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Search ArticlesAnd the Nobel Prize for Antisemitism Goes to. . .
The humorist Tom Lehrer once quipped that satire died when Henry Kissinger won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973. Apparently the Nobel committee never received the memo, because it murdered satire once again. On Friday the panel awarded its peace prize to the octogenarian antisemite, Navi Pillay. Jonathan Swift himself could not conjure a greater irony than bestowing a peace prize on Pillay.
Elon Musk’s Enemies Make His Best Case
In 2023, Alex Gibney, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker, announced that he was working on a documentary about Elon Musk. He asked Musk for an interview. The answer was delivered on X: “Gibney,” Musk informed his 241.5 million followers, “is a douche.” You could take the world’s richest man at his word. Or you could spend three hours and 55 minutes watching Gibney do his best to prove Musk right.
Introducing: The Free Press, For You
Free Pressers, My name is Rachel, and I am head of product here at The Free Press. That means I spend a lot of my time thinking about one question: How do we get you to the stories you’ll love, faster? We publish more every day than any one person has time to read. Investigations, columns, interviews, debates . . . you’ve told us you want all of it. You’ve also told us you don’t have all day to consume it.
What Happened to Kids’ Books? Plus. . .
It’s Friday, October 9. This is The Front Page, your daily window into the world of The Free Press—and our take on the world at large. Today: The “New York Times” whistleblower speaks out. Garry Kasparov explains why Vladimir Putin wants him dead. Rod Dreher reports from the conservative conference in Jerusalem. And much more. But first: Kat Rosenfield and Jacob Savage on the problem with millennials. It is with no pride that I admit: I am a millennial. Is there a more embarrassing cohort to belong to?
Adults Are Regressing
In 2018, I wrote my first and last superhero story, an audiobook called ATrick of Light in collaboration with longtime Marvel editor Stan Lee. It was Stan’s last project—he died after the manuscript had been finalized, but before it was recorded and released as an Audible Original—which made the book a very big deal at that year’s San Diego Comic-Con, the annual expo where extravagantly costumed culture vultures gather in ecstatic celebration of all things franchise and fandom.
How the New Middle East Was Made
Last week I had the privilege of sitting down with one of the foremost historians of our time, Simon Sebag Montefiore. As I write this, his work has never felt more urgent. “We’re in a new world of counterhistory,” he said recently. “A new world of counterhistory where neither historical facts nor present-time facts matter if they don’t fit the ideologic…
Whistleblower Behind the 'New York Times' Lawsuit Speaks Out About Anti-Israel Bias
On September 23, The Free Press exclusively reported on the lawsuit filed against The New York Times by shareholders who said the paper failed to meet its most basic obligation: to report the truth, and correct itself in a timely manner when it didn’t. The suit relied on the testimony of an unnamed whistleblower who worked on the New York Times video desk for nearly a decade.
How Grown-Ups Ruined Picture Books
Max sailed off, in and out of weeks and almost over a year, for the land of the Wild Things. In The Snowy Day, Peter went out, alone, into the city. In Blueberries for Sal, a little girl wandered off on a hillside, mistook a bear for her mother, and lived to tell the tale. Once upon a time, picture books told children’s stories. Not anymore.
TGIF: Nudity Is Optimal
Hello, readers. I am not your dear leader Nellie Bowles, who left a Post-it on my desk that read “gone fishing, good luck!” I’ll be doing my best Nellie impression this week. Unlike your TGIF commissar, I am short and blonde. But still, let’s give it a try. Two quick things: We have new merch. Baby onesies for your free thinkers in training and book club shirts and tote bags for the childless like myself. We also have a merch competition happening. Readers can pitch their ideas in the Forum.
Rebuilding America’s War Machine
America is running low on munitions, its shipyards can’t keep pace, and the materials its weapons depend on too often run through China. Michael Cadenazzi is the Pentagon official charged with turning that around, putting billions of dollars behind the factories, materials, and supply chains that make America’s military power possible. He joins School o…