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A Critical Look at Treating Gender Dysphoria 0
- Science
- October 29, 2019
Extreme medical treatment for children with gender dysphoria is not just a problem in the English-speaking world. In Sweden, too, there has been an explosion of gender dysphoria. In 2003 only about ten children were diagnosed; in 2018, there were 500. One of Sweden’s leading experts in child and adolescent psychiatry, Professor Christopher Gillberg, has
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1 in 3 Millennials View Communism Favorably, Survey Finds 0
- Culture
- October 29, 2019
A growing number of millennials show support for communism and socialism, a new survey from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation found. The survey, conducted by the research and data firm YouGov, found that 70 percent of millennials are likely to vote socialist and that 1 in 3 millennials perceive communism as “favorable.” The survey, part of
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Why Your Metal Straw Won’t Save the World 0
- Culture
- October 28, 2019
Like many Americans, I worry about the state of the planet and try to make a positive impact through decisions in my day-to-day life. But I also am nagged by the feeling that I often get it wrong, even though I analyze environmental problems for a living. Concerned about plastics in the ocean, I renounced
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When Will #MeToo Blow the Whistle on IVF Clinic Pornography?0
- Culture
- October 28, 2019
Why hasn’t the #MeToo movement protested the close connection between the pornography industry and IVF clinics? Most clinics provide pornography so that men can quickly provide a sperm sample. It is an essential, if grubby, part of the clinic’s services. Not a lot has been written about this issue, understandably perhaps. A tell-all feature in
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The False Hope of the Transgender Language Police 0
- October 28, 2019
A friend of mine has an amusing tale of a heated fight she got in as a child with her then-teenage brothers that culminated in her accusing them of getting periods. Needless to say, my friend didn’t end up with the upper hand in that particular sibling squabble. But maybe she was just ahead of
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McCarthy: Not the Moral Leper We Thought?0
- History
- October 28, 2019
Last week our guest on a Roku TV interview show that I co-manage was Diana West, a longtime Washington Times editor and the author of a provocative book “The Death of the Grownup.” Our interview turned quickly in what, for my cohost, was an unexpected direction with Diana’s bold defense of “Blacklisted by History,” M. Stanton Evans’
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