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CultureAt 73, He Earned a PhD. The Lesson Isn't About Age.
A former Manhattan prosecutor and Goldman Sachs partner spent his retirement studying Aristotle and Hegel instead of coasting — a rebuke, intended or not, to a culture that increasingly outsources thinking to machines.
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CultureGalliano Steps Down. The Question Is Who Anointed Him.
The designer's exit as 2027 Met Gala honoree came after backlash over his history of antisemitism — but a Free Press podcast is asking why the institutions that celebrated him for decades are only now discovering a conscience.
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BusinessMeta Pays Billions. Regulators Pick the Cure.
A New Mexico judge and a 47-state coalition have extracted a combined $18.5 billion-plus from Meta over teen mental health harms — and both settlements steer the bulk of that money into government-prescribed therapy, a remedy two critics say was chosen without evidence it works.