4+ hour, 37+ 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…...

3+ day, 4+ 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…...

3+ day, 8+ 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…...

3+ day, 19+ 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…...

5+ day, 23+ 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:…...

6+ day, 1+ 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…...

6+ day, 1+ 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…...

1+ week, 10+ 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…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (90+ words) There's a reason a lot of comedians like Dave Smith have become political influencers in our current ecosystem: Style flourishes more than substance, argues Coleman Hughes. Israel is pulling the strings. It's a trope that just won't die'and has reared…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (109+ words) Roald Dahl's Kanye West Moment - by Suzy Weiss'The Free Press "And are you Jewish?" That's the first, short, tightening of the screw in a new Broadway play about children's author Roald Dahl, called Giant. The show, recently brought over from…...