Culture

Chloe’s Story: Puberty Blockers at 13, a Double Mastectomy at 15 1
- Culture, Politics, Science
- July 29, 2022
The California State Assembly has been studying a bill, SB 107, to declare the state a sanctuary for minors who have been denied transgender-affirming medicine and surgery elsewhere. SB 107 would permit insurance companies, physicians, and contractors to disregard subpoenas about child custody if the child is being medically treated for gender dysphoria. It would also
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First Things First, Then Politics 1
- Religion, Culture, Politics, Western Civilization
- July 28, 2022
I was a bit jarred by a recent American Greatness article about how Republicans are bleeding white college graduates to those on the progressive left. I should’ve known this stuff is happening—I’ve seen it firsthand with those I love. The article raised a lot of good questions, particularly how to stem the tide of young
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One More Good Soul Gone to God 2
- Culture, Family, Politics, Science
- July 27, 2022
When he speaks of his son, you can hear the pride and the love in Ernest Ramirez’s voice. “When Junior was seven, I bought a couple of baseball gloves,” he tells me over the phone. “We played lots of catch, and he picked up the game right away. At first, if I threw the ball
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FDA Warns of Brain Swelling and Permanent Vision Loss in Kids Taking Puberty Blockers 2
- Culture, Politics, Science
- July 26, 2022
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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Is There Any Such Thing as a ‘Good Divorce’?8
- Family, Culture, Western Civilization
- July 22, 2022
If you ever want to get an interesting—sometimes shocking—glimpse of today’s culture, try reading the advice columns that populate many of the nation’s newspapers. A letter to Slate’s “Dear Prudence” column caught my eye today. The letter writer explained that a friend (“Chrissy”) in her late 30s was still dealing with the effects of her
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Want a Life of Adventure, Drama, and Comedy? Have Kids.5
- Culture, Family, Western Civilization
- July 21, 2022
Only “61 percent of the able workforce is currently officially employed,” Victor Davis Hanson writes in a recent Epoch Times article. “In just 14 years,” he notes further, “the fertility rate has crashed to 1.64 from 2.12—meaning that both citizens and resident aliens in America aren’t replacing themselves.” That replacement rate without immigration is approximately
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