Essay

Losing Green’s Religion

July 20, 2025 Matthew Becklo 19

John Green, the author of the mega-hit The Fault in Our Stars, recently posted a video titled “My Religion.” Green is, by all accounts, a tremendously successful and thoughtful man: He’s a New York Times bestselling author (with […]

The Dispatch

On the psychology of sin

July 7, 2025 Matthew Becklo 59

Sixty years ago, on June 7, 1965, the Supreme Court in its Griswold v. Connecticut decision ruled against a state ban on contraception. This established the infamous “right to privacy” that was later used to […]

The Dispatch

Mufasa and Mimesis

April 6, 2025 Matthew Becklo 4

When Mufasa: The Lion King was released in theaters, I was unable to join our family in seeing it. But, almost immediately after, my wife and kids began drawing me into the world of its […]