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‘It’s not hard to be compassionate.’
It’s rare in politics that a man grows wise before he grows old. But Joe Biden has done just that—while enduring life’s greatest tragedies.
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Douglas McCollam: A Requiem for Heavyweights
Politicians, like fighters, often don’t know when it’s time to leave the ring. My father, a champion in the field of law, didn't either.
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A Birthday Wish for France
A look back at a moment of tragedy and the triumph of liberté, égalité, fraternité.
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Joe Biden's Final Act of Greatness
Only his closest friends and family can advise him on the way forward. But the only “hopeful” way forward, I believe, is for him to step aside and be…
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June 2024

Victoria Amelina: Nothing Bad Has Ever Happened
One year after her death, TFP is honored to share an essay by slain Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina on the need to face past—and present—crimes…
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Letter to a Young Poet
"You’ve already overcome the greatest obstacle of all to the writing of poetry—you’ve accepted your heart and what it longs for as your muse."
Happy Father’s Day—To All My Fathers
When you move 2,000 miles away from your dad at the age of 10, you miss your father. But if you’re lucky, as I was, good men step in to fill the void.
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Grassley’s Glory Diminished
Unlike Cicero, the 90-year-old U.S. senator has chosen popularity over “doing what is right.”
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May 2024

Celebrate and Sing Walt Whitman
It's the bard's birthday. Sound your barbaric yawp!
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'In Flanders Fields'
Remembering red poppies and John McCrae's haunting poem on Memorial Day.
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What Happens to Freedom Deferred?
A conversation with Human Rights Watch’s Maya Wang on Beijing’s Hong Kong clampdown and why there’s reason for hope.
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Another Bite Out of Apple
What would Steve Jobs think of his company’s serial capitulation to Beijing?
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