Communism’s New Believers Have Forgotten Its Old Crimes

A forgotten Cold War masterpiece reveals why intelligent people once embraced a murderous ideology—and why its appeal has not disappeared, writes Gary Saul Morson. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 14 days ago

Is the Trump Administration Right About Sex Ed? Plus . . .

Why Mamdani thinks millionaires are working class. Trump wants Saudi Arabia to go nuclear. And more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 14 days ago

Why Trump Tied Saudi Arabia’s Nuclear Future to Israel

A civilian nuclear deal with Riyadh could reshape the Middle East—but only if Saudi Arabia chooses American security architecture over strategic ambiguity, writes Zineb Riboua. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 14 days ago

What if the Right Is Right About Sex Ed?

Teen pregnancy is at record lows. Defunding prevention programs isn't a sinister plot—it’s sensible, writes Kat Rosenfield. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 14 days ago

TGIF: Kids Doing Fireworks

Today in TGIF: Andrew Tate is locked up but AI’s escaped; the kids like capitalism if you call it anything else; we kind of won the Iraq War; and more! | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 14 days ago

The Rise of the Navy SEALs, with Ben Milligan

The history of the Navy SEALs reveals not only how they were built but also how they must continue to evolve. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 14 days ago

Tom Brady’s Midlife Crisis

Plus: The real problem with ‘The Odyssey,’ and the parasite discount at Whole Foods. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 14 days ago

History Was Sentenced to Death in My City. It Survived.

My home of Mosul, in northern Iraq, survived the most complete anti-history project of the 21st century, writes Omar Mohammed. It is immensely premature to say we are now living through the death of history. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 15 days ago

Why Mamdani Thinks a Millionaire Is Working Class

The socialist mayor Zohran Mamdani says anyone earning less than $1 million a year is working class. In reality, the label has little to do with how much money you make, writes Rob Henderson. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 15 days ago

Sending My Kid to Camp

‘What if they don’t like me,’ she texted me from the bus. All I could say is: ‘You’re going to be great. I love you.’ | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 15 days ago

Tough Love: I’m Nearly 40. Should I Just Marry Her?

‘She is, objectively, the best partner I’ve ever had,’ writes one reader. ‘So why do I always feel so depressed after we hang out?’ Abigail Shrier weighs in. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 15 days ago

Is #MeToo Back? Plus. . .

Alex Berenson on the media-induced cyclospora panic. Eli Lake on Trump’s free-speech hypocrisy. Matt Taibbi on 21st-century censorship. Douglas Murray on Zohran Mamdani. And more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 15 days ago

The Slow Death of Journalism, with Matt Taibbi

Matt Taibbi and Eli Lake revisit the Twitter Files, the Hunter Biden laptop story, and the slow unraveling of trust in the American press. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 15 days ago

#MeToo Is Back. This Woman Is Behind It.

Cheyenne Hunt helped take down Graham Platner and Eric Swalwell. Now, with her nonprofit Reckoning Action, she has her sights on other men in power and says she is ‘just getting started.’ | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 15 days ago

The Trump Administration’s Latest Attack on Free Speech

By issuing subpoenas to Times reporters and their families, this administration has once again shown it never really cared about the First Amendment, writes Eli Lake. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 15 days ago

The Lettuce That Launched a Thousand Headlines

The cyclosporiasis outbreak is the fourth this year the media has blamed on Trump and RFK Jr. None of them have killed a single person, writes Alex Berenson. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 16 days ago

Douglas Murray: Why Mamdani Is Targeting Netanyahu

The mayor accused Israel’s leader of genocide and the maiming of children. And he wants to make an enemy of America’s closest ally, writes Douglas Murray. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 16 days ago

EXCLUSIVE: Reed College Strikes Sweeping Campus Antisemitism Deal

Allegations that harassment of Jewish students went unaddressed by the liberal-arts college led to a settlement that is even more far-reaching than those at Harvard and Berkeley, writes Maya Sulkin. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 16 days ago

The Rise and Fall of a Communist Millionaire. Plus. . .

What the far-left’s winning streak means for Democrats. Bernard-Henri Lévy vs. Niall Ferguson on truth and history. The aftermath of the PEN America scandal. And more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 16 days ago

How Trust-Fund Baby Fergie Chambers Built a Radical Funding Network and Landed in a Spanish Jail

Earlier this month, Chambers was arrested in Ibiza for allegedly providing financial support to international terrorist groups. What’s next for the wealthy activist? | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 16 days ago

What the Movement Taking Over the Democratic Party Wants

Victor Davis Hanson, Natan Sharansky, Bhaskar Sunkara, and more on whether the movement sweeping Democratic primaries is communism, socialism, or something else entirely. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 17 days ago

A Letter to the Free-Speech Hypocrite Who Ran PEN America

The organization, founded to defend writers and free expression, published testimony from silenced Jewish and Israeli writers. Its president quit in protest. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 17 days ago

What Happens When Strangers Sit Down at a Free Press Supper Club?

At Free Press Supper Clubs across the world, the conversation ranged from AI to hot dog–eating contests—and reminded us who we’re really writing for. Tickets are now on sale for August 20. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 17 days ago

Is History Dead?

Victor Davis Hanson, Ben Shapiro, Deborah Lipstadt, and others respond to Niall Ferguson and John-Clark Levin’s claim that AI, social media, and Holocaust denial herald the death of history. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 17 days ago

Bernard-Henri Lévy: History Is Not Dead. It Is Under Attack.

Niall Ferguson and John-Clark Levin’s recent essay argued that Holocaust denial and antisemitism have brought history to the brink of defeat. They’re wrong: The battle is only beginning. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 17 days ago

This Week in Canada: Why a Social Media Ban Isn’t the Answer

In the latest This Week in Canada newsletter, Carney’s latest attack on the technology industry might feel good, but it won’t solve the online problems that actually hurt teenagers, writes Rupa Subramanya. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 17 days ago

‘I Was in the DSA. Here’s What They Really Believe.’ Plus. . .

Inside the DSA. Meet the ‘Anti-Platners.’ The Islamic Republic executes prisoners, and the world looks away. Inside Trump’s decision to go to war. And more in today's Front Page. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 17 days ago

How Trump Decided to Go to War with Iran, with Jonathan Swan

Aaron MacLean and Jonathan Swan discuss: How does Donald Trump make foreign policy decisions? They examine the debates and personalities shaping his presidency. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 17 days ago

I Was in the DSA. Here’s What They Really Believe.

The socialist candidates being swept into power want to dismantle American life. It’s all right there in their new platform, writes Jake Altman. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 17 days ago

Iran’s Killing Machine Is Operating in Plain Sight

Two Iranian teenagers were just executed for opening their doors to fleeing protesters. They are only the latest victims of a regime that uses the world’s distractions to carry out mass killing, writes Masih Alinejad. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 17 days ago

Meet the ‘Anti-Platners’: Real Blue-Collar Democrats

A mechanic, a smoke jumper, and an ordinary firefighter may offer Democrats their best hope of winning back working-class voters, reports River Page. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 17 days ago

Platner Unleashed a Movement. Where Will It Go Next?

From immigration enforcement to the war in Gaza, the young leftists inspired by the Maine Senate candidate are still steering their party's direction, reports Peter Savodnik. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 18 days ago

America Needs a New Kind of Public Intellectual

Now that trust has shifted from institutions to individuals, who you trust matters more than ever. The voices worth following are defined by what they stand for, not what they oppose, writes Aaron Renn. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 18 days ago

Arthur Brooks: The Great Battle Between Ambition and Happiness

I travel nearly every week to teach happiness. But the lifestyle I chose undermines the very thing I study. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 18 days ago

What All the New Fighting with Iran Is About. Plus. . .

Today in The Free Press: the nuns suing New York. Tyler Cowen on ‘billionaire derangement syndrome.’ Should we blame Canada for the wildfire smoke? And more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 18 days ago

The Charlie Kirk Killing and America’s Forgotten History of Left-Wing Terror

Noah Rothman’s new book argues that left-wing political violence isn’t new, isn’t random, and isn’t being honestly reckoned with. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 18 days ago

Are the Wildfires Really Canada’s Fault?

It’s easy to blame Canada for the smoke choking the U.S. The real problem, one expert says, is that ‘there’s not enough water and air transport to put these fires out.’ | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 18 days ago

Tyler Cowen: America Isn’t an Oligarchy

The left preaches that a small group of ultrawealthy people are steering the country. But the problems in our politics stem from popular demand. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 19 days ago

What the U.S. and Iran Are Fighting Over

The terms of a deal to end the war are being thrashed out in the skies above the Strait of Hormuz. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 19 days ago

Why You Should Start a Business in Your 20s. Plus . . .

Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ isn’t woke after all. Joseph Epstein says ‘Catcher in the Rye’ is ‘far from rereadable.’ The book that changed how we think about thinking. And more in today's Weekend Press. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 20 days ago

Two Drinks with . . . The New Yorker’s Master Wordsmith

Joe Nocera says Rachel Aviv is the modern-day Tom Wolfe, and he’s not ashamed to have fangirled. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 21 days ago

Read ‘Catcher in the Rye’ When You’re Young, or Not at All

J.D. Salinger’s famous coming-of-age novel turned 75 this week. But if you ask Joseph Epstein, it’s not worth reading after the age of 20. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 21 days ago

EXCLUSIVE: The Nuns Suing New York to Keep Caring for the Dying

On Friday, the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne filed a complaint over the state'ss new assisted dying law, arguing it forces religious workers to compromise their faith, writes Madeleine Long. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 21 days ago

The Book That Changed How We Think About Thinking

I first read Douglas Hofstadter’s 777-page ‘Gödel, Escher, Bach’ in 1983. It remains a masterpiece. But its message has become far more complicated, writes Peter Coy. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 21 days ago

Was Sex Better in the ’80s?

We may not still be in a golden age of porn, but there have never been more stories about the people making it—and why. Suzy Weiss spoke to author Allie Rowbottom about her new book this week. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 21 days ago

There Is Good and Evil. Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Isn’t Afraid to Say So.

Nolan trusts Homer—and his audience—to recognize that villains deserve defeat and heroes deserve to triumph, writes Spencer Klavan. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 21 days ago

Don’t Become a Consultant. Start a Business.

When I co-founded the company behind Paw Patrol and Bakugan, I was 23, living with my mother, and had no business experience. That turned out to be my greatest competitive advantage. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 21 days ago

The President Who Cried ‘Election Fraud.’ Plus . . .

Is the military suffering from low-T? The Chinese EV myth. And more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 21 days ago