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The Trump Administration’s Latest Attack on Free Speech
By issuing subpoenas to Times reporters and their families, this administration has once again shown it never really cared about the First Amendment.
Eli Lake
The Lettuce That Launched a Thousand Headlines
The cyclosporiasis outbreak is the fourth this year the media has blamed on Trump and RFK Jr. None of them have killed a single person.
Alex Berenson
America Needs a New Kind of Public Intellectual
Now that trust has shifted from institutions to individuals, who you trust matters more than ever. The voices worth following are defined by what they…
Aaron Renn
Two Drinks with . . . The New Yorker’s Master Wordsmith
Joe Nocera says Rachel Aviv is the modern-day Tom Wolfe, and he’s not ashamed to have fangirled.
Joe Nocera
The ‘Gay’ Attacks on Lindsey Graham Are All About Politics
We may never know about the late senator’s sexuality. But those who question it do so to punish him for his hawkish and conservative views.
James Kirchick
Ro Khanna’s Rude Awakening
The Democratic congressman has been pandering to the anti-Israel left for months. In a podcast interview this week, he realized what his new bedfellows…
Eli Lake
The Humiliation of Prince Harry
He’s been crusading against the press for years, but last week he suffered a brutal, humiliating defeat.
Kara Kennedy
Graham Platner and the Limits of ‘Believe Women’
The Maine progressive’s downfall has revealed a dangerous media double standard.
The Editors
Dave Portnoy: How I Built Barstool Sports. Plus. . .
Mayim Bialik says she’s politically homeless. Senator Tim Sheehy warns America not to feed the beast that wants to kill us. Carolyn Bessette’s wedding…
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Dave Portnoy: How I Built Barstool Sports
I quit my cushy sales job, borrowed $20,000 from my dad, hauled news racks across Boston in a rented U-Haul with my mom, and hoped a free sports…
Dave Portnoy
TGIF: We Economists Have Done the Maths
Karmelo Anthony trial reactions, college costs cross six figures, the vice president owns birds, Rosie O’Donnell looks amazing, We the Economists make…
Nellie Bowles
Why Candace Owens Went to Russia
The stars of MAGA’s conspiracy podcast wing are posting about the glories of Moscow—and laundering Kremlin narratives.
Park MacDougald
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