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He Fought for Freedom. Then He Chose Prison.
When the Chinese Communist Party came for Jimmy Lai, the billionaire stayed put. ‘I called my people to fight. I can’t let them down.’
12.04.24
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Peggy Noonan on How to Save America
‘Any jackass can knock down a barn, but it takes a man to build one.’ The columnist sounds off on populism, Trump, and the fragility of American…
11.26.24
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Why Is the National Book Award Going to a Publisher of Antisemitic Books?
W. Paul Coates, the father of Ta-Nehisi Coates, is getting a lifetime achievement award tonight from people who don’t want to talk about what he’s…
11.20.24
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Peggy Noonan: On Loving America
‘We are a people that has experienced something epic together. We were given this brilliant, beautiful thing, this new arrangement,’ says the star of…
11.09.24
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Sally Rooney’s Literary Mob
A group of celebrated writers is calling for a boycott of the Israeli publishing industry. Count me out.
10.28.24
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Ad for Israel Book Canceled Because ‘Customers Might Complain’
Magazine rejects advertisement for Bernard-Henri Lévy’s work because it will give booksellers ‘trouble they haven’t asked for and don’t wish to have.’
10.23.24
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Frannie Block
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Life’s Short. So Stop Trying to Perfect It.
‘The world opens up once you realize you’re never going to sort your life out,’ writes recovering productivity geek Oliver Burkeman.
10.12.24
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The Spy Who Lied to Us
There is only one person who still believes the infamous Steele dossier was credible: Christopher Steele.
10.10.24
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The Subversive Genius of Melania Trump
She is a breed of political spouse nobody has ever seen before: one who almost transparently doesn’t care if her husband wins or not.
09.23.24
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Bill Maher: American Kids Are Way Too Confident
And it’s all Paris Hilton’s fault.
05.22.24
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Introducing the Official Free Press Book Club
Every month we’re recommending two titles that speak to each other—something old and something new. First up: Nellie Bowles and P.J. O’Rourke.
05.17.24
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Ozempic: Magic Pill or Devil’s Bargain?
Johann Hari is half the man he was due to the weight-loss drug. He reveals how it changed the world—and how he once got fat-shamed by the Dalai Lama.
05.07.24
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