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Nicholas Clairmont
Nicholas Clairmont is international editor at The Free Press. He was previously the Life and Arts editor of the Washington Examiner magazine.
The Inversion of ‘Animal Farm’
Andy Serkis’s new animated adaptation of George Orwell’s classic inverts the point of the book to score shallow political points. It’s also just a…
Nicholas Clairmont
No, You Are Not Being Drafted
The Trump administration announced a small change to the draft registration rules—and people immediately declared it to be an authoritarian plot.
Nicholas Clairmont
John Bolton: It Was a Big Mistake to Have the Ceasefire
Trump’s former national security adviser assesses that the U.S. may have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
Nicholas Clairmont
Who Needs a Presidential Library?
Free Press editors Nick Clairmont and Mene Ukueberuwa debate whether we really need libraries honoring Donald Trump and Barack Obama.
Nicholas Clairmont and Mene Ukueberuwa
Inside ‘The Situation Room’
A botched Polymarket publicity stunt turned into an advertisement for logging off and hanging out.
Nicholas Clairmont
The Ancient Male Art of Monitoring the Situation
Beneath the joke of ‘monitoring the situation’ memes lies a deep and unchangeable male instinct: the instinct for heroic action.
Nicholas Clairmont
Stop Striving and Have a Baby
Growing up rich in Manhattan, I was taught that becoming a parent meant your life was over. My baby daughter has taught me something else.
Nicholas Clairmont
A City on The Edge of Destruction
Odessa is tattered, majestic, and still with us—for now.
Nicholas Clairmont
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