Politics

The Connection Between Censorship and the Right to Vote 8
- Politics, Western Civilization
- July 26, 2022
Censorship is a perennial bogeyman. We see traces of it here or there, but it never seems real … until it lands on the doorstep, forcing you to look it in the face, as I did once again this morning. Longtime readers of Intellectual Takeout will remember that censorship is nothing new to our organization.
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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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China: Pelosi Trip to Taiwan a Provocation 0
- International, Politics
- July 26, 2022
When Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi added to the itinerary of a valedictory trip through Asia the island of Taiwan, she could not have been oblivious to the reaction she would produce in a stunned Beijing. Thus, when the Financial Times revealed that the speaker would be visiting Taiwan, which China regards as a
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The Dutch Are Awake. Are We?3
- International, Politics, Western Civilization
- July 25, 2022
“Who’s there?” That challenge by a guard at Elsinore Castle is the first line in Shakespeare’s Hamlet. “Who’s there?” is a question that pervades the play. We in the audience ask each of the play’s main characters—the ghost of Hamlet’s father; the ghost’s murderer, Claudius; Hamlet’s mother Gertrude, now married to her husband’s killer; the
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Are We Living Under a Kakistocracy: Government by the Worst?5
- Politics, Culture, Religion, Western Civilization
- July 21, 2022
In 1787, as Benjamin Franklin left the final session of the Constitutional Convention, he was asked what form of government the delegates had given America. “A Republic,” he answered, “if you can keep it.” Spoiler alert: we didn’t. In 1963, Leonard Read warned Americans that “our once-upon-a-time Republic” was degenerating into something else; “we are headed into
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A Transplant Miracle That Defied COVID Tyranny 1
- Science, Politics, Religion
- July 20, 2022
DALLAS—Leilani Lutali and Jaimee Fougner are alive, giggling and ready to fight for truth, justice, and faith. I visited them this weekend at Baylor University Medical Center’s aptly named post-kidney transplant surgery center called the Twice Blessed House. If not for their stubborn resistance and persistence, Leilani most likely would not have survived COVID tyranny—and
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