TGIF: In This $TRUMP Economy?

America’s homegrown pope, socialists’ love affair with free trade, MAGA art fit for a museum, Free Press faces in the White House, a prison perfect for tech lords, AI job loss, and much more, writes Nellie Bowles. | Continue reading


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The American Pope

Pope Leo XIV is almost certainly the first Vicar of Christ to have fond memories of the ’85 Bears. | Continue reading


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How Can You Be a Cop in a City That Hates You? Plus. . .

Biden’s media resurrection. Mississippi schools are better than yours. Is a pogrom brewing in Canada? India strikes Pakistan. And much more. | Continue reading


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The Man Who Helped Michael Jordan Win

I want to tell you the story of a kid, born in 1937 into segregated Washington, D.C. | Continue reading


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How Can You Be a Cop in a City That Hates You?

In Chicago, the number of police suicides is far higher than anyone knew: 53 in the past decade. ‘It’s so overwhelming because there’s all these outside people pointing fingers at us.’ | Continue reading


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Joe Biden Has No Regrets, and Many Senior Moments

On a muted TV, the former president appeared normal. With the sound on, he was hard to listen to, writes River Page. | Continue reading


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Mississippi Can’t Possibly Have Good Schools

But they do. How come the rest of the country is uninterested in why? | Continue reading


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A Pogrom Is Brewing in Canada

The days of exclusionary signs at golf clubs have been replaced by open calls for jihad in Jewish neighborhoods. This will not end well, writes Casey Babb. | Continue reading


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I Don’t Need Ozempic. But I Want It.

Why are we so resistant to a pill that might give us exactly what we want? | Continue reading


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The Old Man and the AOC. The Gaza Famine Myth. Plus. . .

Why sanctions don’t work. What Trump said to Carney. Who is the real Mohsen Mahdawi? And much more. | Continue reading


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Why Economic Sanctions Always Backfire

The economic sanctions against Russia were a failure, writes Doomberg. So why is the U.S. using the same tactic against the Chinese? | Continue reading


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Who Is the Real Mohsen Mahdawi?

Supporters of the pro-Palestinian student organizer at Columbia say he is a blameless victim. Police reports, social media posts, and court filings tell a more complicated story. | Continue reading


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The Old Man and the AOC

Bernie Sanders and his millennial sidekick are barnstorming through Trump country. Is their ‘Fighting the Oligarchy’ tour the answer to the Dems’ woes? | Continue reading


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The Gaza Famine Myth

How lazy journalism, bad data, and skewed statistics fueled accusations of war crimes against Israel. | Continue reading


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The Intellectual Godfathers of Protectionism

Once shunned, globalization’s doubters turned out to be right about its destructive economic and social consequences. What do they think of what Trump is doing? | Continue reading


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The President Spills His Secrets. The Swamp Also Rises. Plus. . .

The Minnesota mom getting rich off a racial slur, the MAGA lobbyists cashing in, and Suzy Weiss on last night’s Met Gala. | Continue reading


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Dana Perino on Trump’s White House, Fox News, and. . . Love

Sometimes we have a guest who needs no introduction. | Continue reading


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Met Gala Fashion Police: Who’s the Dandiest?

With few exceptions, the women looked like they were going to a business meeting in 1985. The men, meanwhile, went a little too hard on accessories. Suzy Weiss and Elliot Ackerman discuss. | Continue reading


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The Wisdom of The Donald

The president’s advice to graduates at the University of Alabama last week was a self-portrait in motivational guise, writes Matthew Continetti. | Continue reading


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She Called a Kid the N-Word. The Far-Right Is Making Her Rich.

The excesses of the woke era created a backlash so intense that the right now celebrates racism, writes River Page. | Continue reading


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Drain the Swamp? MAGA Lobbyists Say They’re ‘Drinking from a Fire Hose.’

Once upon a time, Donald Trump promised to clean up Washington. But for the swampiest industry of all, business is booming. | Continue reading


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The Israeli Arguing for Ending U.S. Aid to Israel

‘We don’t want the money. We can afford it ourselves. What we do need is cooperation and shared knowledge.’ | Continue reading


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Tyler Cowen: Is Classical Liberalism for Losers?

For many on the right, the past decade has proven that liberalism is not strong enough to fight off illiberal challengers. They say it’s time to strike back—and use the power of the state. | Continue reading


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Warren Buffett’s Mic Drop. Harvey Weinstein’s Retrial. Plus. . .

Another blow for ‘gender-affirming care,’ why Harvard’s antisemitism report falls short, Trump says he won’t try to run again, and much more. | Continue reading


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The Ultimate Mic Drop: Warren Buffett Saves His Best for Last

Warren Buffett is not like other billionaires. He has no side hustles—no space company or massive foundation. That’s been among his great gifts. | Continue reading


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I Reported on Racial Politics in This Illinois School District. Now It’s Under Federal Investigation.

None of Frannie Block's sources in Evanston, Illinois are fans of the president. But some welcome his administration’s investigation into their school district. | Continue reading


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WATCH: Trump Sued CBS over Its Edited Kamala Harris Interview. Now It’s Up for an Emmy.

A “giant FRAUD” or award-worthy? Decide for yourself. | Continue reading


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Harvey Weinstein and the Death Rattle of #MeToo

The online right have taken the Democratic ex-king of Hollywood as their martyr—and the left have only themselves to blame. | Continue reading


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Things Worth Remembering: ‘Be What You Are’

This week, Joseph Massey reflects on the man who first wrote him: ‘Your life is about to change!’ | Continue reading


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Suzy Weiss: The Allure of Hardcore Wealth Porn

Our culture czar dives deep into 'RichTok,' Melania Trump, a new Luigi Mangione musical, the trial of Karen Read—and more! | Continue reading


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A Fifth of American Adults Can’t Read. Here’s How To Teach Them.

48 million adults in the US read at or below the third-grade level. Some educators think it’s not possible to teach them. They’re wrong, writes Larissa Phillips. | Continue reading


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David Wolpe: Harvard Is Spraying Perfume on a Sewer

What the university’s report offers no solution for is the fact that there is a deep ideological commitment among much of the faculty that is anti-Western, anti-Israel, and often antisemitic. | Continue reading


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Bari’s Picks of the Week: Personnel Is Policy

Plus: Melania Trump phoning it in, baby-making as a political project, and the influencer making antisemitism cool again | Continue reading


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Evidence for Pediatric Gender Transitions ‘Very Low,’ Says U.S. Government Report

A rigorous new U.S. study comes to the same conclusion as many other countries: The medical case for pediatric transitions is alarmingly weak. | Continue reading


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TGIF: Gangster Government

Trump gets all mafioso, David Hogg is bested by 4D woke chess, Europe welcomes clean energy and rolling blackouts, Meta gifts us AI friends, the military sheds some pounds, and much more, writes Nellie Bowles. | Continue reading


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Mike Waltz Is Out. What’s Behind the Shake-Up?

The departure of Trump’s national security adviser sets up another fight between the administration’s foreign policy factions. | Continue reading


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This Week in Canada: Self-Deportations, Throuples, and Pipelines

Plus: Alberta, Pierre Poilievre, antisemitism, and much more from a huge week. Brought to you by Rupa Subramanya. | Continue reading


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The Naked Truth About the World’s First Sperm Race

For starters, it wasn’t the first. The winners were known in advance. And the ‘race’ was computer-generated. | Continue reading


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Matti Friedman: What the Kibbutz Can Teach Israel on Its 77th Birthday

Of the 400 residents of Nir Oz, a quarter were either kidnapped or killed by Hamas on October 7. Now, they rebuild. | Continue reading


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Should Tariffs on China Be 400 Percent? Plus. . .

Kevin O’Leary says yes. Plus: Why Europe’s lights went out. A grim picture of antisemitism at Harvard. Is Tyler Cowen wrong about the experts? And more. | Continue reading


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Douglas Murray: How Death Cults Infiltrated America

The British journalist rails against pro-Hamas protests—and the moral failure of a West that tolerates them. | Continue reading


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Letters to the Editor: ‘The Elites Were a Disaster’

Our readers write in to reflect on elites vs. experts, how Trump helped Carney win in Canada, and more. | Continue reading


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Denounced, Cursed, and Ghosted: What Harvard’s Antisemitism Report Found

‘I’m a Jew and I’ve learned that that is enough to make me no longer worthy of their friendship or even basic kindness at school.’ | Continue reading


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Kevin O’Leary: Tariffs on Chinese Goods Should be 400 Percent

China has never complied with the rules of international trade. It’s time to hold them accountable. | Continue reading


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Why Europe’s Lights Went Out

Spain’s blackout is a cautionary tale of overreliance on wind and solar. | Continue reading


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The Most Dangerous Club on Earth

This is the sordid story of how North Korea lied its way into nuclear power—and how Iran might do the same. | Continue reading


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We Asked Our Smartest Friends: What Should We Make of 100 Days of Trump?

Bill Maher, Mike Pompeo, Sam Harris, Nellie Bowles, Victor Davis Hanson, and many (many!) more on the 47th president’s historic sprint. Plus: Suzy Weiss on Melania. Douglas Murray live. And much more. | Continue reading


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Bill Maher, Mike Pompeo, Nellie Bowles, and More on 100 Days of Trump

Christopher Rufo, Sam Harris, Coleman Hughes, and many (many!) others on the 47th president’s historic sprint. | Continue reading


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