2+ hour, 43+ min ago  (364+ words) In certain respects, we have made a very impressive simulacrum of ourselves. We have created machines that can sort the patterns of human language by running unbelievable volumes of text through statistical algorithms. But beneath the surface, something is not…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (969+ words) KHARKIV, Ukraine'In an underground bunker turned school, children's drawings paying tribute to the Ukrainian armed forces cover the walls. Blue and yellow dominate. From classroom to classroom, sheltered from the bombs, children of all ages listen attentively to their teachers....

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (425+ words) In 2024, Dr. Scot Glasberg was nearing the end of his term as president of the Plastic Surgery Foundation'the research arm of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)'when he became aware of a problem." By 2024, the ASPS had already…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (1452+ words) LuElla D'Amico is an associate professor of English and coordinator of women's and gender studies at the University of the Incarnate Word. She is the author of Wondrous Reading: Encountering the Catholic Faith in Children's Literature and writes widely on…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (458+ words) When Vice President J.D. Vance spoke Friday at the March for Life, the annual anti-abortion protest pegged to the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, he heralded the Trump-Vance administration's record of "undoing the evils" of the Biden administration. "Where the previous administration…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1000+ words) You're reading The Morning Dispatch, our flagship daily newsletter explaining all the news you need to know today in fewer than 15 minutes. To unlock the full version, become a Dispatch member today. Happy Wednesday! We want to thank Joe Schueller,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (172+ words) Editor's note: This essay is adapted from Infertile but Fruitful: Finding Fulfillment When You Can't Conceive, to be published by Sophia Institute Press on January 20, 2026. I knew then that it was time for me to enter, more seriously, a frequently…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (868+ words) A growing coalition of advocates, business leaders, and foundations is promoting a universal system of government-funded, full-time child care for all children starting weeks after birth. This is "essential economic infrastructure," they argue, crucial to a thriving economy because it…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (174+ words) Every family, regardless of their zip code or tax bracket, deserves to be able to make the best decisions when it comes to caring for their own children." The push for universal child care ignores the unique developmental needs of…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1277+ words) Nadya Williams is the interim director of the MFA program in creative writing at Ashland University and the books editor at Mere Orthodoxy, where she also hosts the Christians Reading Classics podcast. Her next book, Christians Reading Classics, is coming…...