Tana Mongeau broke the internet with her Halloween costume, dressing up as Erika Kirk. But when did this become OK? There are few things left that remain sacred in our world today, and the dignity of a widow should certainly be one of them. @IsabellaRedjai

The AI debate has produced no clear good guys, only rival visions of who should control our fate. The power to decide rests with a handful of billionaires, writes Christopher Caldwell. thefp.com/p/david-sacks-dari…

Netanyahu has spent three years fighting a war that has redrawn the Middle East. His opponents promise change, but Israel has much to lose by abandoning the strategy that brought it this far, writes Gadi Taub. thefp.com/p/why-netanyahu-co…

How did @SachaBaronCohen get away with bringing back @OfficialAli_G in his new mockumentary, Ali G: Who Iz I? The answer is simple: it’s funny.

Progressives are so confident in a midterm blowout that they think Trump cheating is the only way they can lose. They’re setting up their base for rage and disappointment, writes Mark Halperin. thefp.com/p/stop-the-steal-m…

Gadi Eisenkot is a former IDF leader who rarely wears a suit, avoids political grandstanding, and says little about himself. And he’s leading in polls against Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, writes Neria Kraus. thefp.com/p/his-son-was-kill…

Americans think of our healthcare system as the most advanced in the world, but what happens when your disease is too rare to be treated in the States? Read Christina’s full essay here: bit.ly/4zXjkm0

Chaos on the streets of French cities has brought back the seductive notion that violence can set you free. It is a myth—and a recipe for civil war, writes Bernard-Henri Lévy. thefp.com/p/bernard-henri-le…

“He didn’t join ISIS. He got a girlfriend.” Our advice columnist @AbigailShrier writes to a woman who feels she lost her son after he got a girlfriend. Read the full response here: thefp.com/p/tough-love-abiga…

Barack Obama campaigned with Abdul El-Sayed over the weekend. But to @PeterSavodnik, it was a bunch of the same, stale kumbaya from 2008. Read his full essay here: bit.ly/4i7QNUN

Netflix’s new Stanford Prison Experiment reality show reveals why Americans are so easily recruited into a culture war that makes everyone miserable, writes Arthur Brooks. thefp.com/p/arthur-brooks-yo…

Portsmouth, Ohio, is still being ravaged by the opioid crisis—but not from overdoses or skyrocketing addiction rates. Instead, it's due to an addiction treatment industry that's rife with exploitation, abuse, and fraud. The Free Press's @FrannieBlock reports. Read her full story here: bit.ly/4i77pup

In today's Front Page: A freethinker's guide to the midterms. Can AI already hack your bank account? Jed Rubenfeld on Stop the Steal, Alaska edition. Is this disease too rare for American medicine to treat? And much more. thefp.com/p/a-freethinkers-g…

What began as a high school protest movement spiraled into a violent uprising, organized by Islamists, antifascists, and radical environmentalists who wish to see the French Republic toppled, writes Nora Bussigny. thefp.com/p/france-high-scho…

In the Michigan senate race, muddleheaded party leaders cannot see past the next election, writes Peter Savodnik. Will the voters? thefp.com/p/the-democratic-c…

Both parties ask their supporters to accept vile candidates every two years. They say the stakes are too high to refuse, but nothing will improve unless more of us do, writes Erick Erickson. thefp.com/p/dont-eat-the-shi…

Democrats say a Trump lawsuit is meant to nullify the vote in Alaska. That suit won’t work—but a suspicious candidate may be the real spoiler, writes Jed Rubenfeld. thefp.com/p/whos-really-tryi…

Thirty million Americans live with rare diseases that fall through the cracks of U.S. medicine. My mother is one of them, writes Christina Sher. To stay alive, she goes to Europe. thefp.com/p/why-mom-gets-her…