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By Oliver Wiseman
01.10.24
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Today from the Free Press. . . a modest proposal for top profs, a Chinese intimidation campaign, updates from the campaign trail, and The Guardian worries that war is bad for the environment.

But first, our lead story. . .   

Computer scientist Mauricio Karchmer was an MIT lecturer for four years. He loved his job—until Hamas’s attack on October 7. In the…

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Oliver Wiseman
Oliver Wiseman is the deputy editor of The Free Press. Previously, he was the executive editor of The Spectator World and a regular contributor to UnHerd, City Journal, the Evening Standard, and a range of other publications.
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