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Even the Chimps Are Going to War
An evolutionary biologist explains a deadly battle in Uganda and why humans should stay out of it, writes Tanner Nau.
 • Tanner Nau
The AI Boom Was Great for Your 401(k). The Bust Won’t Be.
The Magnificent Seven now account for nearly a third of the S&P 500. If their AI bets go wrong, the whole market could go with them, writes Bethany…
 • Bethany McLean
Satoshi Has the Right to Hide. We Have the Right to Search for Him.
A new investigation claims to unmask the creator of Bitcoin. It gives plausible hints—but no certainty, writes Tyler Cowen.
 • Tyler Cowen
How Iran Wasted the Ceasefire
The mullahs believed they held all the cards when the ceasefire was called. But no permanent stoppage was possible without meeting U.S. demands, writes…
 • Eli Lake
Ukraine’s Drones Could Launch a Military Tech Revolution
American companies are rushing to adapt the lessons of Ukraine’s battlefields, writes Aidan Stretch.
 • Aidan G. Stretch
Epstein in Neverland. Plus . . .
In today’s Weekend Press: Epstein in Neverland. Meet the thinking man’s trucker. Should Kanye West be banned? The death of the paperback. Watching ‘The…
 • The Free Press
Welcome Home, Artemis II
This was the Artemis II mission: to push deeper into the unknown, with humanity, with feeling, with awe, and with an unwavering commitment to always…
 • The Editors
John Bolton: It Was a Big Mistake to Have the Ceasefire
In an interview with The Free Press, President Trump’s former national security adviser assesses that the U.S. may have snatched defeat from the jaws of…
 • Nicholas Clairmont
Letter to the Editor re: ‘I Wrote a Book About Censorship. Then People Tried to Censor It.’
Renée DiResta offers her response to Jacob Siegel’s piece in ‘The Free Press.’
 • Renée DiResta
Epstein in Neverland
I was supposed to broker a book deal with Michael Jackson. Instead, I watched Jeffrey Epstein taunt tigers and parade around girls, writes David…
 • David Vigliano
Motherhood Wasn’t the Interruption I Expected It to Be
Every day, I kiss my daughter’s curls and thank my lucky stars that I had the privilege to take an early detour, writes Solveig Lucia Gold.
 • Solveig Lucia Gold
The Death of the Pocket Paperback
As the distributors retire the pocket paperback, we are reminded of what we lose when the printed page goes too, writes Andrew Cusack.
 • Andrew Cusack
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