Evan Gershkovich: My Time as a Prisoner in Putin’s Russia
The Wall Street Journal reporter spent 491 days in Russian prison. The Free Press talks to him about hostage diplomacy,…
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Ross Douthat: Why Evangelicalism Is Winning
For all the buzz around a ‘Catholic century,’ evangelicalism is the denomination best placed to thrive in contemporary…
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Tough Love: Should I Homeschool My Kids?
A mom’s blood boils when her kid says his classmates were ‘watching bubbles float across the screen and were supposed…
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Who Is Really Behind the Protests in France? Plus. . .
Harvard Medical School says obesity isn’t unhealthy. The Ohio locals who say drug rehab is destroying their city. And…
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Konstantin Kisin: France’s Chaos Is Coming for Britain
The ‘Triggernometry’ host says the people running Europe are utterly detached from reality, and that voters get the…
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Who Is Really Behind the Protests in France?
What began as a high school protest movement spiraled into a violent uprising, organized by Islamists, antifascists,…
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Obesity Isn’t Unhealthy, and Other Lessons from Harvard Medical School
The panelists claimed America lives under ‘body fascism’ and that fat-shaming, not fat, harms people’s health. None of…
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AI Could Bring Back the Dark Ages
The debate over AI is framed as regulation versus free markets. But the real question is whether elected governments…
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Are Drug Rehabs Destroying This Small Ohio Town?
The former pill mill capital of America has become overrun by addicts seeking treatment. Locals say the emerging…
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Is This the Year Democrats Flip Texas? Plus. . .
Tyler Cowen says Elizabeth Holmes should not be behind bars. Liel Leibovitz on whether Mayor Mamdani is a moderate in…
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How the GOP Could Lose Texas
Democrat James Talarico has led nearly every recent poll, and local Republicans worry their voters won’t turn out. The…
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The Myth of Mamdani the Moderate
Centrist Democrats want to cast the mayor as a chastened progressive. But his record reveals a man who compromises when…
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The Violent Settlers Bringing Shame on Israel
As attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank escalate, Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is undermining the rule of…
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Sally Rooney Hates Novels
By donating her royalties to Palestine Action, she gave her work the political significance she has always desired but…
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Tyler Cowen: Elizabeth Holmes Should Not Be in Prison
Elizabeth Holmes’s crimes were egregious. But far fewer women, with or without children, should be incarcerated at all,…
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This Week in Canada: Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
In the latest This Week in Canada newsletter: Alberta’s separatism vote went down to defeat, but the overtaxation,…
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Trump’s Turn Toward Moscow. Plus. . .
In today's Front Page: Aaron MacLean on Trump's turn toward Moscow. A report from the aftermath of the French riots.…
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Is Trump Getting Ready to Trade Ukraine for Iran?
As the president eases pressure on Russia, he is moving toward a foreign policy with no major postwar precedent:…
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David Sabatini Lost Everything After Being Accused of Sexual Harassment. He Just Won $6 Million.
Four years ago, Suzy Weiss broke the story of a biologist whose career was destroyed by a female colleague’s…
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Douglas Murray: France Stares Down the Abyss of History
Even great things come to an end. There’s no guarantee that French culture and traditions will survive ceaseless…
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Inside France’s Night of Terror
‘My apartment door was shaking from the blows they were landing. . . . They managed to get into the entryway by…
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Can Ukraine Win Without America?
Retired Australian major general Mick Ryan explains why Russia is struggling on the battlefield and why Trump may be…
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A Town Hall with Vice President J.D. Vance
Vice President J.D. Vance discusses ICE, the economy, corruption, midterms, and more in a CBS News town hall moderated…
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Arthur Brooks: I Turned Myself Into an AI Model
Arthur AI is designed to replicate my ideas, not replace me. But a conversation with my digital double left me…
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The French Republic Is Under Attack. Plus. . .
Inside a MAGA smear campaign. Is the AI bubble starting to burst? The man hunting Nazi-looted art. And more.
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Do Great Men Actually Matter? With Jared Diamond
Did any single man change the course of the 20th century? Jared Diamond, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of "Guns,…
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If This Isn’t a Civil War, It Certainly Looks Like One
For years, I have insisted that France is not coming apart. After watching the riots over the weekend, a mile from my…
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Your Burning Questions About the ‘Cornell 7’ Rape Accusations, Answered
Emily Yoffe talks with Title IX attorney Justin Dillon about sexual assault on college campuses.
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The French Republic Is Under Attack
France’s radical left wants its followers to believe they are fighting tyranny. But burning city halls and terrorizing…
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The Anatomy of a MAGA Smear
How a handful of influencers turned an unverified theory about James Talarico into a viral scandal—and what happened…
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Will Data Centers Be the Next Big Short?
Critics say the financial maneuvers being used in the AI boom are leading to disaster. The companies say these are…
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The Nazis Stole Your Family’s Art? Call James Palmer.
Art detective James Palmer has been clawing back Nazi-looted paintings for 33 years. Some call him a ‘Holocaust…
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Why I Left America for Broken Britain. Plus. . .
In today's Weekend Press: Why Freya India left America. Caitlin Flanagan on Tom Cruise. Is America a bad boyfriend? At…
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Two Drinks with. . . the Woman Who Handled a Trade War Against Trump
Chrystia Freeland, a Canadian journalist-turned-politician, has a three-part method for dealing with Trump. ‘You can’t…
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What Do You Do with Tom Cruise? Not This.
There are bad movies. And then there is ‘Digger.’ It makes you want to carve a little circle around your chair and…
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Did Nathan Fielder Get Too Close to Elizabeth Holmes?
Is the girlboss-turned-felon pathologically guileless, or the world’s most ruthless, consummate manipulator? A new…
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