The Dispatch

A two-part framework for evaluating religious AIs.

Judaism has confronted questions of religious authority before.

What a Republican primary in Kentucky and a Democratic race in Iowa tell us about the state of the respective parties.

Whatever happened to the Longaberger basket company?

Republicans in name only.

On overtourism’s opposite.

The tropical escape of northerners, and also of large birds.

A lot of couples don’t stick to a predetermined plan for having children.

California Democrats have held power for so long they’ve become blind to the state’s problems.

Why hasn’t the director of the FBI been fired?

A bit of the no-true-Scotsman problem.

Just wait until the Democrats want to censor a political opponent.

The ideology prescribing the end of Israel will not lead to statehood or security.

They value authenticity more than they value good character, honesty, or competence.

What’s missing from the Trump administration is not partisan bona fides, but humility.

Why is U.S. deterrence weakening under a strongman president?

Why Trump’s invocation of the Defense Production Act to boost fossil fuel production is doomed to fail.

Plus: Iran strikes vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and Justice Alito pauses restrictions on mail-order mifepristone.

What does this mean for the pro-life movement?

Public service, especially the presidency, shouldn’t be an exercise in self-glorification.