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It’s Thursday, October 23. This is The Front Page, your daily window into the world of The Free Press—and our take on the world at large. Today: Gabe Kaminsky on the Democratic Party’s civil war. Coleman Hughes remembers his friend, the chess grandmaster Danya Naroditsky. Dr. Cornel West on why we still need Plato. Peter Savodnik on why Los Angeles needs (another) World Series win. And more.
But first: Three stories about drugs.
Late on Tuesday, the U.S. bombed a boat off the coast of Colombia—the eighth reported air strike unleashed by the Trump administration on alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean since September 1. The strikes have prompted many questions, among them: Can the president just do that?
In the Free Press today, legal columnist Jed Rubenfeld breaks down the high-stakes legal debate over the strikes. Jed writes that “of all the unprecedented actions Trump has taken in his second term, this might be the most extraordinary—and potentially the most dangerous.” But the closer he looked, the cloudier the picture became.
Read Jed on the legality of the Caribbean boat bombings.
In our second story today, River Page reports on another kind of drug war. This one is between two feuding lobbies for two closely related and hazardous drugs: kratom and 7-OH. Both are legal right now, but there’s a push to change that. But as policymakers weigh the right course of action, questions better left to science—how dangerous are these products, and what should be done about them?—have been replaced by dueling lobbying interests, each furiously slinging mud and motivated by financial self-interest. As the two industries have become bitter rivals, it’s become nearly impossible to know who—or what—to believe. Read River’s report:
Next up, Josh Code reports on the quiet epidemic sending young people to emergency rooms nationwide. It’s called cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (CHS), and it’s a debilitating condition caused by heavy marijuana use. Patients across the country are being hospitalized with vomiting, nausea, and intense cramps, all lasting for days on end. And doctors say there’s only one way to cure it: Stop getting high. Here’s Josh:
—The Editors
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https://www.thefp.com/p/why-we-still-need-plato
Old School is our new podcast about great books, and how reading makes stronger, better men. On this week’s episode, host Shilo Brooks is joined by professor, public intellectual, and presidential candidate Dr. Cornel West. They discuss Plato, and some of the biggest questions in Western philosophy: What is justice? Why should we live justly? And how can we achieve the good life? Listen to their conversation for all that and more on what’s wrong with American culture, higher education, and politics.
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