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I’m a Disabled New Yorker. I Hope the Governor Vetoes Medical Aid in Dying.
A life not worthy of living. I’ve heard that before. From peers, from rivals, sometimes from myself.
Dovie Eisner
New York Lawmakers Approve Assisted Suicide Bill
Legislation passed by the state senate has no waiting period; the governor hasn’t hinted at whether she will sign or veto.
Madeleine Kearns
Will New York Soon Make It Too Easy to Die?
Eleven states have legalized assisted dying, but only New York would have no waiting period, which risks turning suicide into a medical treatment…
Madeleine Kearns
Elinor Lipman on Learning to Enjoy Widowhood
The novelist talks about her late husband, her current “husband-like friend,” and how to cope with widowhood.
Suzy Weiss
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How Much Plastic Surgery Does a Woman Really Need?
Here’s the thing about being an older woman: You’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t. So you might as well please yourself.
Mimi Swartz
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
I Warned My Party About Biden’s Health. Will They Listen Now?
If a relatively little-known congressman like me knew that Biden was incapable of leading the country in a second term, what does that say about the…
Dean Phillips
The Leftists Celebrating Joe Biden’s Cancer
‘He ought to seek out treatment in a cancer ward in Gaza,’ one person told The Free Press.
Olivia Reingold
How Elon Musk Unleashed Chaos Inside the NIH
A frenzy of changes by DOGE underlings is colliding with resistance from the agency’s scientists and top officials.
Gabe Kaminsky
WATCH: The Top-Secret Tragedy of Area 52
Veterans claim they got sick from working near weapons-testing sites in southern Nevada. Because their jobs were top secret, they haven’t been able to…
Austyn Jeffs
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Exclusive: FDA Stops Recommending Covid Vaccine Boosters for Most Americans
‘This is a restoration of trust,’ said vaccine czar Vinay Prasad. ‘It’s bringing us back to evidence.’
Olivia Reingold
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