Many Ukrainians Believed in Trump. Now They Feel Betrayed.

‘We used to wear American flag patches on our body armor as a symbol of the land of freedom. Now, we’ve taken them off.’ | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

The Most English Man in the World

On my first trip to London, I met Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, who does not know what SoulCycle is, but has thoughts on Taylor Swift. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

Everybody Freeze! It’s the Climate Police

In their quest to slow climate change, bureaucrats in the U.S. and Canada advance restrictive edicts that make very big headlines and very little difference. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

Germans Say ‘No’ to Immigration. Plus. . .

Christopher Caldwell on AfD’s big night. The third anniversary of the Ukraine war. What Floridians really think about the Gulf of America. A Manhattan vigil for a terrorist. And much more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

The German Establishment’s Last Chance

Immigration drove Germans to the polls in record numbers, and it doubled the AfD’s vote share. Is the next chancellor listening? | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

New York’s Vigil for That Terrorist—What’s His Name?

Dozens of New Yorkers turned out to pay homage to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Very few knew who he was. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

‘Maybe They Should Call It the Gulf of Florida’

We went to the Gulf and asked people if it should be Mexican or American. Here’s what they had to say. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

My Ancestors Fled Ukraine. It Was America That Allowed Me to Return.

Our leaders talk endlessly about the cost of beating Russia. They never talk about the more frightening and much more expensive alternative. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

The Most Important Campaign Stop Is a Rabbi’s Grave

Why Eric Adams, Javier Milei, Cory Booker, Donald Trump, and other glittering dignitaries are all making a point to visit the Rebbe. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

Things Worth Remembering: When the Earth Shakes

Philosopher William James was thrilled by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and ‘the improvisation of order out of chaos’ that followed. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

Alex Karp: We Need a New Manhattan Project

Our technology industry is capable of building a weapon that could ensure peace. But why court controversy when you can build another app? | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

Victor Davis Hanson: Can Trump Troll His Way to a Peace Deal in Ukraine?

Handicapping the dispute between two conservatives I admire: Vice President J.D. Vance and Niall Ferguson. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

Natan Sharansky: A President’s Words Saved Me in the Gulag

Reagan was our lifeline in the Soviet Union. Trump’s rhetoric betrays Russia’s freedom fighters. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

TGIF: War Games

Trump abandons Ukraine, Elon blanks his baby mamas, the free speech king suggests free speech jail, and Trevor Noah argues for segregation. Plus: ASMR deportations, and much more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

New Yorkers Aren’t Judging Eric Adams

After an indictment for corruption and President Trump’s attempt to drop it, many locals are shrugging off the mayor’s scandal. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

The Nazis Did Not ‘Weaponize’ Free Speech. They Crushed It.

On CBS, our era’s historical ignorance hits a new low. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

Niall Ferguson: J.D. Vance’s Fighting Words—Against Me and Ukraine

It is not ‘moralistic garbage’ but a hard and realistic lesson of history that wars are easy to start and hard to end. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

WATCH: ‘We’re Releasing Dangerous Terrorists. . . and We Accept the Price’

I’m sure you remember the images of Kfir and Ariel Bibas. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

No, Mr. President, It Was Russia that Started the War

A dishonest narrator of the conflict cannot be an honest broker of peace. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

The Family That Never Came Home. Plus. . .

Bernard-Henri Lévy wants a European army. The online right is creating a monster. Hero dog dead at 16. And more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

Matti Friedman: The Family That Never Came Home

The deaths of Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas were too unbearable to believe. Israelis couldn’t accept it until we had no other choice. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

‘We’re Releasing Dangerous Terrorists. . . and We Accept the Price’

I’m sure you remember the images of Kfir and Ariel Bibas. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

‘We’re Releasing Dangerous Terrorists. . . and We Accept the Price’

I’m sure you remember the images of Kfir and Ariel Bibas. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

‘We’re Releasing Dangerous Terrorists. . . and We Accept the Price’

I’m sure you remember the images of Kfir and Ariel Bibas. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

The Rule of Law After the Vibe Shift

Can Trump make America great again by executive order? Or is he trashing the Constitution? | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

Bernard-Henri Lévy: Europe Must Unite or Die

The White House has made itself clear: We can no longer rely on the U.S. So we must rely on ourselves. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

The Online Right Is Building a Monster

Their increasingly extreme rhetoric is eventually going to freak the hell out of ordinary people. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

Why We’re Obsessed with JFK Conspiracies

Donald Trump says he’ll declassify all the files about the assassination. We’d never have got to this point if it weren’t for a weird ’90s film. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

How USAID Funded Ukraine’s Propaganda Machine. Plus. . .

Plus: Lively vs. Baldoni—the plot thickens. Robert Kraft writes in. Bannon gets catty. How the BBC hid a Hamas nepo baby. And more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

The Meaning of Kfir Bibas

The Israeli baby is the answer to every relevant question about this conflict. He is the war boiled down to its essence. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

Israelophobia Goes Mainstream Down Under

That two Aussie medical professionals spoke of killing Israelis was chilling. That Muslim community groups are defending them is terrifying. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

How the U.S. Government Controls the Ukrainian Media

In Ukraine, forced conscription has become a scandal. But the U.S.-funded media outlets won’t cover it. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

Justin Baldoni and the Death of Man-Bun Feminism

He tried to present himself as the perfect male ally. Now he’s suing the woman who accused him of sexual harassment. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

Chris Christie: Eric Adams and Equality Under the Law

Weaponization of the law has no party. It is wrong all of the time. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

Letters to the Editor: Is the National Endowment for Democracy Worth Saving?

Eli Lake and Ben Domenech debate. Plus: Robert Kraft writes in, and more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

Bari Weiss: Against the Vandals

What happened on the left over the past decade is a cautionary tale for a right that wants to look away from the danger ahead. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

Rick Caruso: I Refused to Shake Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Hand

A conversation with the billionaire and former mayoral candidate about who’s to blame for the LA fires—and how to save California. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

Americans Stir Up Trouble in Europe. Plus. . .

The ‘brokenists’ go to Washington. Kemi Badenoch on DOGE. Suzy Weiss says comedians are getting too hot. Rick Caruso dishes on Jeffrey Katzenberg. And much more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

Can Rick Caruso Save LA?

A lot of people are wondering if things in LA would look different if Rick Caruso had won the mayoral race against Karen Bass in 2022. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

Kemi Badenoch: ‘I Don’t Think DOGE Is Radical Enough’

The Tory leader on J.D. Vance’s ‘truth bomb,’ backdoor blasphemy laws, Nigel Farage, Donald Trump, Israel, Ukraine, and more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

The ‘Everything Is Broken’ Administration

‘The choice was between a slow canoe ride through more of the same, or a roller coaster. Americans chose the roller coaster.’ | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

Suzy Weiss: Comedians Should Not Be Hot

You can be funny or you can be fashionable. You can’t be both. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

Niall Ferguson: J.D. Vance Picked a Fight in Germany. Will He Get One in China?

From Mar-a-Gaza to the Eurocrats in Munich, no one—so far—is punching back against this White House. But there is one battle the U.S. cannot afford to lose. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

A Showdown in Massachusetts Schools over Antisemitism. Plus. . .

Matt Schlapps another man’s crotch (allegedly). Cartels can’t traffic kids anymore. Musk’s new baby mama. And more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

A Law Could Give Noncitizens in NYC the Vote. Not All Immigrants Are Happy About It.

Some call it ‘un-American.’ Others say it's a ‘human right.’ Olivia Reingold reports on the fight over Local Law 11. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

Why Women Fall for Wellness Bullshit

The blonde-haired Instagram quacks who hawk smoothies that ‘reduce inflammation’ tap into our desperate desire to feel seen. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

Trump’s Opening Move Against Migrant Sex Trafficking

“The pervasive fraud in the sponsor process is undeniable,” said the new head of the agency that cares for migrant teens. She’s right. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago

Ross Douthat: Everyone Should Believe in God

Even a flawed or complicated conversion is better than praising religion without practicing it. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 year ago