News

The Free Press
thefp. com > p > the-new-conversion-therapy-is-making

The New "Conversion Therapy" Is Making Gay Kids Trans

11+ hour, 53+ min ago  (171+ words) Adopting traits of the opposite sex is often a sign of same-sex attraction. But today, many children who do so are steered toward changing their sex, writes Jamie Kirchick. The Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 last month that a 2019 Colorado law…...

The Free Press
thefp. com > p > who-should-control-ais-most-dangerous

Who Should Control AI's Most Dangerous Secrets?

12+ hour, 8+ min ago  (139+ words) Anthropic's latest model, Mythos, is stirring debate about whether AI must be placed under a Manhattan Project-style federal authority, writes Josh Code. When Leopold Aschenbrenner wrote that "we are building machines that can think and reason," America was still trying…...

The Free Press
thefp. com > p > israel-has-an-extremism-problem

Israel Has an Extremism Problem

19+ hour, 9+ min ago  (576+ words) Besides the moral failure, Israel's institutional failure to crack down on violent settlers is damaging its ability to fight for its survival, writes Haviv Rettig Gur. If you've been following the news out of the Middle East, you've likely noticed…...

The Free Press
thefp. com > p > the-ceasefire-that-wasnt

The Ceasefire That Wasn't

5+ day, 15+ hour ago  (411+ words) The Free Press Well, there is a ceasefire. Or perhaps not. It includes Lebanon. Or it doesn't. Iran's 10-point plan is an acceptable working document for the United States. Or it isn't the one U. S. negotiators saw. The Strait of Hormuz…...

The Free Press
thefp. com > p > college-grades-are-beyond-fixing

College Grades Are Beyond Fixing

5+ day, 14+ hour ago  (411+ words) The Free Press Grade inflation is out of control at Harvard'and most top colleges in America. In 1950, the average GPA at Harvard College was 2. 55, between a B" and a C+. But that norm has given way to one in which…...

The Free Press
thefp. com > p > my-morning-in-mission-control

My Morning in Mission Control

1+ week, 16+ hour ago  (587+ words) The Free Press HOUSTON, TX " If Jared Isaacman's 15-year-old self could see him now, he'd scoff: "Thaaat's bullshit." That's what 43-year-old Isaacman, who is the administrator of NASA, told me"and if you look at his biography, it's easy to…...

The Free Press
thefp. com > p > will-colleges-ever-give-up-racial

Will Colleges Ever Give Up Racial Preferences?

1+ week, 14+ hour ago  (540+ words) The Free Press Since the Supreme Court banned the use of racial preferences in college admissions in 2023, Harvard president Alan Garber has promised repeatedly that his school "will follow the law." If so, why are they still hiding the data?...

The Free Press
thefp. com > p > why-the-vatican-and-the-white-house

Why the Vatican and the White House Are on the Outs

1+ week, 18+ hour ago  (581+ words) The Free Press On Easter Sunday, Leo XIV urged world leaders to lay down weapons and choose peace'to drop the "desire to dominate others." It was the culmination of a rhetorical escalation against the Iran war that grew in intensity…...

The Free Press
thefp. com > p > welcome-to-the-peptide-craze

Welcome to the Peptide Craze

1+ week, 19+ hour ago  (579+ words) The Free Press Peptide mania has struck. With so much public skepticism about overmedication and vaccines, this category of cutting-edge and in many cases untested drugs has been enthusiastically embraced by the people most mistrustful of mainstream medicine. Robert F. Kennedy…...

The Free Press
thefp. com > p > bondi-did-what-trump-wanted-not-what-he-needed

Bondi Did What Trump Wanted'Not What He Needed

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (388+ words) thefp. com Eli Lake is a veteran journalist of foreign affairs and national security. He is the host of Breaking History. We won't have Pam Bondi to kick around anymore. President Donald Trump bit the bullet and fired his attorney…...