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Will China Invade Taiwan? Will Trump Keep His Promises? And Is Polyamory Finally Out?
Friends of The Free Press Niall Ferguson, Sarah Isgur, John McWhorter, and more share their 2025 predictions.
Bari Weiss
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Nellie Bowles
Sam Altman on His Feud with Elon Musk—and the Battle for AI’s Future
Also: AI bias and censorship; why he donated $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund; the race with China; and much more.
Bari Weiss
54M
They Tortured Him for Years. Now They Rule Syria.
The rebels freeing Syria are just as bad as the corrupt regime they toppled. This journalist knows because they were his captors.
Michael Moynihan
Kemi Badenoch’s Fight for the UK—and the West
The British Conservative Party leader on her love of free speech, liberalism, and the presumption of innocence: ‘I will die to protect those things.’
Bari Weiss
Marc Andreessen on AI, Tech, Censorship, and Dining with Trump
The billionaire on the left’s war on Silicon Valley, why AI censorship is “a million times more dangerous” than social media censorship, and why he’s…
Bari Weiss
2HR 6M
Peter Thiel and the Triumph of the Counter-Elites
The Silicon Valley billionaire made big—and early—bets on Trump and J.D. Vance. What did he see that so many didn’t?
Bari Weiss
How Did Trump Pull Off a Red Landslide?
Democrats are reeling from the rightward shift that shocked America. Do they have the courage to ‘take a long, hard look in the mirror’?
Bari Weiss
A Message from Bari on Election Day
Our newsroom reflects our readers: We aren’t voting in unison.
Bari Weiss
12M
The Art of the Bullshitter
Sure, Donald Trump is the greatest bullshitter of the modern age, but he stands on the shoulders of giants, from P.T. Barnum to Bill Clinton.
Eli Lake
Brianna Wu Says She Didn’t Change. The Progressive Movement Did.
I've hosted hundreds of conversations on Honestly. This is among the best.
Bari Weiss
The Hundred-Year Holy War
Hamas claims there is an Israeli plot to destroy Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque. That libel has been used to justify violence against Jews for a century.
Eli Lake
Douglas Murray: A Time of War
The West is ‘drunk on peace.’ What will it take to wake them up?
Bari Weiss
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