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  • Politicizing Pediatrics: How the AAP’s Transgender Guidelines Undermine Trust in Medical Authority

    Politicizing Pediatrics: How the AAP’s Transgender Guidelines Undermine Trust in Medical Authority1

    What should you do if your five-year-old son tells you that he is a girl? The proportion of children and young adults who say that they are transgender is rising at an extraordinary rate, not only in the United States but in other countries as well. In 2009–2010, only forty girls in the United Kingdom requested reassignment

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  • Politicized Classrooms Are a Problem. But Are State Legislatures Really the Solution?

    Politicized Classrooms Are a Problem. But Are State Legislatures Really the Solution?0

    Polling numbers tell the story. According to a recent Harvard University poll, 51% of those between 18 and 29 reject capitalism, while fully one-third support socialism. How to account for such numbers? Is it simply affection for a kindly Uncle Bernie (Sanders), coupled with disdain for an over-bearing Uncle Donald (Trump)? Or is it something

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  • Politicians Seem Loath to Let COVID End

    Politicians Seem Loath to Let COVID End0

    Two weeks to “slow the spread” proved to be a lie as state government stay-at-home orders stretched on and on, being taken away and reintroduced at the whims of governors rather than by acts of the various legislatures. Even when we were permitted out of our homes, they imposed rules on who we could visit,

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  • Politicians in Robes Destroy the Court

    Politicians in Robes Destroy the Court0

    Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s recent rejection of packing the Supreme Court is another welcome addition to the debate, muted in recent months, of whether additional seats should be added to America’s highest court in order to dilute the power of its conservative majority. It also appears to have jogged President Biden’s memory of the

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  • Politicians High On Potential Marijuana Profits in COVID’s Wake

    Politicians High On Potential Marijuana Profits in COVID’s Wake0

    COVID-19 has affected practically every aspect of the American economy. Supply lines have broken down, restaurants have moved to takeout only, sports leagues have been canceled or delayed, and now marijuana might become increasingly legalized among the 50 states. A recent Politico article profiled the pandemic’s effects on the marijuana industry, both the legal and illegal varieties.  “One

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  • Politicians Don’t Seem to Laugh at Themselves as Much Anymore

    Politicians Don’t Seem to Laugh at Themselves as Much Anymore0

    As the 2020 presidential campaign gets underway, one of the key factors that shapes our perceptions is how the candidates use – or do not use – humor. One kind of humor that is in shorter supply among politicians than it once was is self-deprecating humor. That’s when politicians make themselves the butt of the

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