Avery Collins

374 Articles

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous: A Summer Special

The rich have never been richer—and we normal people simply can’t look away.From influencers posting about their vacations,…

I’m Proud to Be a Sports Dad

When my son Macklin was 5 years old, my wife and I enrolled him in one of those…

Sean Duffy’s ‘Reality’ Show Is Designed to Promote His Family, Not the Country

The Duffys in Philadelphia. (Screenshot via YOuTube)More than two months behind schedule, Sean Duffy’s scandal-plagued reality series finally…

Ancient Wisdom: I Was the King of the Celebrity Cover Story

Three years ago, sifting through boxes, I discovered a note that Walter Cronkite had sent me in 2002,…

TGIF: Have Y’all Never Heard of Noblesse Oblige?

Hello to the end of summer, and goodbye to the great Dolly Parton. All flags are at half-staff…

What the Measles War Gets Wrong. Plus. . .

It’s Friday, August 28. This is The Front Page, your daily window into the world of The Free…

Tom the Dancing Bug

Follow Ruben Bolling on Substack; join Tom the Dancing Bug’s Inner Hive subscription club; and please visit the…

Undaunted

Thousands will gather today on the National Mall to commemorate the 63rd anniversary of March on Washington for…

Marching Again on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

Friday marks the 63rd anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. As we look…

The Tea ft. LaTosha Brown, Co-Founder of Black Voters Matter Fund

Thank you for joining us for The Tea with April Ryan! Today, April was joined by LaTosha Brown,…

Are Americans Losing Faith in Capitalism? We Asked Them.

Welcome back to The Honesty Project, a series of opinion surveys from The Free Press. We’re asking Americans…

Editors Killed My Story on Trans Athletes. I Resigned.

Matt Calkins spent 11 years as a sports columnist for The Seattle Times. Last week he resigned after…

Evening Roundup, August 27

SpotlightOn History <div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{"nodeId":"50f93bb8-bfbf-4fc5-9e6d-f8b2b567494c","caption":"By Shalise Manza YoungThere is a long, dark history of lynching of Black Americans…

How Do You Use AI? A ‘Free Press’ Symposium

This week, “The Wall Street Journal” ran an op-ed written with the help of artificial intelligence. Its editorial…

Can Anyone Beat Abdul El-Sayed?

Can Abdul El-Sayed be beaten? The answer to that question might determine which party controls the Senate and…