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It’s Friday, August 14. This is The Front Page, your daily window into the world of The Free Press—and our take on the world at large. Today: Suzy Weiss on the First Amendment war over face tattoos. Tyler Cowen on how Donald Trump’s immigration stance puts conservative values at risk. And much more.<...

When Tyler Hall finished his tattoo artist apprenticeship in 2012, he got a massive torch inked onto the side of his face. It was his way of “giving thanks to the tattoo industry,” Hall, 34, told me. “It was my dedication. This is where I’m staying, and this is what I love. This is what I want to do for the rest of my life.”

It was not Hall’s first face tattoo. That wou...

It’s an article of faith among observers of the National Basketball Association that the league was saved by Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. At the time the two men left college for the pros in 1979, NBA players had a reputation for drug use, there was racial tension in many locker rooms, and arenas were mostly empty. The NBA finals usually ran on tape delay, as the networks kn...

Hi there! This is Will Rahn, filling in for TGIF Generalissimo Nellie Bowles. Where is Nellie? Beats me. All I know is that she sent me the following Slack message at 2:03 this morning: “Need you to do TGIF this week. No time to find someones [sic] better. I’m on a yacht owned by [RE...

Is the tank obsolete? As drones and precision strikes transform modern battlefields, some have predicted that armored vehicles may soon meet the fate of the cavalry charge. Today on School of War, Colonel Jose A. Reyes and Lieutenant Colonel David “Cam” Smith of the 1st Cavalry Division make the opposite case. Drawing on their experience operating and c…