<![CDATA[The Free Press: Editors' Picks]]>https://www.thefp.com/s/editors-pickshttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XTc7!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9cb7f208-a15c-46a8-a040-7e7a2150def9_1280x1280.pngThe Free Press: Editors' Pickshttps://www.thefp.com/s/editors-picksSubstackWed, 29 Apr 2026 15:15:51 GMT<![CDATA[Editors’ Picks: Jimmy Lai, Norman Podhoretz, and Rob Reiner]]>https://www.thefp.com/p/editors-picks-jimmy-lai-norman-podhoretzhttps://www.thefp.com/p/editors-picks-jimmy-lai-norman-podhoretzFri, 19 Dec 2025 22:42:40 GMTWe’ve reached the end of a very dark week. On Saturday, a gunman opened fire at Brown University, killing two students and injuring nine more. He then, according to law enforcement, traveled 49 miles to Brookline, Massachusetts, where he murdered an MIT professor. On Sunday, legendary filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife were stabbed to death in their home.

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]]><![CDATA[Bari’s Picks of the Week: Charlie Kirk’s Final Message]]>https://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-charlie-kirkshttps://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-charlie-kirksFri, 12 Dec 2025 23:32:08 GMTIt’s been another fantastic week here at The Free Press. Let’s get right to it.

Charlie Kirk’s Final Message to America

“I pray it changes the world. But even if it changes just one person’s life, then I know that I did my job.”

That’s what Charlie Kirk told his wife, Erika, last August when he told her he had finished what would become his final book. And…

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]]><![CDATA[Bari’s Picks Of The Week: High Art, Tough Love, Good News]]>https://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-high-art-tough-love-good-newshttps://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-high-art-tough-love-good-newsFri, 05 Dec 2025 23:32:10 GMTUsually I put some sort of warm-up here, but this week I’m just going to get right to it and say:

I couldn’t be more thrilled that Abigail Shrier is our new advice columnist. You know Abigail from her books and her fantastic columns for us. I know her as a friend. And so believe me when I say—not that it isn’t already abundantly clear—that Abigail is not…

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]]><![CDATA[ Bari’s Picks of the Week: Epstein, AI, and More ]]>https://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-epstein-aihttps://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-epstein-aiFri, 21 Nov 2025 22:21:49 GMTIt was another chaotic week in America, which made it an excellent week for Free Press stories, with one fantastic piece after another.

Let’s get right to it.

The War Inside the Right

Ever since his appearance on Tucker Carlson’s show three weeks ago, Nick Fuentes and his followers (known as “Groypers”) have become a central fault line in the GOP. Now, as …

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]]><![CDATA[Bari’s Picks of the Week: Mamdani Mania]]>https://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-mamdani-maniahttps://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-mamdani-maniaSat, 08 Nov 2025 00:00:11 GMTIt was a great week for Democrats. Candidates steamrolled their Republican opponents on Tuesday, taking back the governor’s mansion in Virginia and keeping it in New Jersey. They scored unexpected victories in the Deep South, flipping two statewide offices in Georgia while breaking the GOP supermajority in the Mississippi senate.

Even Jay Jones, who look…

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]]><![CDATA[Bari’s Picks of the Week: What Are You Afraid Of?]]>https://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-what-arehttps://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-what-areFri, 31 Oct 2025 19:58:53 GMTOne meeting grabbed headlines this week—President Donald Trump’s sit-down with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The two appear to have covered everything from rare-earth minerals to soybeans, with Trump nudging down his tariffs in return for Beijing’s flexibility.

There’s much more on their summit below, including illuminating pieces on how China really sees t…

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]]><![CDATA[Bari’s Picks of the Week: A New Look]]>https://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-a-new-lookhttps://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-a-new-lookFri, 24 Oct 2025 20:41:55 GMTThere are some weeks where this Friday roundup basically writes itself. Those are the weeks when there’s really just one big story and I want to share how we covered it. But this week we had a lot of great stories on a whole host of subjects that I want to share with you.

We’ll get right to it. But first, I want to talk about our new podcast, Spiral. It’…

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]]><![CDATA[Bari’s Picks of the Week: Americans Get It Done]]>https://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-americans-get-it-donehttps://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-americans-get-it-doneFri, 17 Oct 2025 21:30:29 GMTThere was one huge story driving the news this week: the deal between Israel and Hamas. It’s no doubt a fragile peace, and Hamas has already not kept up its end of the bargain, sending home only some of the remains of murdered Israeli hostages. Hamas has also resumed its terror campaign against Palestinians in Gaza, carrying out mass, public executions …

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]]><![CDATA[Bari’s Picks of the Week: Make Reading Great Again]]>https://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-make-reading-great-againhttps://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-make-reading-great-againFri, 10 Oct 2025 22:12:57 GMTHi folks. It’s been an exciting week at The Free Press. If you missed our big announcement, you can read all about it here. It’s a new chapter for The Free Press: same mission, much bigger stage.

You may have also noticed that we took down the paywall this week. That means that until Sunday, all of our content—Columns! Livestreams! Podcasts!—is available…

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]]><![CDATA[Bari’s Picks of the Week: Genes, Drones, and More]]>https://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-genes-droneshttps://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-genes-dronesFri, 26 Sep 2025 20:49:53 GMTHi folks, there’s a ton to get to this week—Akhil Reed Amar, FDA chief Dr. Marty Makary, Niall Ferguson—but first: an exciting announcement.

I’m heading to our nation’s capital on October 8 to interview Anduril founder Palmer Luckey for a live taping of Honestly.

For my money, Luckey is one of the most interesting and iconoclastic people in the country. H…

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]]><![CDATA[Bari’s Picks of the Week: Fixing America]]>https://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-fixing-americahttps://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-fixing-americaFri, 19 Sep 2025 20:33:13 GMTHi folks. This was a hard week. As we wrote in our editorial in the wake of the worst political assassination our country has witnessed in decades: “Charlie Kirk’s assassination has hit the staff of The Free Press hard. . . . We’re journalists, which means we are used to reporting on horrible events, including gun violence, assaults, and murders. So why…

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]]><![CDATA[Bari’s Picks of the Week: Amy Coney Barrett Live]]>https://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-amy-coneyhttps://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-amy-coneyFri, 05 Sep 2025 20:03:54 GMTLast night, some 1,200 of you packed into a theater at Lincoln Center to hear Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett speak. It was a rare opportunity to hear from the Justice—and she spoke about her faith, her judicial philosophy, and her new book, Listening to the Law. The full conversation will be up this Monday, so stay tuned. But for now, check out

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]]><![CDATA[Bari’s Picks of the Week: Taking Stock]]>https://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-taking-stockhttps://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-taking-stockFri, 29 Aug 2025 20:01:03 GMTWell, folks, we planned for a slow week for the end of summer. But the news cycle had other plans. And no story deserves more attention this week than the murders in Minneapolis.

A Church Shooting—and the Rise of American Nihilism

In the wake of man-made tragedy, we’re left with the pressing question: Why would someone do something so evil?

But what if the…

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]]><![CDATA[Bari’s Picks of the Week: Life and Death]]>https://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-life-andhttps://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-life-andFri, 22 Aug 2025 20:47:26 GMTHi folks—we’ll get to three must-read stories in a moment, but first, an exciting announcement about next week.

To mark the end of summer, we’re launching Journeys, a new series about the trips (literal and figurative) that change us. It’s our firm belief that everyone, for at least a few days each year, needs to switch off and hit the road. So for the l…

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]]><![CDATA[Bari’s Picks of the Week: Hidden Figures]]>https://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-hidden-figureshttps://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-hidden-figuresFri, 15 Aug 2025 20:50:26 GMTAugust is typically the month where news goes to die. But our newsroom hasn’t stopped; we’ve published a string of must-read stories over the last several days.

I’ll get to my favorites in a second. But first: Come hang out with me?

Our next live debate is happening on September 10 in my hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. And the topic could not be hig…

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]]><![CDATA[Bari’s Picks: Gen-Z Takeover]]>https://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-gen-z-takeoverhttps://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-gen-z-takeoverFri, 08 Aug 2025 17:00:31 GMTA jarring number of people in The Free Press office are under 30 and on Wednesday morning, a lot of them were late to work. Was I mad? No. I was thrilled. Because all of them were nursing hangovers from the previous night—our first ever Free Press Under-30 Meet-Ups, with two parties in New York and D.C.

Gen Z has a terrible reputation. These are the kids…

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]]><![CDATA[Bari’s Picks of the Week: Right from Wrong]]>https://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-right-from-wronghttps://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-right-from-wrongFri, 01 Aug 2025 21:06:14 GMTRussiagate. Newly issued tariffs. A battle with the Federal Reserve. Misinformation warfare in the Middle East. This has been anything but a slow news week. We’ll get into all of it below.

But first, perhaps the most important news from The Free Press: We sold out our live conversation with Justice Amy Coney Barrett in just a few hours. It’s the first ev…

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]]><![CDATA[Bari’s Picks of the Week: New Frontiers]]>https://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-new-frontiershttps://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-new-frontiersFri, 25 Jul 2025 20:30:36 GMTI hope you’re getting a little time to rest this weekend. And know what’s a great way to relax? By kicking back the new Free Press app and devouring all our work. 

Was that plug a bit shameless? Yes. But here’s the thing: I love this thing. And I think you will, too.

All right, let’s get into it.

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]]><![CDATA[Bari’s Picks of the Week: Six Ways of Seeing a Scandal]]>https://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-six-wayshttps://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-six-waysFri, 18 Jul 2025 21:23:46 GMTBefore we dive into the news, some news of our own: The Free Press app is here and it’s gorgeous. It’s in the Apple App Store. It’s in the Google Play store. And it’s being downloaded like . . . what’s the simile here? Is it still hotcakes? I’ll put it this way: It’s being downloaded like a product that is very popular (it’s the No. 4 news app on the Ap…

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]]><![CDATA[Bari’s Picks of the Week: Heroes, Radicals, and Gen Z’s Hottest Show]]>https://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-heroes-radicalshttps://www.thefp.com/p/baris-picks-of-the-week-heroes-radicalsFri, 11 Jul 2025 23:48:35 GMTIt’s been seven days since President Trump signed his massive, sweeping, and extremely expensive “Big Beautiful Bill,” which our Tyler Cowen called “one of the most radical experiments in fiscal policy in my lifetime.”

Tyler was one of many contributors to our symposium on the BBB, featuring analysis and critiques from across the political spectrum. In c…

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