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Bruce Pearl: How March Madness Unites America
8+ hour, 39+ min ago (211+ words) Bruce Pearl: How March Madness Unites America'The Free Press Each spring, Americans of every stripe partake in the national rite that is March Madness. They make their picks in the office pool, or with family or friends, and spend three…...
America’s Public Disorder Is a Choice
11+ hour, 24+ min ago (170+ words) America's Public Disorder Is a Choice'The Free Press On the blue subway line to Chicago's O'Hare Airport, there were two men in my car smoking joints. Sitting in a nest of filthy bags, there was a woman whose eyes were…...
Tough Love: My Mom’s Boyfriend Is So Annoying
16+ hour, 59+ min ago (233+ words) Eventually she did start making friends, and that was going really well for a while. Then she started dating, and I thought that was good. She met a guy who's 71 that she wanted to "go steady" with, and since then…...
Free Press Sundays at the Comedy Cellar
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (305+ words) Let's be honest: The news cycle is a lot. So we're trying something different. Welcome to Free Press Sundays at the Comedy Cellar in NYC'a new series bringing Free Pressers together for an afternoon of stand-up from comedians who still…...
Arthur Brooks: Why Your Neighbor Became a Conspiracy Theorist. And Maybe You, Too.
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (136+ words) Arthur Brooks: Why Your Neighbor Became a Conspiracy Theorist. And Maybe You, Too.The Free Press They were "kidnapping our loved ones and replac[ing] them with a bitter hollow shell of what they once were." This sounds like a…...
Government Doesn’t Have to Manage the Air
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (400+ words) Government Doesn't Have to Manage the Air'The Free Press Air travel in America is a mess right now. There are interminable lines at airport security, near misses or crashes on the ground and in the air, and the airports themselves…...
‘Hannah Montana’ Understood the Internet Before We Did
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (169+ words) Hannah Montana" Understood the Internet Before We Did'The Free Press Hannah Montana'the Disney teen comedy starring Miley Cyrus as a homegrown high schooler living a secret life as a golden-blonde pop star'premiered 20 years ago this week. The premise was simple:…...
Two Drinks with . . . Emily Austin, Who’s Texting the FBI
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (184+ words) Two Drinks with . . . Emily Austin, Who's Texting the FBI'The Free Press As Iranian missiles fly into Saudi Arabia, Emily Austin is sitting with me in a Midtown New York City barbecue joint that smells of succulent braised pork, bemoaning the…...
Okay, Millennial Feminism Is Dead: What Comes Next?
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (301+ words) Okay, Millennial Feminism Is Dead: What Comes Next?The Free Press At this point I had to accept it: Helen Lewis is right. Millennial feminism, which has apparently committed itself to breaking into male-dominated world of drug dealing, and canceling…...
A Message from the Blue and White in the Red, White, and Blue
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (245+ words) A Message from the Blue and White in the Red, White, and Blue'The Free Press Ruth Wisse was born into a dangerous world in a dark time: Romania in 1936. She grew up in Montreal, "a land of peace and prosperity…...