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04/01/2024

Should Chris Christie drop out and throw his support behind Nikki Haley? Plus, national security expert Mark Dubowitz tells us that the rumors suggesting Israel's involvement in Wednesday’s bombing in Iran are "utter nonsense."

Newsroom Fight Club! A bombing in Iran. Epstein's list. And much more.

04/01/2024

In a Free Press exclusive, Eli Lake goes inside Texas A&M’s "highly sensitive" contract with Qatar—and how it could endanger America: “This partnership will encourage the development of technological and operational capabilities to enhance military protection.”

The troubling ties between one of America’s top nuclear engineering universities and the state that harbors Hamas.

03/01/2024

Claudine Gay’s ouster won’t change things, says Bill Ackman. Read why the Harvard alum believes the college needs a complete overhaul, starting with the resignation of the board and the removal of DEI from every corner of the institution.

It’s time we restore veritas to my alma mater.

03/01/2024

Read "Bill Ackman: How to Fix Harvard:" https://thefp.pub/47srOmd

03/01/2024

Read “Martin Gurri: Don't Worry About Donald Trump. Worry About Yourself:” https://thefp.pub/3TJJM0s

03/01/2024

"I know a lot of you don’t like him. Neither do I. But let’s assume he’s only a politician. He’s not Hi**er, Godzilla, or the Beast of the Apocalypse—just a guy with a loud mouth and a desperate need for attention."

Former CIA analyst Martin Gurri on America's unhealthy Trump fixation.

When you demonize those who disagree with you, you invite treatment in kind. And believe me when I say this: you will reap the whirlwind.

03/01/2024

Reporting by Aaron Sibarium exposed the plagiarism that made Claudine Gay’s position at Harvard untenable. The FP’s Bari Weiss and Olly Wiseman spoke to Aaron about his part in Gay’s downfall.

Can Harvard be saved? Plus: Admiral James Stavridis on Iranian pirates in the Red Sea. Why Martin Gurri is praying for a boring 2024. And more.

02/01/2024

Read “Bill Barr: I Oppose Trump—and Any Efforts to Ban Him From the Ballot:" https://thefp.pub/3tGh9qr

02/01/2024

“The election of 2024 already will pose the gravest of challenges to our political institutions. Such extrajudicial and unconstitutional measures will only take us down far more dangerous channels.”

Bill Barr on why banning Trump from the ballot is bad for America.

The 2024 election will pose the gravest of challenges to our institutions. Unconstitutional measures will take us down far more dangerous channels.

01/01/2024

“We had good intentions, but we were misinformed.” Jamie Reed was an eager participant in the pediatric gender industry until she realized she was misguided. She writes about the courage it takes to admit when you’re wrong.

When I blew the whistle on a transgender clinic, some suggested I had been ‘brainwashed by the right.’ No. I’m a progressive who follows science.

01/01/2024

“I see what the social networks are getting out of it. But what’s in it for the kids? And what’s it doing to all of us?” Author Ryan Holiday on why he and his wife have never shared their children’s faces on social media.

Why my wife and I don’t post pictures of our children online.

31/12/2023

Each Sunday, Douglas Murray presents passages from great poets he has committed to memory—and explains why you should, too.

In this week’s Things Worth Remembering, Murray shares W.H. Auden grumpy poem that ends on the perfect note to ring in 2024.

Toward the end of his life, W.H. Auden wrote a grumpy poem that ends on the perfect note for ringing in 2024.

31/12/2023

Toward the end of his life, W.H. Auden wrote a grumpy poem that ends on the perfect note for ringing in 2024.

30/12/2023

“I’m not perfect, but I look things over and I think: no major notes. Keep on keeping on into 2024. If that makes me a monster, so be it. Maybe I’ll work on it in 2025.”

The Free Press team gets hilariously honest about New Year’s resolutions.

Learn to dunk a basketball. Get engaged. Stop texting during therapy. And other resolutions from all of us at The Free Press.

29/12/2023

TGIF: Take Me To Our Leaders. Nikki Haley’s slavery slip-up. Maine bans Trump from the ballot. Biden is trying to keep secrets. Elizabeth Warren has a yen for YIMBYs. Plus, Nellie Bowles explains the surprising reason why blue states need a reset on immigration.

Read our Friday newsletter: https://thefp.pub/3TJnv32

29/12/2023

TGIF: Maine bans Trump from the ballot. Nikki Haley’s slavery slip-up. Elizabeth Warren has a yen for YIMBYs. Plus, Casey DeSantis for president?

It’s New Year’s, and Nellie Bowles makes the rules!

Nikki Haley’s slavery slip-up. Maine bans Trump from the ballot. Elizabeth Warren has a yen for YIMBYs. Plus, Casey DeSantis for president.

28/12/2023

Three months after Hamas terrorists invaded Israel, Matti Friedman explores why they understand the barbaric war they’re fighting—while many in the West still don’t.

They understand the war they’re fighting. Many in the West still don’t.

27/12/2023

Today we bring you the winner of our Senior Essay Contest: A Love Song for Deborah.

After his wife was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, Michael Tobin, 77, nearly gave in to despair. Until he found the one thing that awakened her.

After my wife was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, I nearly gave in to despair. Until I found the one thing that awakened her.

27/12/2023

Over the last month, America has been witnessing one of the biggest abortion battles in the country since the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

WATCH Bari Weiss share her thoughts on the case of Kate Cox.

Over the last month, America has been witnessing one of the biggest abortion battles in the country since the overturning of Roe v. Wade.Today, Bari shares h...

26/12/2023

Joan McCaul, a 74-year-old living in Queensland, Australia, is a runner-up in our Senior Essay Contest.

In her beautiful essay, she reflects on the wisdom we might miss out on if we don’t slow down and listen—especially to our children.

We assume parents impart wisdom to our children, forgetting that our youngest minds often see the world the way we should.

26/12/2023

Jonathan Rosenberg, a 72-year-old, living in San Diego, California, is a runner-up in our Senior Essay Contest.

In his essay, he writes about finding The One after four failed marriages.

I’ve been married five times, once per decade starting in my twenties. I’ve learned a lot, and I’ve finally found the one.

26/12/2023

Cheri Block Sabraw, a 73-year-old living in Montana, is a runner-up in our Senior Essay Contest.

She writes about the mayhem and chaos of everyday life and describes how there is a way out. And it is, in fact, quite lovely.

Moving from San Francisco to the middle of Montana has made me patient, because I have no other choice.

25/12/2023

After years of defiant atheism, Paul Kingsnorth went searching for “a truth I would surrender to.”

The once proud nonbeliever tells The Free Press how he found Buddhism, witchcraft, and—eventually, much to his surprise—settled on Orthodox Christianity.

After years of atheism, I went searching for the truth. I found Buddhism, then witchcraft, and eventually, Christianity.

24/12/2023

In this week’s Things Worth Remembering Douglas Murray shares his Christmas tradition of reading T.S. Eliot’s “The Journey of the Magi,” where Eliot imagines the cold, hard trek of the Magi en route to the birth of Christ.

T.S. Eliot imagines the hard, cold trek of the Magi en route to the birth of Christ.

23/12/2023

“You have to leave some blood on the page!”

From Barbra Streisand to Britney Spears, A-listers were clamoring to snag their piece of the ta**ry tell-all action in 2023. Paula Froelich tells The FP which of these memoirs truly delivered “buckets of blood.”

Paula Froelich’s writing a list, she’s checking it twice. She knows which books are good or bad—or just desperate cries for attention.

22/12/2023

TGIF: Down with Democracy! Colorado revolts against Trump. Chicago rebels against migrants. NYC mayors go rogue. A Senate s*x tape goes viral. Plus, how Nellie Bowles learned to stop worrying and love the Houthis.

Colorado revolts against Trump. Chicago rebels against migrants. NYC mayors go rogue. A Senate s*x tape goes viral. Plus, how I learned to stop worrying and love the Houthis.

21/12/2023

Hadar and Itay Berdichevsky were killed in their home by terrorists on October 7. Miraculously, their 10-month-old twins survived.

WATCH Bari Weiss's interview with the twins’ aunt and uncle, who hope "to wake the world up” to what happened that day:

On October 7, Hamas terrorists stormed into the home of Hadar and Itay Berdichevsky in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, one of the Israeli communities along the Gaza border...

21/12/2023

"We cried for a minute. But then we snapped back into survival mode. Suddenly we had two more babies to take care of."

Maya and Dvir survived the Kfar Aza massacre. Now they're raising their orphaned twin nephews.

‎Show Honestly with Bari Weiss, Ep Miracle in Hell: The Baby Twins Who Survived a Massacre - Dec 20, 2023

21/12/2023

Eight friends of The Free Press, including a Michelin star chef and a three-star army general, share what they’d bring to make the perfect holiday gathering, whether for Christmas, New Year’s, or a very belated Hanukkah.

Clare de Boer, April Bloomfield, Leandra Medine Cohen, Winston Marshall, Liz Lange, John McWhorter, H. R. McMaster, and more on how to host with the most.

20/12/2023

Republican representative Peter Meijer voted to impeach Trump—but he slams Colorado’s move to disqualify the presidential candidate as a dangerous disgrace to democracy.

I was one of ten House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump after January 6. I think the court’s decision is shameful. Peter Meijer writes.

20/12/2023

Inside the “epic battle for control” of OpenAI, the business set to dominate the decade—and beyond.

Critics want Silicon Valley to pause. These tech leaders have another idea: accelerate.

20/12/2023

Alex “is cute, he’s caring, he isn’t real. And after the first week of dating him, I realized I hated him.”

Zoe Strimpel reveals how creating the “s*xy-dorky” AI boyfriend of her dreams turned her into a virtual nightmare.

I created a monster, and it was me.

19/12/2023

From pre-K lessons on “ethnic noses” to lectures on Israel as an apartheid state, students are learning that Jews are the enemy.

From pre-K lessons on ‘ethnic noses’ to lectures on Israel as an apartheid state, students are learning that Jews are the enemy.

18/12/2023

DEI “demonizes hard work, merit, family, and the dignity of the individual, all virtues that are the foundation of what makes America exceptional.”

Watch Bari Weiss ’s monologue on a congressional hearing, a resignation, and why DEI must end:

How did the congressional hearing on antisemitism last week go so awry?Was the resignation of University of Pennsylvania’s president just another cancellatio...

18/12/2023

We rounded up our favorite books of 2023, plus some we look forward to reading next year! There’s something here for everyone to enjoy—and they make great last-minute gifts.

Our favorite 2023 titles on creativity, parenthood, men, cancel culture, longevity, mental health, murder, grifting, identity, freedom, and s*x.

17/12/2023

“Black milk of daybreak we drink you at night”

In this week’s Things Worth Remembering, Douglas Murray discusses a fragment of a poem, “Death Fugue,” written in German by a Jew as a devastating indictment of evil.

The fragment of a poem, written in German by a Jew, is a devastating indictment of evil.

17/12/2023

The Free Press is one year old!

Here’s (just some of) what we’ve accomplished so far. We couldn’t have done it without you.

What you helped us accomplish in our first year on the scene.

17/12/2023

“We were taught to hate Jews.” The following five ex-Muslims grew up in different countries, but they were all indoctrinated with the same views on Jews and Israel.

‘It’s like asking me how often I drink water. Antisemitism was everywhere.’ Apostates, former Islamists, and an almost-terrorist on how they changed their minds.