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Arthur Brooks: Why Cheaters Make Bad Politicians
Allegations surrounding politicians like Graham Platner raise a question: Does sexual misconduct predict how candidates will behave in office…
Arthur Brooks
Belle Burden’s Fans Don’t Care If She Lied
A New York socialite wrote a memoir about the collapse of her marriage, but seems to have exaggerated her financial woes. Her fans support her anyway.
Kat Rosenfield
Ozempic’s Dirty Little Secret. Plus . . .
The end of the bisexual boom. Tony Blair on why the West is failing to combat antisemitism. Tyler Cowen says AGI is around the corner. And more.
The Free Press
Tough Love: Am I Wrong to Not Want Kids?
An almost-30-year-old reader writes: ‘Lately I have been wondering if I am making a mistake by deciding not to have kids.’ Our advice columnist weighs…
Abigail Shrier
Say It with Me Now: Open Marriages Never Work
All Lindy West proves in her new memoir, ‘Adult Braces,’ is that she loves being treated like a child by the man she was supposed to grow old with—and…
Kat Rosenfield
The Science of Hooking Up and Settling Down
UC Davis professor Paul Eastwick explains what evolutionary psychologists, the media, Jordan Peterson, and incels all get wrong about dating and…
River Page
How The Free Press Found Me a Husband
Free Press Cupid is back, and if you think this is the community where you might find your match, send a short write-up to Cupid@TheFP.com.
Polina Fradkin
My Wife Accepted Her Death. Why Can’t I?
I do the things they tell you to do to mitigate grief. It helps, but it doesn’t erase the loss of a connection that had been transformed over time from…
Michael Friedman
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