It’s Thursday, April 9. This is The Front Page, your daily window into the world of The Free Press—and our take on the world at large. Today: Niall Ferguson on Iran’s skewed definition of victory. Frannie Block speaks to former astronauts about a potentially fatal flaw in the spacecraft that’s just made history. Yascha Mounk on the trouble with college …
The Mamdani of the Midwest. Plus. . .
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed at a town hall in Lincoln Park, Michigan, on November 11, 2025. (Ryan Sun via AP)
Niall Ferguson on why Iran thinks it’s winning. Could Artemis II burn up on reentry? Harvard delays a vote to stop grade inflation. And more.
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