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Niall Ferguson: Milei’s Man-made Miracle
Can a broken economy be fixed? Argentina’s president proves it can. Politics is another story.
Niall Ferguson
The Coldplay Couple Did Something Bad. The Internet Did Something Worse.
The original function of public shaming was to keep the bonds of community strong. Now, it’s a spectator sport.
Kat Rosenfield
Suzy Weiss: Are You Enterpained?
Plus: The art world’s ‘state of the union’ address. Stay-at-home motherhood gets a rebrand. And more!
Suzy Weiss
Happy Independence Day, NPR
The Senate just voted to cut federal funding for the news organization I worked at for 25 years. It only has itself to blame.
Uri Berliner
The Free Press App Is Here!
You asked. Now it’s here. Everything we publish, in one place that’s fast and easy to use. Download it now.
Bari Weiss
The White Man Who Pretended to Be Black to Get Published
A young poet pretended to be ‘a gender-fluid member of the Nigerian diaspora,’ and wrote intentionally bad poems. He says he got 47 of them published.
River Page
Nobody Has a Personality Anymore
My generation is obsessed with treating every trait as a symptom of a disorder. You’re not shy, you’re autistic. You’re not forgetful, you’ve got ADHD.
Freya India
It’s a Fascist! It’s a Communist! No, It’s Superman!
James Gunn’s blockbuster is America’s favorite Rorschach test. What do you see?
Will Rahn
Suzy Weiss: What Do Rich Dorks Buy?
The dealer of fine arts is auctioning a dinosaur skeleton. Plus: Weddings are obscene now. But Lena Dunham’s new show is great.
Suzy Weiss
The Consulting Crash Is Coming
Bloated, overpaid, and outpaced by AI—big firms confront a future they can’t outsource.
Joe Nocera
Tyler Cowen: Why Won’t Socialism Die?
The simple explanation is that people like free stuff. What’s actually happening is a nationwide case of bad vibes.
Tyler Cowen
The Forgotten American: Can There Be Life After 12 Years in a Chinese Prison?
Mark Swidan spent more than a decade in a windowless box for a crime he didn’t commit. Now he’s back home in Texas—and living on food stamps.
Peter Savodnik
After Trump Was Shot, He Called Me
Salena Zito was four feet away from the stage when President Trump took a bullet—and has written a new book about the experience. She joins Peter…
Salena Zito
He Was Falsely Accused of ‘Blackface.’ It Derailed His Life.
A California high school student’s life was forever changed when a picture of him wearing an acne mask went viral for all the wrong reasons. Five years…
Frannie Block
America Has Always Been a Dangerous Idea
The Declaration of Independence wasn’t just a break from empire. It was a challenge to every regime that came after.
Eli Lake
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Coleman Hughes: I Just Did Therapy in Public
I played a self-knowledge game with happiness expert Arthur C. Brooks. It forced me to ask: What do I worship?
Coleman Hughes
How the Yuppies Became Socialists
Fifty years ago, the professional managerial class swung right. Today, in America’s biggest cities, they’re voting for leftists like Zohran Mamdani…
River Page
You Don’t Need the Same Politics to Surf Together
My brother-in-law is a truck-driving, Rogan-listening Covid skeptic. I was a speechwriter for Obama. I assumed we’d never be friends. I was wrong.
David Litt
Suzy Weiss: Admit It, Being an Adult Is Hard
I’m about to turn 30, so I went to an ‘adulting’ class. Plus: Dating apps were never a good idea.
Suzy Weiss
As Christians Are Slaughtered, the World Looks Away
Islamists massacred over 200 people in Yelwata, Nigeria—many of them women and children. The media barely mentioned it.
Madeleine Kearns
What Both Sides Get Wrong About Immigration
The LA riots prove we’re missing the point.
Martin Gurri
Tyler Cowen: Does AI Make Us Stupid?
A viral new research paper claims ChatGPT will stop us from thinking. Really?
Tyler Cowen
Niall Ferguson: What Comes After Trump’s ‘Surgical Strikes’?
As Kissinger often said, every success in foreign policy is just an admission ticket to the next crisis.
Niall Ferguson
Trump Keeps His Promise on Iran. The World Is Safer for It.
The president warned that he wouldn’t tolerate a nuclear Iran. He meant what he said.
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