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There Is No MAGA Split on Iran
How a handful of anti-war commentators convinced the media there was a rebellion that polling says doesn’t exist.
Gabe Fleisher
Tucker, Candace, and the Conspiracy-Theory Podcast Grift
How online creators foment rage and monetize antisemitism—and the big bucks they earn doing it
Ashley Rindsberg
Natan Sharansky: Jimmy Lai’s Sentence Tests the Free World
The 78-year-old dissident has been a leading voice in the struggle for a free, democratic Hong Kong. For that, he will spend the rest of his life in…
Natan Sharansky
Jimmy Lai Gets 20 Years. The Fight to Free Him Must Go On.
China made an example of Hong Kong’s 78-year-old titan of democracy. But pressure from the West could spare him from dying in prison.
Mark L. Clifford
Nellie Bowles: The Journalist and the Epstein
I had the chance to profile one of the darkest, most interesting characters of our moment. Why didn’t I grab it?
Nellie Bowles
Freedom of the Press Won’t Protect Don Lemon
Obstructing worshippers in church is a crime. But it will be hard to prove Lemon did so, or knew others would.
Jed Rubenfeld
How Seymour Hersh Lost His Investigative Groove
A new documentary shows how the hallowed investigative reporter fell into a trap of his own ideological making.
Eli Lake
Two Drinks with. . . a Very Modern Lover
Cathi Hanauer has spent her life writing about love. Then she presented ‘The Case for Ending a Long, Mostly Good Marriage’ to readers of ‘The New York…
Kat Rosenfield
Two Drinks with . . . ‘Free Speech Absolutist’ Dasha Nekrasova
The actress just lost a job and her agent for hosting Nick Fuentes on her podcast. She doesn’t regret it.
Suzy Weiss
Defund the BBC
The leadership of the UK’s public broadcaster has resigned amid a crisis of trust. That is not enough.
Melanie Phillips
Ancient Wisdom: I Didn’t Expect to End Up in Estonia
Studying the Estonian language requires niche devotion—it’s useless anywhere else. And an extrovert here is someone who looks at your shoes rather than…
Jim Heintz
The Weekend Press: Teenage Dreams
Plus: Suzy Weiss reviews Sydney Sweeney’s boxing biopic. Kat Rosenfield on why ‘Teen Vogue’ had to die. The legendary magazine writer Gay Talese recalls…
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