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  • Fear and Freedom Are Always Enemies

    Fear and Freedom Are Always Enemies0

    The motto of the state of Virginia is Sic Semper Tyrannis, or “Thus always to tyrants.” The great seal of this state depicts a prostrate tyrant under the heel of Virtus, the goddess of virtue. Given our present situation, I propose we adapt a new motto and seal: a pen-waving politician crushing Virtus with the words Sic

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  • FDR On How to Find ‘Peace on Earth’ Amid War and Despair

    FDR On How to Find ‘Peace on Earth’ Amid War and Despair0

    Over the weekend, my attention was drawn to an old Christmas carol whose words were composed by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. I was particularly struck by the air of hopelessness which comes near the end of the carol, I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day: “And in despair I bowed my head; ‘There is no peace

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  • FDA Warns of Brain Swelling and Permanent Vision Loss in Kids Taking Puberty Blockers

    FDA Warns of Brain Swelling and Permanent Vision Loss in Kids Taking Puberty Blockers2

    The FDA recently added a warning to the puberty blockers used by transgender children, reports The Post-Millennial. The warning was added after the FDA identified “a serious potential side effect” that can “cause cause a dangerous surge of spinal fluid pressure in the brain,” as well as “headaches, nausea, double vision, and even permanent vision

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  • FDA Violated Own Safety and Efficacy Standards in Approving COVID Vaccines for Children

    FDA Violated Own Safety and Efficacy Standards in Approving COVID Vaccines for Children0

    The FDA recently authorized Pfizer’s and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as six months. Troublingly, the evidence the FDA used for those decisions violates at least three safety and efficacy standards from earlier FDA publications about COVID-19 vaccines: In 2021, the FDA warned that “antibody tests should not be used to evaluate a

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  • FDA Nears Approval of Ecstasy Drug for Treating PTSD

    FDA Nears Approval of Ecstasy Drug for Treating PTSD0

    Last August, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration began testing MDMA (ecstasy) for treating post-traumatic stress disorder. The FDA also granted MDMA breakthrough therapy status to expedite the approval process by making it easier for drugmakers to begin clinical trials. Recently, MDMA passed phase 2 of the FDA’s four-phase drug-approval process. Although phase 3 requires

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  • FBI: Feds Behaving Incorrigibly

    FBI: Feds Behaving Incorrigibly11

    The FBI’s raid on former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate—ever so conveniently timed as the White House occupant’s approval numbers sink, the Swamp prepares to shovel a whopping $5.5 billion in foreign and military aid down the bottomless Ukrainian black hole and the American economy keels over like Biden on a bike—gives us a national

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