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Douglas Murray: What Will Happen to Europe If America Leaves? (opens the original)
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Some things never change. In 1973, when Israel was facing a war of annihilation waged upon it by all of its neighbors, the U.S. was supplying weapons to its beleaguered ally. But there was a hitch. No European country would allow American planes to even stop and refuel on European soil. When Israel won the 1973 war, it did so in spite of the European powers.Throughout the current century, European nations have been united in their calls to stop the revolutionary government in Iran from acquiring…
The TikTok Lawyer Fighting Socialism, 60 Seconds at a Time (opens the original)
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If you live in New York City and spend any time on social media, there’s a chance Joe Sweeny’s videos have come across your feed. The John F. Kennedy Jr.–meets–Christian Bale look-alike delivers no-nonsense, 60-second takes from the streets of New York, expounding on the benefits of capitalism, the follies of the Democratic Socialists of America, or the… Read more…
Tough Love: I Opened My Relationship—and Met Another Guy (opens the original)
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Hi Abigail,I was in my mid-20s when I started dating a man in his mid-40s. (His name is Simon.) He is one of the highest-quality men I’ve ever known, and we have been together almost five years now. However, one of the consistent challenges in our relationship has been the blended family dynamic: His ex-wife is a very difficult person (I had a restraining order against her for two years) and his child (now 14 and a half) has been a source of many disagreements for us.Two years ago, I joined the …
Ross Douthat: I’m Writing a Column for The Free Press (opens the original)
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Sometime in the fall of 2020, shortly after she departed The New York Times, I had a brief conversation with Bari Weiss. She was in an entrepreneurial mood, making calls and soliciting opinions, and I told her that I thought there was a potential market for a new general-interest publication that was politically independent, competitive with The Atlantic and The New Yorker, free from the ideological strictures of wokeness and the loyalty tests of MAGA.“Yes, yes,” she told me, as though this was …
Cornell’s Culture Clash. Plus. . . (opens the original)
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It’s Thursday, October 8. This is The Front Page, your daily window into the world of The Free Press—and our take on the world at large. Today: Josh Code hits the campaign trail with the long-shot Republican trying to unseat Letitia James. Patrick McGee on the problem with Jensen Huang’s AI optimism. Eli Lake on Zohran Mamdani’s sinister October 7 statement. Everything you need to know about the Russian plague story. And much more.But first: The Cornell case and a culture in crisis.The lawsuit a…
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