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Letters to the Editor: Two Personal Perspectives on Shaken Baby Syndrome
Plus: A tip from the great Thomas Mallon on filing expenses in the glory days of magazines.
The Free Press
The World Happiness Report Is a Sham
The media loves hyping the annual study, but its methodology doesn’t hold up to scrutiny.
Yascha Mounk
The Junk Science That Gets Parents Convicted of Murder
A Texas man is awaiting execution for shaking his child to death. But even the detective on the case now thinks he’s innocent.
Jennifer Block
How to Keep Chickens in the City
As egg prices rise, the agricultural secretary told Americans: Get some hens! It’s not a bad idea.
Larissa Phillips
Can MAHA Beat the Junk Food Lobby?
Obesity is rampant, but the government subsidizes soda and candy for the poor. Now there’s finally a chance to change that.
Charles Lane
Hi, My Name Is Allan, and I’m a Compulsive Gambler
By the time I was 13, all I wanted for my birthday was my own bookie.
Allan Loeb
Will NIH Cuts Boost Public Health—or Destroy It?
Two cancer doctors debate whether Trump’s slashing of billions to the National Institutes for Health are efficient or could endanger people's lives.
David Andorsky and Vinay Prasad
Emperor Elon, Don’t Give Us Ebola
Turns out, in slashing federal funding, the head of DOGE is getting rid of some good stuff. Like disease prevention.
Nellie Bowles
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.
Kat Rosenfield
Nellie Bowles: The Triumph of the Plastic Straw
They took our straws and made us drink from mushy paper. And it was based on a 9-year-old’s bad math.
Nellie Bowles
Kanye Needs a Conservatorship
Some people are too mentally ill to be left in complete control of their own lives.
River Page
The Men Who Lost Their Babies
‘It’s not my body. I understand that, but it’s part of me.’
Kat Rosenfield
Rep. Chip Roy: Why I’m Backing RFK Jr.
Trump’s HHS pick and I have our differences—but he understands what it will take to make America healthy again.
Chip Roy
Big Pharma Saved My Life
My wife and I are here thanks to God and the companies that develop lifesaving drugs.
Erick Erickson
Can These Moms Get RFK Jr. Confirmed?
Olivia Reingold reports on the most powerful force in American politics.
Olivia Reingold
Letters to the Editor: ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Gets the Facts Wrong
As Robert Kennedy Jr.’s Senate hearings continue, two doctors register their objections with the movement he helped inspire.
The Editors
When MAHA Forgets the Working Class
Get rid of your microwave! Quit your job! This kind of ‘health’ advice will alienate ordinary Americans.
Evan Barker
‘I Gave My Life to the FBI. And It Damn Near Broke Me.’
As an agent, Pat McMonigle fought terrorists abroad and survived missile strikes. But it was a case close to home that finally made him crack.
Pat McMonigle
MAHA: The Unexpected Coalition of Nutritionists, Mushroom Shamans, and Moms
From plastic cutting boards to Red Dye No. 3—the movement to ‘Make America Healthy Again’ is changing the way we think about food, nutrition, and…
Bari Weiss
1HR 10M
It’s Not Just Red Dye No. 3. It’s All Our Stuff.
We no longer use whale oil for lighting. Why use PFAS to make things nonstick? Time to demand healthier products.
Joshua Lachter
WATCH: Nellie Bowles on a Mother’s Shocking Alzheimer’s Misdiagnosis
Nellie talks to Free Press writer Sean Fischer about his viral story—and asks Vinay Prasad what it says about our broken medical system.
The Free Press
55M
Donald Trump, the Smokers’ President
What one entrepreneur calls ‘the jihad from our liberal elite against nicotine’ has made smoking a conservative cause.
River Page
Free Press LIVE: My Mom Was Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Then She Got Better.
Join Nellie Bowles, Sean Fischer and Vinay Prasad on Alzheimer's, health and misdiagnosis.
The Free Press
WATCH: How Not to Die in 2025
Bryan Johnson is spending his life with a singular goal: never ending it. The tech entrepreneur talks to Bari Weiss about his quest for immortality.
Bari Weiss
1HR 17M
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