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The Best Postwar Westerns – The Dispatch
The Two Jakes On one journo’s much-noticed resemblance to a certain CNN anchor. In the second piece,…
Why Is There No ‘Rock Against Trump’?
In addition to Sandefur’s essay, we have three other pieces on the site today. In one, managing…
Can AI Create Something Entirely New?
And speaking of creatively fecund, Thomas Dichter writes about his father, Ernest Dichter—a…
Old Color for a Gray New World
Second, we have New Jersey denizen James Scimecca, otherwise known as The Dispatch’s audience…
The Pop Punk Renaissance – James Scimecca
When I was about 10, the pop punk band Bowling for Soup released “1985,” a song about, among other…
Hey, Dummy – Kevin D. Williamson
Country music fans of a certain age will be familiar with “Bocephus,” Hank Williams Jr.’s nickname…
A Force of Nature—and His Tour de Force
Meanwhile, the radio show host and writer Leigh Snead has shared with us an adapted excerpt of her…
The King’s Court – The Dispatch
It could also damage the Kennedy Center institutionally long-term. Imagine that every artist who’s…
The Best Books and Albums of 2025
Happy Tuesday! As we turn the corner into 2026, don’t fear growing older, for Staff Sgt. Dominick…
Resist the New Autotune – Noah Hickey
I was recently speaking with a group of fellow musicians about AI-generated music appearing on…
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