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I Gave My Kid a Screen-Free Summer—and You Can Too

After years of nightly fights over YouTube and Netflix with my 8-year-old daughter, I decided to hide every screen in our house for the summer. It…

May 29, 2026

Michaeleen Doucleff, PhD

Dan Crenshaw: Heartbreak and Heroism in Hill Country, Texas

Neighbors saved neighbors. That is the spirit of my home state. No flood can ever wash it away.

July 8, 2025

The Free Press Guide to Summer Reading

Abigail Shrier on Douglas Murray. Nellie Bowles on Jesus. Niall Ferguson on his favorite sci-fi novel. This is the ultimate Free Press reading list.

July 5, 2025

Isaac Grafstein

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