Joe Nocera
@opinion_joe
Latest podcast: American Dreamer: Who Was Jay Gatsby (Audible) Latest book: The Big Fail. Latest writing gig: The Free Press. And still time to tweet!
At @TheFP we've been running our "Ancient Wisdom" essays all summer, and they've been a real treat. But this week's, by Michael Tobin, is in a class of its own. A beautiful meditation on aging. thefp.com/p/ancient-wisd…
For the next year, @TheFP will be celebrating America's 250th birthday in all sorts of different ways. You're going to be want to join us for the party. thefpcom
My health role model.
Buffett while holding up his Coca-Cola can: "For 94 years, I’ve been able to drink what I want, do what I want & I’ve defied all the predictions of what should’ve happened to me..Charlie & I...never really exercised all that much. We weren’t carefully preserving ourselves"
I'm very excited about @EliLake new podcast series, "Breaking History" for @TheFP . It is going to be phenomenal. Check out the trailer: open.spotify.com/episode/5MuYRU…
Richard Parsons RIP. here is a column I wrote about him in 2007. It was a two-bottles-of-wine interview. nytimes.com/2007/08/25/bus…
“Thank you so much to all 1 million and 23 of you. I'm pinching myself. I cannot believe that this is where we wound up in two years.” —@BariWeiss (w/ an assist from @NellieBowles) Join The Free Press movement in 2025: thefp.com/subscribe
You gotta love this correction. A correction was made on Dec. 17, 2024: An earlier version of this obituary misstated the given name of Ms. Croce’s brother, who died in 2017. He was Michael S. Croce, not Jim.
A must-read: The Man Who Fought Fauci—and Won: @tunkuv interviews @DrJBhattacharya wsj.com/opinion/the-ma…
Grand Central Station: one of New York’s lovely Christmas traditions.
I can't say I know why the Trump whale decided to talk to me, but I'm glad he did. This story was a lot of fun to write, and I learned a few things too. thefp.com/p/french-whale…
The three point shot has ruined the nba, not wokeness.
Wokeness doesn’t help the NBA, but the real problem is that the sport/league simply sucks… Why hasn’t Wokeness harmed the NFL ratings? 🤔
Trump Bombs Iran Join Bari Weiss with Haviv Rettig Gur, Mike Doran and many others to discuss this breaking news.
Always love getting a positive post from a Nobel Laureate! And we agree on more than we used to…
Always love reading @CliffordAsness but especially when I agree with him! The New 'Crypto Fort Knox' Is as Dumb as It Sounds thefp.com/p/trumps-crypt…
Sorry @johntamny but no on this one. Link to your article below. Carried interest treatment is crapola (it’s the law so that’s how we all have to account for it, but it’s crappy law). It’s also often wrongly laid at the feet of hedge funds not PE (you do get that part right…
We did it. You did it. One million strong. Here’s to many more.
There are officially ONE MILLION Free Pressers! Join us at TheFP.com/subscribe.
"Democrats were out of power, out of ideas, and out of touch. To change that, in 1985, I joined with a group of governors, senators, and representatives to form the Democratic Leadership Council." @alfromDLC on fixing the Democratic brand, then and now: thebulwark.com/p/fixing-the-d…
The prosecution in the Daniel Penny trial is raising the possibility of dismissing the first charge he's facing—second degree manslaughter. The judge is apprehensive to continue with the second charge, saying case law in this instance demands a mistrial. Reporting for @TheFP.
Is Our Democracy on A Slippery Slope? Trump’s attempt to avoid the confirmation process would eliminate a constitutional safeguard against presidential excess. open.substack.com/pub/fromandful…
We predicted a Harris win. We were wrong. Here’s why. From and Fuller: The eating of political crow with election predictions and the gender and race impact on the 2024 Election talbotspy.org/from-and-fulle…