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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…
Martin Gurri
WATCH: Jay Bhattacharya Was ‘Dangerous.’ Now He Leads the NIH.
The health economist on his Christianity, RFK Jr., Fauci, and earning back America’s trust. ‘We have to treat people like intelligent human beings.’
Bari Weiss
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Jay Bhattacharya: ‘Fauci’s Pardon Is a Good Thing’
The new National Institutes of Health director tells The Free Press that he forgives the very people who nearly destroyed his career.
Maya Sulkin
What 23andMe Told America About Itself
The disintegration of the DNA-testing company is not just the collapse of a business. It’s the collapse of a culture obsessed with identity.
Kat Rosenfield
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
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
We Live Like Royalty and Don’t Know It
Thomas Jefferson was rich and sophisticated, but his life was closer to the lives of people in the Iron Age than it was to ours.
Charles C. Mann
Climate Change Did Not Cause the LA Fires
A scientist says the climate is not broken; we need fossil fuels; and bad policy led to the fires.
Emily Yoffe
The Case Against RFK Jr.
A man who asserts nonsense about vaccines and HIV should not be at the helm of Health and Human Services, writes former Harvard Medical School dean…
Jeffrey S. Flier
Report: DEI Is Transforming the National Science Foundation
Government-funded grants favor research exploring ‘white supremacy’ and ‘non-normative forms of gender and sexuality' according to new analysis.
Rupa Subramanya
‘AIDS Fauci’ vs. ‘Covid Fauci’
There’s a big difference between the man who tackled the ’80s epidemic compared to this decade’s scourge: arrogance.
Joe Nocera
Can Pollution Save the Planet?
Attempts to reduce aerosols are actually making the world hotter.
Rupa Subramanya
A Doctor Told the Truth. The Feds Showed Up at His Door.
A young surgeon revealed how his hospital was secretly transitioning gender-distressed children. He is now facing federal charges.
Emily Yoffe
I Helped Make Standing Rock Go Viral. Now I Regret It.
In my heart of hearts, I always knew environmental issues were more complicated than the way I sold them to my true-believer followers. Finally, I’m…
Lucy Biggers
Stop Making Plane Turbulence About Climate Change
After a ‘severe’ Singapore Airlines flight caused multiple injuries, the media jumped to conclusions.
Rupa Subramanya
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.
Bari Weiss
Got Milk? Then You Need the Full Story on Bird Flu
The CDC says our milk supply is safe. Donald G. McNeil Jr. asks: How can they be so sure?
Donald G. McNeil Jr.
Eclipse Hysteria. Antiracism in the Maternity Ward. Plus. . .
Michael Walzer on Israel’s war, six months in. Suzy Weiss on marrying rich. And much more.
Oliver Wiseman
Mass General Brigham Puts Antiracism Ahead of Their Patients’ Health
The new policy could compromise the well-being of black women and babies in the name of ‘equity,’ reports Sally Satel.
Sally Satel
‘I’m 28. And I’m Scheduled to Die in May.’
Some right-to-die activists want everyone to have access to euthanasia—even young people with mental illness. Are they also making suicide contagious?
Rupa Subramanya
Boeing’s Dead Whistleblower Spoke the Truth
Crashing planes. An ousted CEO. What the hell happened to America’s aviation gem?
Joe Nocera
Letters to the Editor: Lockdown Edition
Donald G. McNeil Jr. and Joe Nocera debate D.A. Henderson and America’s response to the pandemic.
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