knew about the Secretary of War. substack.com/home/post/p-...

If Hegseth is Patton, who is Eisenhower? substack.com/home/post/p-...

I've cleaned up the Economic Dashboard, added updates and the index function on the left rail makes navigation easier. johnfdickerson.substack.com/p/economic-d...