Spencer Cox: Inside the Search for Charlie Kirk’s Killer
The Utah governor was at the scene just hours after the shooting. In an exclusive excerpt from his new book, he…
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Arthur Brooks: How to Be Happy at College
Parents tell their children that it will be the best time of their lives. Students often discover something very…
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I Was a Workaholic. Quitting Changed My Life.
Lindsay Crouse was a Harvard-educated, Emmy-winning ‘New York Times’ journalist who ran marathons in her spare time.…
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My Friend Gloria Steinem. Plus. . .
In today’s Weekend Press: Farewell to Gloria Steinem. How Socrates saved Natan Sharansky’s life. Two drinks with the…
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Two Drinks with . . . the Man Who Compensated 9/11 Victims
Kenneth Feinberg doled out $7 billion to 5,300 victims’ families. The trick, he told Joe Nocera, was listening to the…
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Natan Sharansky: I Found Socrates in a KGB Prison
I spent 16 months in a KGB prison that housed the most extensive library of classic literature I encountered in the…
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My Friend Gloria Steinem
Phyllis Chesler knew the feminist activist for more than half a century. Today, she remembers their friendship,…
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Ancient Wisdom: Age Is No Excuse to Stop Learning
It was only after I retired that I was finally able to devote myself to what I wanted to do all along: learn for the…
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I’m a Psychiatrist. Here’s What the Lindsay Clancy Jury Should Have Found.
I’m a psychiatrist, and I believe psychosis drove Lindsay Clancy to kill her children. After seven days of…
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Victor Davis Hanson: Can Trumpism Survive After Trump? Plus. . .
In today’s Front Page: Trumpism after Trump. Meta’s teen therapy spending is a big mistake. The great ‘redshirting’…
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Meta Will Spend Millions for Teen Therapy. It’s a Mistake.
Meta’s settlement with 47 U.S. states calls for it to help fund counseling for screen-addicted kids. There are better…
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TGIF: Once Postpartum, Always Postpartum
This week in TGIF: The Florida Department of Transportation giveth, the Florida Department of Transportation taketh…
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What to Expect When You’re Expecting Great Power Conflict
Historian Brendan Simms on the return of Russia and China, Britain’s contested global role, and the world taking shape…
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The Gall(iano) of Anna Wintour
Watch now | Suzy Weiss and Dan Ahdoot take on John Galliano. Plus: Tupac’s killer finally speaks, and fast-food has a…
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Is It Right to Hold Your Kids Back in Kindergarten?
‘People will do anything to get an edge,’ said one Florida mom. ‘At what point does it become too ridiculous? When does…
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Victor Davis Hanson: What Happens to MAGA When Trump Is Gone?
Donald Trump has remade the Republican Party in his own image. But history suggests that political movements rarely…
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Tyler Cowen: Is College Still Worth It?
High prices, less payoff, and AI are all reasons to rethink college. But there’s no better place to make friends and…
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Tough Love: Did My Ex-Husband Ever Love Me?
‘What will I say when our sons ask me one day why their dad and I aren’t together?’ asks a newly divorced mother. Our…
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Should Kids Use AI? A Debate. Plus. . .
Small-town Alaska vs. environmental activists. The very real threat of AI takeover. Secrets of the White House. And…
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The Secret Recordings That Reveal How Presidents Really Think
Some presidents taped themselves to protect their legacy, others to protect their ego. Presidential historian Tim…
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An Alaskan Town Is Literally Dying for a Road. Environmentalists Won’t Let Them Have One.
For 40 years, King Cove residents have been campaigning for a basic piece of lifesaving infrastructure. Their efforts…
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The Threat of AI Takeover Is Real
On Monday, Tyler Cowen argued that widespread alarm over an AI cyberattack was overblown. I dearly wish he were right,…
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Why I Let My Students Use AI
My students and I are not outsourcing our minds to machines. On the contrary, they are learning more, and I am doing my…
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Why I Banned AI in My Classroom
If students fail to develop the capacity to think critically and problem-solve, they will be useless in the workplace,…
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The Devilish Legacy of Roy Cohn
The infamous lawyer and fixer for mobsters, Joe McCarthy, and a young Donald Trump heralded a new kind of American…
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The Army Needs Good Leaders. Why Is Hegseth Firing Them? Plus. . .
Rod Dreher on the universal appeal of Wendell Berry. A purple-district Democrat on why the DSA is bad news for his…
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Rod Dreher: The Once and Future Wisdom of Wendell Berry
The great Kentucky writer and farmer believed in knowing your neighbors and local soil, and in guarding the memory of…
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The Army Needs Good Leaders. Why Is Hegseth Firing Them?
Hegseth says the purges are necessary to eliminate wokeness in the military. In practice, however, this has meant that…
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Rep. Tom Suozzi: Democrats Must Reject the DSA
The DSA is a dire threat to the Democratic Party and the country, writes Rep. Tom Suozzi.
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Did Measles Kill Two Pennsylvanians—or Not?
The Trump administration has so far declined to accept Pennsylvania’s decision to blame two recent deaths on measles.…
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Douglas Murray: 9/11 and the War on the Truth
Lies and conspiracy theories about the attacks have become mainstream over the past 25 years. The future of the U.S.…
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This Week in Canada: A Welcome Mat for Jewish Canadians?
In her latest This Week in Canada newsletter, Rupa Subramanya writes about pressure on Trump to respond to antisemitism…
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Anna Wintour’s Galliano Disaster. Plus. . .
Arthur Brooks on the Boomers smoking weed and spreading STDs. Lessons from an incredible survival story. And more.
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Shot Down Over Serbia: General Goldfein’s Incredible Story
Former Air Force chief of staff David Goldfein reflects on surviving a missile strike, the rescue team that refused to…
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September Supper Clubs Are On Sale Now!
Join us September 17. Plus, a message from Free Presser Andy Brehm about his dinner last month in Minneapolis.
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John Galliano Has Paid for His Crimes. Will Anna Wintour?
Honoring fashion’s most famous antisemite was a mistake. Canceling the exhibition is a disaster, writes Suzy Weiss.
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