Mark Pincus: Biden Is Even Riskier Than Trump
I’m a major donor to the Democratic Party. Only one strategy can rescue the Dems: an open convention.
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How Rednecks Like Me Hear J.D. Vance
I grew up ‘white trash.’ I’d never air out my family’s dirty laundry like Trump’s veep pick, writes River Page.
TGIF: Back with a Bang
I had a blissful 20 minutes of maternity leave before I heard the words “Trump’s been shot.”
Abigail Shrier: California’s New Law Lets Schools Keep Secrets from Parents
Gavin Newsom signs a bill that keeps parents in the dark if their kids change gender identity at school.
Trump Did Everything Wrong. So Why Did It Work?
After Mitt Romney got walloped in 2012, the party’s brain trust warned the GOP it was losing the minority vote. Trump solved that problem by ignoring their advice.
I Fear the GOP Is Heading Down the Rabbit Hole
At the RNC, I noticed that the border separating reality and unreality, acceptable versus unacceptable opinion, has dissolved.
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The End of Joe Biden—and the Democratic Establishment
For both the king and what was once his court, a terrible reckoning has arrived.
Donald Trump Is Napoleon in a Golf Cart
When he tilted his head at precisely the right moment to cheat death, the man became a myth.
The Nativist Right Is Attacking Indian American Republicans
Certain conservatives don't want to see Hindus and Sikhs at the RNC. But they'd better get used to it.
‘I Was Four Feet Away When I Heard the Bullets’
A gunman tried to assassinate Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. Salena Zito was there.
Israel-Bashing on the Agenda for National Teachers Union
Members fear a resolution vote next week could encourage teachers to portray Israel as “a colonizing country committing genocide.”
Greta Van Susteren: Release the Biden Tapes
Why is the attorney general hiding what the president actually said to the special counsel?
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Did J.K. Rowling Fail the Lolita Test?
The functionally illiterate youth are canceling her for praising the classic novel.
You Want to Fix Boeing? Prosecute Its Executives.
A $500 million fine isn’t enough for a company that murdered 346 people, Joe Nocera argues.
Nobody Wants to Be Real
The app, recently acquired by a French video game company, promised something elusive, and arguably impossible: an avenue to be authentic online.
Our First Live Book Club: A Murder in Florida
A true-crime thriller that reads like a novel. A classic novel that eerily echoes it. Join River Page next week to discuss Southern Gothic.
Kat Rosenfield: How Culture Got Stupid
‘Despite the strange takeover of culture by tasteless scolds, I still believe there’s nothing better than a story that grabs you and won’t let go.’ Kat Rosenfield joins The Free Press.
A Wife’s Revenge from Beyond the Grave
Caught in a brutal divorce, Catherine Kassenoff committed medically assisted suicide. Then the campaign to destroy her ex-husband truly began.
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Matti Friedman: Bibi-Trapped
After October 7, the Israeli leader’s memoir offers insights he might not want you to read.
Bari Weiss: The Holiday from History Is Over
A free society is only as strong as the citizens willing to defend it. Reflections and videos from my time on the ground in Israel.
You Can’t Blame Iran for America’s Anti-Israel Protests
College professors have played a greater part in our domestic strife than Persian cyber-spies.
Israel Killed 31 of My Family Members in Gaza. The Pro-Palestine Movement Isn’t Helping.
Over the last two decades, Western activists have only made things worse for my people.
When Hostages Come Home
I was at the beach in Tel Aviv when the lifeguard broke the news. We cheered and wept for the liberation of strangers that feel like family.