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Caitlin Flanagan
Caitlin Flanagan is a columnist at The Free Press and the author of several books, including Girl Land and To Hell with All That: Loving and Loathing Our Inner Housewife.
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Beware the Honest Oysterman
With Graham Platner, Democrats thought they had finally—finally!—made contact with the white working class. So they ignored all manner of red flags.
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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…
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J.D. Vance Isn’t a Catholic Statesman
He spends his new memoir in great frustration that the Church won’t issue him an indulgence so he can be a good Catholic, and also do whatever he wants.
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Caitlin Flanagan: It’s Not Jill Biden’s Fault
The former First Lady’s new memoir is being criticized by journalists, ex-aides, and Democratic operatives—the same people who pretended her husband was…
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Caitlin Flanagan: Pratt Daddy’s Revenge
How did Spencer Pratt, reality TV star and ‘healing’ crystal salesman, become the ‘adult in the room’ in the LA mayor’s race?
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Did Someone Blow the Whistle on Motherhood?
Everyone is arguing about whether to have children. Almost no one is talking about what you get when you do.
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Caitlin Flanagan: Pray for America
I was born in the era of assassinations. But when I saw the news of the shooting in Washington, I barely scrolled. That’s how I know we’ve reentered an…
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