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Yes, Blowing Things Up Is How We Build Things • Media attacks on Anduril’s ‘failed’ drone tests ignore America’s storied history of destroying hardware to build the world’s best weapons (and win wars).
Yes, Blowing Things Up Is How We Build Things
Media attacks on Anduril’s ‘failed’ drone tests ignore America’s storied history of destroying hardware to build the world’s best weapons (and win wars).
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December 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Europe’s Censors Put a Price on Dissent • The $140 million fine on X marks a new phase in the EU’s effort to police speech.
Europe’s Censors Put a Price on Dissent
The $140 million fine on X marks a new phase in the EU’s effort to police speech.
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December 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Niall Ferguson: The Truth About Trump’s National Security Strategy • Don’t confuse a document for a doctrine.
Niall Ferguson: The Truth About Trump’s National Security Strategy
Don’t confuse a document for a doctrine.
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December 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Hate Thy Neighbor: How Progressive D.C. Treats National Guardsmen with Contempt • Before Sarah Beckstrom was shot and killed in an ambush in the capital, she was spat at by locals.
Hate Thy Neighbor: How Progressive D.C. Treats National Guardsmen with Contempt
Before Sarah Beckstrom was shot and killed in an ambush in the capital, she was spat at by locals.
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December 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Ancient Wisdom: Dick Van Dyke Is (Almost) 100 and He’s Still Having Fun • ‘I’ve made it to 100, in no small part, because I have stubbornly refused to give in to the bad stuff about aging. Instead, I have been in a full-on bear hug with the experience of living.’
Ancient Wisdom: Dick Van Dyke Is (Almost) 100 and He’s Still Having Fun
‘I’ve made it to 100, in no small part, because I have stubbornly refused to give in to the bad stuff about aging. Instead, I have been in a full-on bear hug with the experience of living.’
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December 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Things Worth Remembering: Don’t Feed Them After Midnight • ‘Gremlins’ isn’t just a cult Christmas classic—it’s a parable about technology and modern chaos.
Things Worth Remembering: Don’t Feed Them After Midnight
‘Gremlins’ isn’t just a cult Christmas classic—it’s a parable about technology and modern chaos.
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December 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The Weekend Press: Is Staying Married Taboo? • Plus: Meghan Markle is a great queen of slop. Would you wear pj’s on a plane? What’s Sascha Seinfeld cooking? And more!
The Weekend Press: Is Staying Married Taboo?
Plus: Meghan Markle is a great queen of slop. Would you wear pj’s on a plane? What’s Sascha Seinfeld cooking? And more!
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December 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Two Drinks with. . . a Very Modern Lover • Cathi Hanauer has spent her life writing about love. Then she presented ‘The Case for Ending a Long, Mostly Good Marriage’ to readers of ‘The New York Times’—and people got mad.
Two Drinks with. . . a Very Modern Lover
Cathi Hanauer has spent her life writing about love. Then she presented ‘The Case for Ending a Long, Mostly Good Marriage’ to readers of ‘The New York Times’—and people got mad.
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December 6, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Bari’s Picks Of The Week: High Art, Tough Love, Good News • What gender doctors say in private. Michael Dell on his $6 billion donation to America’s youth. David Mamet on Tom Stoppard. And much more.
Bari’s Picks Of The Week: High Art, Tough Love, Good News
What gender doctors say in private. Michael Dell on his $6 billion donation to America’s youth. David Mamet on Tom Stoppard. And much more.
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December 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I Thought My Marriage Was Broken. Then I Stayed In It. • When I listen to people who have been married for decades, I hear the same thing over and over: ‘Back then, we didn’t know if we’d make it.’
I Thought My Marriage Was Broken. Then I Stayed In It.
When I listen to people who have been married for decades, I hear the same thing over and over: ‘Back then, we didn’t know if we’d make it.’
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December 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM
A Man Should Know: How to Travel • It seems reasonable to ask that we not treat the airport as a living room. But we also want to be comfortable when we travel. How do we strike the balance?
A Man Should Know: How to Travel
It seems reasonable to ask that we not treat the airport as a living room. But we also want to be comfortable when we travel. How do we strike the balance?
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December 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Meghan Markle Is the Slop Princess We Deserve • The Duchess of Montecito has a holiday special on Netflix. Suzy Weiss loved it.
Meghan Markle Is the Slop Princess We Deserve
The Duchess of Montecito has a holiday special on Netflix. Suzy Weiss loved it.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
We Gave Students Laptops and Took Away Their Brains • Decades of data show a clear pattern: The more schools digitize, the worse students perform.
We Gave Students Laptops and Took Away Their Brains
Decades of data show a clear pattern: The more schools digitize, the worse students perform.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
TGIF: Piddly, Stupid Stuff • Somali scamsters spook Minnesota, Sabrina Carpenter feuds with the White House, Waymos beat out human drivers, disability booms on campus, the Ayatollah tries feminism, and so much more.
TGIF: Piddly, Stupid Stuff
Somali scamsters spook Minnesota, Sabrina Carpenter feuds with the White House, Waymos beat out human drivers, disability booms on campus, the Ayatollah tries feminism, and so much more.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Ask Haviv: What’s Next for Israel? • Haviv Rettig Gur, Middle East analyst for The Free Press, breaks down what’s really happening in Israel and the region.
Ask Haviv: What’s Next for Israel?
Haviv Rettig Gur, Middle East analyst for The Free Press, breaks down what’s really happening in Israel and the region.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Where Democracy Still Works • In taverns, classrooms, libraries, and flood-stricken towns, neighbors are quietly practicing the everyday cooperation that keeps the American experiment alive while national politics flounders.
Where Democracy Still Works
In taverns, classrooms, libraries, and flood-stricken towns, neighbors are quietly practicing the everyday cooperation that keeps the American experiment alive while national politics flounders.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Nellie Bowles Gets Tough Love from Abigail Shrier • In our inaugural advice column, Abigail Shrier answers: How do you live when you feel like the world is falling apart?
Nellie Bowles Gets Tough Love from Abigail Shrier
In our inaugural advice column, Abigail Shrier answers: How do you live when you feel like the world is falling apart?
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December 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The Bible Is on Trial in Europe. Plus. . . • The cost of climate science confusion. Elliot Ackerman on the problem of Pete Hegseth. Has an English civil war already begun? And much more.
The Bible Is on Trial in Europe. Plus. . .
The cost of climate science confusion. Elliot Ackerman on the problem of Pete Hegseth. Has an English civil war already begun? And much more.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Read This Book Instead of ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ • Ryan Holiday unpacks the philosophy of ‘The Moviegoer.’
Read This Book Instead of ‘The Catcher in the Rye’
Ryan Holiday unpacks the philosophy of ‘The Moviegoer.’
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December 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
The Two Sides of Nick Fuentes • Nick Fuentes has two personas—Podcast Nick Fuentes and Rumble Nick Fuentes—that promote opposing world views. That’s by design.
The Two Sides of Nick Fuentes
Nick Fuentes has two personas—Podcast Nick Fuentes and Rumble Nick Fuentes—that promote opposing world views. That’s by design.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Hegseth Unbound the Troops and Ran Into the Law • He wants to unshackle commanders and strike decisively. But there are some rules even he can’t undo.
Hegseth Unbound the Troops and Ran Into the Law
He wants to unshackle commanders and strike decisively. But there are some rules even he can’t undo.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Has an English Civil War Already Begun? • This historian thinks so.
Has an English Civil War Already Begun?
This historian thinks so.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The Bible Is on Trial in Europe • A Finnish parliamentarian quoted the word of God in a social media post. Then she was charged under her country’s Crimes Against Humanity law.
The Bible Is on Trial in Europe
A Finnish parliamentarian quoted the word of God in a social media post. Then she was charged under her country’s Crimes Against Humanity law.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The Cost of Confused Climate Science • A retracted blockbuster study shows the motivated reasoning that fuels climate hysteria.
The Cost of Confused Climate Science
A retracted blockbuster study shows the motivated reasoning that fuels climate hysteria.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
‘We’re All Just Winging It’: What the Gender Doctors Say in Private • In footage obtained exclusively by The Free Press, gender doctors acknowledge they perform life-altering procedures on vulnerable youth with no supportive evidence—and they are proud of it.
‘We’re All Just Winging It’: What the Gender Doctors Say in Private
In footage obtained exclusively by The Free Press, gender doctors acknowledge they perform life-altering procedures on vulnerable youth with no supportive evidence—and they are proud of it.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM