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Suzy Weiss: Can Men Make Friends?
Plus: We made the straight men of The Free Press review Sex and the City.
Suzy Weiss
Lionel Shriver: I Lost Control of My Body
What happens when a freakish bout of medical misfortune stops a writer from writing?
Lionel Shriver
Bari’s Picks of the Week: The Cover-Up of the Century
A major announcement, some major scoops, and much, much more.
Bari Weiss
The Straight-Male Case for ‘Sex and the City’
I couldn’t help but wonder: Is Carrie Bradshaw the answer to the male-loneliness epidemic?
Will Rahn
This Week in Canada: The King’s Land Acknowledgment
Plus: Tariffs off, tariffs on. Canada’s oil goes to China. Bono loves us. And more.
Rupa Subramanya
TGIF: Scammander in Chief
Trump plays a game of chicken. The White House doles out fishy pardons. Democrats get all masculine. Elon departs D.C. The Macron slap. And much more.
Nellie Bowles
How America Funded Islamism in Pakistan
To understand what India is up against, you have to go back to the Cold War—and our decision to empower a vicious regime in Pakistan.
Eli Lake
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The Democratic Socialists of America Don’t Know If They Should Condemn Murder
A split inside the far-left group over the shootings of Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky has spilled into New York’s mayoral race.
Frannie Block and Olivia Reingold
Is DOGE Dead? Plus. . .
The new group delivering aid in Gaza—and making an end-run around Hamas. Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on how the Biden cover-up almost worked. And much…
The Free Press
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson on the Great Biden Cover-Up
The authors of the new book ‘Original Sin’ share all the details of how President Biden and his closest aides misled the American people.
Bari Weiss
New Aid Group in Gaza Makes an End Run Around Hamas—and the UN
The terrorist group steals food aid meant for ordinary Gazans and resells it on the black market. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is trying to change…
Madeleine Rowley
What Republicans Get Right—and Wrong—About Medicaid
The president is worried about the political cost of ‘fucking around with Medicaid.’ But his party is right to grapple with the program’s ballooning…
Charles Lane
Is DOGE Dead?
The world’s richest man is back to ‘spending 24/7’ at his old jobs, but left behind devotees who are accumulating power and influence.
Gabe Kaminsky
Why DOGE Failed
You can’t fix the government unless you know how it really works. Musk never did.
Joe Nocera
Why Americans Don’t Understand Vladimir Putin
The Russian president hasn’t just gone ‘crazy.’ He’s always been like this.
Konstantin Kisin
Monetizing MAGA. Cuomo’s Biggest Rival. Plus. . .
NPR isn’t entitled to your tax dollars, the BLM star journalist felled by #MeToo, and much more.
The Free Press
NPR and PBS Aren’t Entitled to Your Tax Dollars
National Public Radio is suing the Trump administration on free speech grounds. Here’s why that argument doesn’t fly.
Jed Rubenfeld
Could Ranked-Choice Voting Make a Socialist New York City’s Mayor?
Advocates claimed ranked-choice voting would move politics ‘to the center.’ Now it might help elect the most radical mayor in New York City’s history.
Olivia Reingold
The Trump Family’s Business Deals Are Testing Ethical and Legal Boundaries
By one measurement, the president has doubled his net worth to more than $5.4 billion. ‘There is no modern parallel.’
Gabe Kaminsky
A BLM Star Journalist Felled by #MeToo
During BLM, Wesley Lowery demanded ‘moral clarity’ rather than objectivity. Now, the activist-journalist has fallen foul of activism-journalism.
Kat Rosenfield
MAGA’s Machiavelli: The Quiet Rise of Michael Anton
A decade ago, the conservative intellectual shocked Washington with his ‘Flight 93 Election’ essay. He’s been gaining altitude ever since.
Eli Lake
Team Trump? Or Team Harvard? Plus. . .
Tyler Cowen, Jed Rubenfeld, and Solveig Lucia Gold on the college in Trump’s crosshairs. Agnes Callard on love. Emily Yoffe on ambition. Dean Phillips…
The Free Press
How to Examine Your Marriage and Your Life
Agnes Callard talks to Bari about marriage, divorce, kids, and living with her current and ex-husband.
Bari Weiss
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Tyler Cowen: There’s a Better Way to Fight Harvard
I agree with the critics: The school has become too left-wing. The question is what to do about it.
Tyler Cowen
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