The Dispatch

The Chesterton Option

May 29, 2024 Dale Ahlquist 7

Editor’s note: The following post is an excerpt from the commencement address given by Dale Ahlquist at Thomas More College of the Liberal Arts, on Saturday, May 20, 2017. It is reposted today to mark […]

The Dispatch

Summoning the heroes

May 29, 2024 George Weigel 4

WARSAW. John Williams, 92-year-old laureate conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, has composed some of the most memorable pop-orchestral music of our time, including the themes for Star Wars, Superman, ET, Jaws, Jurassic Park, and Indiana Jones. In 1996, when NBC […]

Analysis

An apology (of sorts) over slur

May 28, 2024 Christopher R. Altieri 58

Troppa frociaggine. It’s an Italian expression meaning “too much faggotry”—that’s not a rough translation, and the Italian word hits about as hard as the English—and Pope Francis reportedly used it in a closed-door gathering with […]