Kill Tony, The White Lotus Gift Shop, and Gen Z Surveillance

Tony Hinchcliffe’s new show doesn’t work—here’s why. Also: HBO’s merch play, a new photography exhibit, and how come Gen Z chooses to be watched all the time? | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 5 hours ago

Is the Dire Wolf Truly Back from the Dead?

After a start-up claimed to have de-extincted a species, the internet called BS. But the founders insist it’s real—and the woolly mammoth is next. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 6 hours ago

Can Video Games Make You a Better Man?

The success of ‘The Last of Us’ and ‘The Witcher 3’ points to a deeper yearning: that the ultimate male fantasy isn’t conquest, but connection, writes Aaron Bronfman. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 18 hours ago

Bari Weiss: My Picks of the Week

We’re publishing a lot these days. Here’s what you can’t miss. It’s a dizzy, disorienting moment. Let us help you make sense of it. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 20 hours ago

TGIF: Yippy and Afraid

Americans are sent to sweatshops, Gen Z goes to church, Mississippi becomes the education capital of the world, real showers are back, our military is big again, and much, much more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 day ago

America and the Exodus

The story of Passover is not just a Jewish one. Our founding fathers were profoundly inspired by it. So was Cecil B. DeMille. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 day ago

Tyler Cowen: Welcome to Our Weird and Wild Century. It’s a Lot Like the 17th.

England in the 1600s was full of radical progress—and also extreme disorder. Those qualities typify our own strange, unpredictable era. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 1 day ago

America and China Are Getting Divorced. It’s Not Amicable. Plus. . .

Xi and Trump’s fight for global supremacy. Could the White House strike a deal with Iran as soon as this weekend? A soybean farmer’s appeal to the president. And much more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 2 days ago

Niall Ferguson: Will Trade War Become a Real War?

Free Press columnist and esteemed financial and military historian Niall Ferguson sits down with Bari to explain the perils of Trump’s tariff war with China. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 2 days ago

China and America Aren’t Just in a Trade War. It’s a Fight for the Twenty-First Century.

Xi and Trump are now in a zero-sum contest for global supremacy. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 2 days ago

Will the U.S. Strike a Deal with Iran This Weekend?

‘By the end of May, we could either have serious talks with Iran or the possibility of military action.’ | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 2 days ago

I’m a Soybean Farmer Who Voted for Trump. I’m Begging the President to End the Trade War.

The trade war with China could put us out of business by 2027. All our blood, sweat, and toil could vanish with the stroke of a pen. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 2 days ago

The Truth About Child Welfare in America

Gavin Peterson, 12, Jahmeik Modlin, 4, and Marcello Meadows, 10 months. They all died because government agencies are discouraged from helping kids, writes Naomi Schaefer Riley. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 2 days ago

The Legal Trick Being Used to Trip Up Trump

Judges are issuing orders that block government policies from taking effect anywhere in the country. Jed Rubenfeld explains what to do about them. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 2 days ago

Wall Street Is Panicking. But Lloyd Blankfein Isn’t Sweating It.

“I think some of these things need to be done. I just don’t think we should risk the kind of chaos that could push us into a recession.” Lloyd Blankfein helps us make sense of the markets. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 2 days ago

Martin Gurri: When Americans Gave Up Their Freedoms. Plus. . .

Why Congress won’t block the tariffs. Is it time to buy gold? Open antisemitism at Princeton. And more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 days ago

I Was Called an ‘Inbred Swine’ at Princeton Last Night

Anti-Israel protesters shut down a campus event by pulling a fire alarm and hurling vile slurs. Will our college president finally act? | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 days ago

Martin Gurri: When Americans Gave Up Their Freedoms

Five years ago, it was decided: a pandemic was to be solved by brute force and propaganda. There was no revolt. And the free world will never be the same again. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 days ago

Think Congress Will Stop Trump’s Tariffs? Think Again.

Trump’s tariff edicts are a sign of how far the United States’ political reality has strayed from its constitutional design, writes Chuck Lane. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 days ago

Exclusive: Trump Administration Freezes $2.7 Billion in ‘Digital Equity’ Grants

Biden-era funding is under investigation for possible race-based discrimination by the federal government. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 3 days ago

WATCH LIVE: Bari Weiss and Lloyd Blankfein on Tariffs, Trade, and Trump’s Economy

Join the former head of Goldman Sachs today at 11 a.m. ET. Bring your questions. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

Is Trump Repeating the ‘Nixon Shock’? Plus. . .

How will tariffs hurt the working class? Meet the Albertan separatists who want to become Americans. ‘Axios’ founders on who broke the media. And much more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

Axios Founders: Who Broke the Media?

Depending on who you talk to, Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen are either the swampiest of swamp creatures—the epitome of all that is wrong with political journalism, suction eels on the hull of the good ship of state—or, alternatively, two of the most interesting, successful entrepre … | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

Working-Class Americans—Like My Family—Will Be Hit Hardest by Trump’s Tariffs

My hometown was wrecked by deindustrialization. These tariffs will only make things worse. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

Jed Rubenfeld: Are Trump’s Tariffs Legal?

The president’s economic policies could soon be challenged in court. But do the president’s opponents have a chance? | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

To Understand Trump’s Economic ‘Liberation,’ Look to Nixon

Donald Trump isn’t the first president to blow up the global economy. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

Meet the Albertan Separatists Who Want to Be American

A growing band of people from the oil-rich province say they should join forces with the U.S. ‘Canada has screwed over the West for decades.’ | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

Tyler Cowen: Uncertainty Is Bad for Markets—and Bad for You

Businesses crave predictability. They have now been robbed of that—and the rest of us will reap the consequences. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

Meet Usha Vance: MAGA’s Enigmatic Second Lady

The most impressive person in the job since Abigail Adams is J.D.’s best asset if he ever runs for president. She sits down with The Free Press for her first interview in her new role. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

Fight Club: Should You Buy Gold?

Is this precious metal a good use of the funds lazily drawing interest in your bank account? Peter Coy and James Grant debate. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 4 days ago

Niall Ferguson and Victor Davis Hanson on What Trump’s Tariffs Really Mean

Plus: We talk to workers in the steel and garment industries to find out what they make of this trade war. And more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 5 days ago

Victor Davis Hanson: Donald Trump’s Just Trade War

Ignore the Wall Street hysteria. The president is trying to end a 50-year injustice directed at the U.S.—and to help the most overlooked Americans. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 5 days ago

Niall Ferguson: Trump’s Tariffs and the End of American Empire

The president stands as much chance of reindustrializing the U.S. as you do of getting your frozen laptop to work by smashing the motherboard with a Minecraft hammer. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 5 days ago

WATCH: Bari Weiss and Tyler Cowen on Tariffs, AI, China, and More

Our new columnist reveals his thoughts on what ‘Liberation Day’ means for the American consumer and the world. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 5 days ago

What Do American Steelworkers Think About Trump’s Tariffs?

Big levies on steel exports may be ‘phenomenal’ for the industry, but workers also expect ‘some pain before you have good.’ | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 5 days ago

Garment District Owners: Trump’s Tariffs ‘Going to Be a Killer’

‘The price is going to be so high, it’s not going to be easy to sell to customers. How do you explain a 20 or 30 percent change?’ | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 5 days ago

Things Worth Remembering: Kids These Days Need ‘The Black Stallion’

Children’s books should remind kids that there are rewards for persevering past pain and fear. This is the actual heart of adventure stories, and the heart of life. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 6 days ago

Love on the Spectrum, Bitter Pop Queens, Studio Ghibli—and More!

Pop stars hate you. Reality television is a spectrum. Forever 21 is dead. Welcome back to Suzy Weiss’s weekly tour of American culture. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 7 days ago

Hallowed Be Thy App

Since it was launched in 2018, the Christian prayer app Hallow has been downloaded 23 million times. Is this the beginning of a religious revival? | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 7 days ago

In ‘Dying for Sex,’ Men Are Eternally Disappointing

Underlying the much-hyped, brand-new show is a deep pessimism about heterosexual relationships. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 7 days ago

The Godfather of the Campus Intifada

Today’s protesters—at Columbia and beyond—owe their worldview to professor Edward Said, whose obsession with the West blinded him to the reality of the East. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 7 days ago

TGIF: Our Beef Is Beautiful

Trump tariffs the world. Elon’s baby mama demands more. Mike Waltz doesn’t learn his lesson. Gayle King goes to space. Merit-based admissions are back. And much, much more. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 8 days ago

Join Bari Weiss and Tyler Cowen in 30 Minutes to Talk Tariffs

A brilliant strategic move? A catastrophic own goal? We’ll discuss. Bring all your questions. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 8 days ago

WATCH: Frannie Block Discusses ‘How a Town Turned a Child’s ‘Cry For Help’ Into a Hate Crime’

The father of a boy smeared as a racist in 2022 talks to our reporter who broke the story—and tells why he finally spoke out. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 8 days ago

WATCH: Frannie Block Discusses ‘How a Town Turned a Child’s ‘Cry For Help’ Into a Hate Crime’

The father of a boy smeared as a racist in 2022 talks to our reporter who broke the story—and tells why he finally spoke out. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 8 days ago

‘Liberation Day.’ The Birth of a MAGA Lefty. Qatargate. And More.

Batya Ungar-Sargon, John McWhorter, Tyler Cowen, Matthew Yglesias, and Matti Friedman. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 9 days ago

WATCH: Debating Pronouns with John McWhorter

Why the linguist who critiqued wokeness is now embracing ‘they/them’—and why it will frustrate both the left and right. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 9 days ago

Tyler Cowen: ‘Liberation Day’ Was Even Worse Than Expected

This is perhaps the worst economic own goal I have seen in my lifetime. | Continue reading


@thefp.com | 9 days ago