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The Free Press Presents: America at 250
It’s a free country for free people. We’re celebrating it all year. Join us.
The Editors
America Has Always Been a Dangerous Idea
The Declaration of Independence wasn’t just a break from empire. It was a challenge to every regime that came after.
Eli Lake
52M
Coleman Hughes: I Just Did Therapy in Public
I played a self-knowledge game with happiness expert Arthur C. Brooks. It forced me to ask: What do I worship?
Coleman Hughes
I’m Finally Hanging My American Flag
Growing up, I was taught to dislike the American flag and all that it represented. This year, for the first time, I hung one outside my house.
Larissa Phillips
Bari Weiss: American Regeneration
This Independence Day, we don’t just celebrate the birthday of the words that made us—but the choice to live by them two and a half centuries later.
Bari Weiss
The Words That Made America
Akhil Reed Amar explains our founding story and why the American Constitution is the best hope for the future.
Bari Weiss
1HR 28M
Have You Heard the Good News? Plus. . .
How to vacation like Tyler Cowen. The Iranian opposition’s darkest hour. Is the Supreme Court doing its job? And much more.
The Free Press
This Supreme Court Term Proves the System Still Works
The president got some big wins from the Court. But its decisions this term showed that this is not a Supreme Court willing to surrender to Trump.
Jed Rubenfeld
Have You Heard the Good News?
Because the progressive left and the MAGA right clearly have not.
Clifford S. Asness and Michael R. Strain
The Iranian Opposition Faces Its Darkest Hour
Iran’s brutal regime has arrested hundreds of political opponents—real and imagined—and the worst is likely yet to come.
Jay Solomon
5M
Mamdani Botches the Math on Socialist Grocery Stores
The mayoral front-runner’s $140 million pledge is based on a basic misunderstanding of the city’s current grocery subsidies.
Timothy P. Carney
Our America Stories
This week, we launched America at 250. But we’ve already been covering the people and principles that make our country exceptional. You can read those…
The Editors
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