The author sacrifices her new novel because it’s set in Russia. What’s next? Russian hats? Russian dressing? The breed of cat known as a Russian Blue? | Continue reading
And what happened when we were forced to live without it. | Continue reading
The Cavinder Twins, the emerging oligarchs of women’s college basketball, aren’t the best players. But they might be the best-looking. | Continue reading
The former president’s actions were craven, reckless, and stupid. So is the decision to prosecute him for violating the 1917 Espionage Act. | Continue reading
The poet’s body exited this world in a white-hot funeral pyre, save for a remnant of his soul. | Continue reading
When homelessness, mental illness, and vigilantism collide on the subway. | Continue reading
The Orange One gets charged. The Northeast turns citrus. Plus, bad news for Biden, CNN, San Fran, and the Swifties. | Continue reading
People say immigrants like my parents do the jobs native-born Americans don’t want to do. Keeping the faith is one of them. | Continue reading
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Listen now (58 min) | On May 1, 2023, a 30-year-old homeless man named Jordan Neely boarded the F train in New York City. Neely appeared to be in the midst of some kind of mental health crisis, as witnesses describe him acting aggressively, screaming that he was hungry and thirst … | Continue reading
California lawmakers want the state’s public pensions to get rid of fossil fuel stocks, claiming that will help save the planet. Who are they trying to kid? | Continue reading
Join us this Wednesday for a subscriber-only event. Plus: watch the recording from last week’s event about the sorry state of high school debate. | Continue reading
John James Audubon owned slaves. The famous conservation organization bearing his name is now riven over what to do about this history. | Continue reading
John Keats, who died tragically with little renown at 25, wrote poignant poems that eventually gave him everlasting life. | Continue reading
A conversation with the longevity expert about his new book 'Outlive'—and what makes life worth living in the first place. | Continue reading
Prince Harry gets sued. James Beard winners are exposed. BLM’s cofounder loses her Warner Brothers deal. Plus: Biden stumbles again. | Continue reading
Listen now (78 min) | It’s almost hard to believe, but in the 1950s doctors were frequently portrayed in TV commercials for. . . cigarettes. That’s because smoking wasn’t just seen as cool and glamorous, but as an actual health-enhancing activity. Fast-forward t … | Continue reading
The Dutch government wants farmers to give up their land to save the planet. They're fighting back. | Continue reading
Find the link here for our live event at 5:00pm PST this Thursday, June 1. | Continue reading
Why are Kennedy and Marianne Williamson polling so highly against Biden? Says one Democratic backer: ‘There’s a reckoning coming.’ | Continue reading
A subscriber-only event this Thursday with James Fishback and high school debaters. | Continue reading
If we are to honor all those who’ve died in our names, we must remember each individual soul. On this Memorial Day, I pay tribute to Private First Class Joseph Knott. | Continue reading
Condemned to ten years in the gulag, the scholar sat in her cell and translated an epic poem—all 16,000 lines—from memory. | Continue reading
Canadians say yes to death. South Koreans say no to birth. Plus: DeSantis, flat-earthers, a Citi Bike Karen—and Bezos’s amazing love boat. | Continue reading
At national tournaments, judges are making their stances clear: students who argue ‘capitalism can reduce poverty’ or ‘Israel has a right to defend itself’ will lose—no questions asked. | Continue reading
They see death as a software error—and they have a plan for fixing it. But should they? | Continue reading
In a fit of pique, Florida’s governor decided to go after one of America’s most beloved companies. It could cost him the presidency. | Continue reading
Listen now (56 min) | Earlier today, South Carolina Senator Tim Scott entered the race for President. That makes him the sixth Republican candidate to get into the race, in a crowded attempt to beat the current frontrunner, former President Donald Trump. So for today’s epis … | Continue reading
‘How you help them learn to be present, in a task or with a relationship, is one of the top challenges of our generation. Part of that is going to be saying no.’ | Continue reading
The great Romantic poet lived fast, died young, and scorched it all onto the page. | Continue reading
Plus: The Great Light Beer War of 2023 in today’s culture war double feature. | Continue reading
Pickleballers must be stopped—for the good of the courts and the nation. | Continue reading
Can stoking the culture wars make a can of suds relevant? | Continue reading
Pickleballers must be stopped—for the good of the courts and the nation. | Continue reading
Polygamy is in. DeSantis and #MeToo are out. Plus, conservatives save an anarchist coffee shop. | Continue reading
That’s the big reveal in the 306-page Durham report. | Continue reading
For those of you who missed last night's Zoom with Peter Savodnik, Rupa Subramanya, Nadia Robinson, Danardo Jones, and Ryan Handlarski. | Continue reading
In 1948, a handful of Jews performed an act of political resurrection when they re-established a state in the land of Israel. Daniel Gordis asks: Has it fulfilled its founders’ dreams? | Continue reading
Listen now (96 min) | Seventy-five years ago this week, the Jewish community of Palestine (known as the yishuv) gathered in the art museum of Tel Aviv—then a city of less than 200,000 inhabitants—in order to perform a resurrection. Thirty-seven people—36 men and … | Continue reading
‘They are training people who will not be able to see half the population as human beings who need compassionate treatment.’ | Continue reading
Join FP reporters and sources for an exclusive conversation about an approach to criminal justice poised to reshape our legal system. | Continue reading
Many of the people who argued vehemently against giving men the benefit of the doubt during MeToo now expect women to shrug off menacing men on the subway. | Continue reading
At the national Hebrew Bible Quiz, kids try to answer questions even rabbis don’t know. ‘Yeah,’ says one 12-year-old, ‘it’s nerdy.’ | Continue reading
As C. Day Lewis wrote for his own son, ‘love is proved in the letting go.’ | Continue reading
I spent years desperately trying to solve the mystery of my son’s illness. A chance encounter with another mother changed my life—and is now poised to change his. | Continue reading
The ‘pariah of Silicon Valley’ on China, TikTok, AI, Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis, Florida and California, God, new moonshots, and how to make America great again. | Continue reading
Trump & Tucker are baaack. The Bidens make bank. George Santos finally gets busted. Plus, the culture war over Cleopatra. | Continue reading