Takaichi’s Historic Supermajority: At least 31 killed in Islamabad bombing, updates on the U.S.-Iran talks, and please don’t juggle fire while on a unicycle in public | Morning Dispatch https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/morning/takaichis-historic-supermajority/

"Donald Trump continues to make a mockery of the National Prayer Breakfast." | Michael Wear https://thedispatch.com/article/donald-trump-national-prayer-breakfast/

"A growing body of research shows that people who are kind gain physical and mental health benefits. Kindness doesn’t just help the recipient of kindness but, it seems, it helps the person who is kind." | Karen Swallow Prior https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/dispatch-faith/christianity-kindness/

When a Christian World Loses Christ: ‘The Bone Temple’ shows a nightmarish earth with only vestiges of Christian morality | Maggie Phillips https://thedispatch.com/article/bone-temple-christianity-secular-values-god/

Why I Don’t Regret Majoring in the Humanities: Literature, it turns out, is a great teacher of humility | Sharla Moody https://thedispatch.com/article/liberal-arts-humanistic-book-paradise-lost-college/

The American God of Water: On our obsession with hydration | Thomas Dichter https://thedispatch.com/article/water-bottle-hydration-thirst-industry-control/

His Girl Friday (on Saturday): Cary Grant, the Olympics, and contemplation of the moon | Dispatch Culture https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/dispatch-culture/his-girl-friday-olympics-five-nights-freddys-moon/

"'Trump posts racist image of first black president' barely counts as news in 2026. It’s a dog-bites-man story (in more than one sense)." | Nick Catoggio in Boiling Frogs https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/boilingfrogs/trump-obama-racism-pushback-republicans/

Saying Goodbye to Gracie: Not ‘just a cat.’ | Jonah Goldberg https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/gfile/gracie-remembrance-pets-family/

Norm violations: A cycle of escalation | Jonah Goldberg on The Dispatch Podcast

Dispatch reporter Charles Hilu shares his reporting on foreign nationals hiring surrogate mothers in the U.S. on The Bulletin podcast. Full episode: https://www.christianitytoday.com/podcasts/the-bulletin/250-international-surrogacy-midterm-forecasts-temple-mount-prayer/

“The president’s mercurial, and that’s part of what makes him effective, and part of what makes him, you know, maddening to people.” Sen. Bill Cassidy told The Dispatch. | John McCormack https://thedispatch.com/article/bill-cassidy-robert-f-kennedy-kr-donald-trump-louisiana/

"It took too long, but some medical organizations’ step back from pediatric gender transition is a step in the right direction." | Lisa Selin Davis https://thedispatch.com/article/pediatric-gender-treatment-association-medicine-trump/

"It's just abundantly clear at this point that MAGA's free speech rhetoric was all in the vein of free speech for me and not for thee." | David French on The Dispatch Podcast

"While ex-chief executives have testified before Congress, the House Oversight Committee used hardball tactics against Bill Clinton." | Charles Hilu https://thedispatch.com/article/clintons-congress-contempt-subpoena-epstein/

"With the 2026 midterm elections approaching, the state of Georgia may emerge as ground zero for the next wave of attacks over the integrity of America’s voting system by Trump and his partisans." | Michael Warren https://thedispatch.com/article/fulton-raid-georgia-republicans-midterms-uncertainty/

Will Iran Cut a Deal? Plus: A Russian general was shot in Moscow, the White House launches TrumpRx, and there’s a new aerodynamic hack for Olympic ski-jumpers | Morning Dispatch https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/morning/will-iran-cut-a-deal/

"A recurring challenge when writing about the president’s advisers is resisting the ‘good czar, bad boyars’ fallacy.” | Nick Catoggio in Boiling Frogs https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/boilingfrogs/trump-stephen-miller-immigration-roy-cohn/

Trust is easy to lose and hard to gain | Emily Oster on The Dispatch Podcast

"The status quo is incompatible with any serious vision of energy dominance, decarbonization, or reindustrialization." | Alex Trembath in Dispatch Energy, presented by Pacific Legal Foundation 🔓 https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/dispatch-energy/nepa-speed-act-congress-permitting-reform/

Trespassing? Just doing his job? What’s going on with Don Lemon? | David French answers for today Advisory Opinions

"It is hardly an exaggeration to understand Trump’s message as that of the racketeer: 'Nice little state you got there. I sure wouldn’t want anything to happen to it.'" | Dan Greenberg https://thedispatch.com/article/donald-trump-tina-peters-colorado/

"We have built these programs in such a way that, for many Americans, while survival becomes possible, advancement does not." | Jonny Gartner https://thedispatch.com/article/welfare-benefits-american-dream-community-grocery/

"Many Democratic politicians fail to observe the distinction between opposing a law and defying it." | James Kirchick https://thedispatch.com/article/open-borders-ice-democrats-obama-trump-activists/

"The administration has effectively admitted officials were lying about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol operations in cities like Minneapolis." | Grayson Logue https://thedispatch.com/article/homeland-security-homan-targeted-enforcement-minneapolis/

India’s Growing Global Power Plus: Homan withdraws 700 agents from Minnesota, Iran nuke talks wobble, and camels now have passports | Morning Dispatch https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/morning/indias-growing-global-power/

"The second-most esteemed newspaper in America all but destroyed itself this morning." | Nick Catoggio in Boiling Frogs https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/boilingfrogs/washington-post-slop-center-right-bezos-trump/

"The president is stealing progressive Democrats’ worst economic ideas." | Scott Lincicome in Capitolism https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/capitolism/trump-progressive-economics-horseshoe/

Wrong Is Wrong: No matter which side is doing it | Jonah Goldberg https://thedispatch.com/article/trump-world-liberty-business-biden-hypocrisy/

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"But the way to fix universities is not to establish an alternative orthodoxy, as Buckley argues. It is instead for institutions to double down on academic freedom." | Greg Fournier https://thedispatch.com/article/buckley-god-and-man-at-yale-trump/

"Qatar’s diplomatic success here can’t be contested. But it’s worth questioning whether the deal earned Qatar undeserved trust that allows Doha to reserve its seat at the negotiating table." | Natalie Ecanow https://thedispatch.com/article/venezuela-oil-sales-qatar-maduro/

How the GOP’s Redistricting Effort Could Backfire: Democrats responded with their own new maps, and there will be more competitive districts | David M. Drucker https://thedispatch.com/article/gop-redistricting-midterms-backfire/

"Since when is being more transparent about wrongdoing a defense?" | Jonah Goldberg https://thedispatch.com/article/trump-world-liberty-business-biden-hypocrisy/

Inside China’s Military Purge Plus: Columbia’s president visits the White House, the U.S. Navy downs an Iranian drone, and don’t adjust traffic mirrors to improve the feng shui | Morning Dispatch https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/morning/inside-chinas-military-purge/

"Failing to see one move ahead is a chronic problem for [Trump] and his flunkies." | Nick Catoggio in Boiling Frogs https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/boilingfrogs/trump-midterm-election-meddling-fulton-county/

"The president’s comments about Alex Pretti aren’t the first time he’s proved unreliable on guns." | Stephen Gutowski https://thedispatch.com/article/trump-administration-pretti-gun-rights-control/

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Why Can’t We Find an Antidepressant That Really Works? Four decades after Prozac, chemical treatment for mood disorders is still largely hit or miss | Valerie Pavilonis https://thedispatch.com/article/ketamine-depression-prozac/

"AI leadership may not be the only thing that matters in international competition, but it is very likely to be the single most important national power asset for decades or longer." | Steven Weber https://thedispatch.com/article/china-united-states-artificial-intelligence-competition/

Border Patrol is structured for border enforcement, not urban policing | Megan McArdle on The Dispatch Podcast

"It’s hard to imagine a world without industrial pig farms and cattle grazing fields in Texas, all switched out for actual meat grown in vats that look like beer brewing factories." | Sarah Isgur https://thedispatch.com/article/meat-foie-gras-real-agriculture-revolution/

"Shutdowns aside, the 2026 spending bills represent a victory for bipartisanship and Congress fulfilling its duties." | Philip Wallach https://thedispatch.com/article/congress-appropriations-2026-bipartisanship/

Trump’s Immigration Backlash | Plus: India may have agreed to stop buying Russian oil, and the U.S. will talk with Iran | Morning Dispatch https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/morning/trumps-immigration-backlash/

"They're what social scientists call liars." | Jonah Goldberg responds to how the Trump administration described the shooting of Alex Pretti on The Dispatch Podcast

The Smear Reflex: The administration’s rush to malign Alex Pretti was embarrassing—and a blow to the public trust | Michael Warren https://thedispatch.com/article/alex-pretti-shooting-trump-administration-response/

“The First Amendment gives Americans the right to publish and speak, but it does not protect those engaged in publishing and speaking from being prosecuted for criminal acts.” | Kevin D. Williamson in Wanderland https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/wanderland/don-lemon-arrested-st-paul-face-act/

How Ideology Limits Love: The internet laser-focuses on statistics and anecdotes to optimize romance. But real love comes from neither | Autumn Christian in The Monday Essay https://thedispatch.com/article/love-internet-men-women-social-media-ideology/

"Nothing stirs up emotional angst like the evil specter of Wall Street, so politicians keep right on evoking it, regardless of what the data show." | Norbert J. Michel https://thedispatch.com/article/institutional-investors-myth-home-ownership-affordability/

"Court records in immigration enforcement cases show a pattern of distortions and violations of legal orders." | Grayson Logue https://thedispatch.com/article/homeland-security-ice-courts-misrepresentation/