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Americans Are Patriotic. Why Aren’t Our Politicians?
The left rejects it altogether, and the right offers a twisted version of it. Voters may flock to whichever party embraces simple love of country.
Ruy Teixeira and Karlyn Bowman
America Is Becoming a Soccer Country
With Trump’s lobbying to reverse a star player’s red card, America is shedding its soft, disinterested approach to the beautiful game.
Josh Kaplan
America’s Next 250 Years Are Ours to Build
In 1776, there was no electricity, no anesthesia, and no running water. The Founders still built something that changed the world. What comes next is up…
Scott Nolan
The Greatest Country on Earth
The Free Press celebrates America’s 250th anniversary.
The Free Press
Why We Love This Country
Bari Weiss on risk. Nellie Bowles on air-conditioning. Douglas Murray on our vast wilderness. And more.
The Free Press
Caitlin Flanagan: The Indivisible America
I first pledged allegiance to America at a time of raging war and political violence. People said the nation would unravel, which was—and is—a juvenile…
Caitlin Flanagan
The Country I Would Still Die For
In remarks delivered one day after he accepted the Medal of Honor, U.S. Army Major Nicholas Dockery makes a plea to his fellow Americans: Don’t wait for…
Nicholas Dockery
What Do Americans Think When No One Is Watching?
It is core to The Free Press to understand America as it actually is. That work depends in part on understanding what Americans actually believe.
The Editors
Introducing: The Honesty Project
We’re asking Americans what they really believe.
Mene Ukueberuwa
America’s Anniversary Is About More Than Trump. What Have We Actually Agreed to with Iran? Plus. . .
River Page reports from the crowd at UFC Freedom 250. Sam Quinones on why LA will miss Spencer Pratt. Matthew Campbell dives into the world of stolen…
The Free Press
America’s Birthday Isn’t About Trump
Trump and his critics are making the president the focus of the country’s 250th anniversary. But Americans have so much more to celebrate.
The Editors
Great Americans: No One Loved America Like Irving Berlin
The man who wrote ‘God Bless America’ loved his adoptive home in the way only an immigrant could. Years later, his words of gratitude echo into…
Charles Fain Lehman
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