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Along with at least 17 other pastors, Ezra Jin is sitting in a prison in Southern China. Could he be freed by Xi after President Trump's intervention? Read @FrannieBlock's investigation of the CCP’s war on Christianity thefp.com/p/china-persec…

The hardest thing to capture about the Odyssey is also the key to its enduring greatness, writes Spencer Klavan. thefp.com/p/what-christo…

Xi Jinping is fond of invoking the Thucydides Trap, an academic foreign policy concept about how war between established and rising powers is inevitable unless one gives way. There’s a reason for that, writes Aaron MacLean. thefp.com/p/the-myth-of-…

In this Weekend Press, we ask: Is therapy tearing us apart? Plus: Is Christopher Nolan butchering the ‘Odyssey’? Suzy Weiss on Hollywood, hantavirus, and Sydney Sweeney. How a farm can save a man from his demons. And more! thefp.com/p/is-therapy-t…

Therapy is now being used to pathologize people. Is Therapy Tearing Us Apart? thefp.com/p/therapy-cult… #TherapyNation @TheFP

Allan Loeb (@banditzeel) tells the story of meeting Tom Holland on the set of Euphoria.

Netanyahu wants to punish ‘The New York Times’ for its claims about prison abuse, but the law effectively blocks any lawsuit he’d bring, writes Jed Rubenfeld. thefp.com/p/the-case-of-…

All it took was two Facebook posts to turn an online mob against Apeel Sciences and its booming business of keeping food fresh longer, writes Laurie P. Cohen. thefp.com/p/this-company…

Therapy promised Americans greater agency and insight. Instead, it delivered a more satisfying story about why someone else is to blame, writes Jonathan Alpert. thefp.com/p/therapy-cult…

Few Democrats acknowledge what most Americans believe: Tolerance should be far lower for crimes committed by people who entered the country illegally, writes Charles Lane. thefp.com/p/illegal-immi…

The hardest thing to capture about the Odyssey is also the key to its enduring greatness, writes Spencer Klavan. thefp.com/p/what-christo…

Matti Friedman and Dan Senor discuss how Nicholas Kristof’s ‘New York Times’ column reflects a press corps that increasingly sees activism as its core mission. thefp.com/p/how-the-new-…

Maya Sulkin visits Alpha School, where there are no teachers, classes last two hours, and students earn $100 for a perfect test. Is this the future of education? thefp.com/p/the-school-t…

Xi Jinping is fond of invoking the Thucydides Trap, an academic foreign policy concept about how war between established and rising powers is inevitable unless one gives way. There’s a reason for that, writes Aaron MacLean. thefp.com/p/the-myth-of-…

I thought flirting with an AI chatbot would feel ridiculous, writes Joanna Stern. Instead, I found myself pulled into a relationship I knew wasn’t real. thefp.com/p/i-tried-to-f…

@petersavodnik thefp.com/p/spencer-prat…

Spencer Pratt's campaign videos are going viral and more Angelenos than you’d expect are beginning to wonder whether the reality TV star better understands their city than the people currently running it. “It’s a process with Spencer,” says @PeterSavodnik. First you acknowledge the city is in decline. Then you acknowledge the people in charge have done an abysmal job. And then, suddenly, Spencer Pratt starts to feel strangely plausible.

Watch my conversation with @coldxman and @havivrettiggur on why Americans insist on seeing Israel as a reflection of their own national guilt. thefp.com/p/watch-haviv-…

In the new season of ‘Euphoria,’ Sydney Sweeney comes out on top, writes Suzy Weiss. Plus: She talks to screenwriter Allan Loeb about his appearance in the show. thefp.com/p/hollywood-is…

For many Jews, the media landscape has become a relentless stream of errors, retractions, and narratives that outlast the facts. The latest column from the 'Times' is only the most recent example, writes Josh Kaplan. thefp.com/p/nicholas-kri…

WTAF. From @NellieBowles in Free Press today. open.substack.com/pub/bariweiss/…