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August 2, 2021
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Brit Baby’s Death Ruled Better Than Small Chance of Living — Again

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August 2, 2021
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Readers may recall the Charlie Gard and Alfie Evans cases from the U.K. — in which doctors both wanted to remove life support and prevent the children from being transferred to other hospitals willing to continue care. Because the law in the U.K. permits courts to decide the “best interests” of children in medical extremis, the MDs got their way. Read More ›

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July 27, 2021
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At Last! Establishment Pushback Against Puberty Blocking

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July 27, 2021
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Opponents of puberty blocking can no longer be denigrated as supposed religious fanatics or transphobic haters. Hopefully, the ultimate beneficiaries of this sea change will be the children whose bodies will not now become fodder in the well-meaning but ultimately destructive name of “gender affirmation.” Read More ›

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July 17, 2021
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Medical Journal: Train Medical Students to Be Woke Social Activists

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July 17, 2021
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There the New England Journal of Medicine goes pushing woke agendas again. This time, the extremely politically progressive medical journal has published an article urging that medical students be taught that left-wing social-justice engagement should be among their professional duties. Read More ›

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July 6, 2021
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A Tale of Two Cities

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July 6, 2021
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We hear much about individual “rights” these days, but very little about personal responsibilities. That’s untenable. Our freedom to exercise the former cannot long exist without accepting our duty to fulfill the latter. Read More ›

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June 24, 2021
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The Perils of Declaring Racism a ‘Public Health Emergency’

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June 24, 2021
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With COVID-19 apparently on the wane, the technocrats who eagerly seized upon the pandemic to justify hobbling American liberty now advocate declaring racism a “public health emergency.” Read More ›

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June 10, 2021
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Next Memorial Day, Remember the Atomic Veterans Who Died for Their Country

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June 10, 2021
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I dread Memorial Day. Don’t get me wrong. It’s not that I don’t honor our military heroes who died for their country. To the contrary, I hold them in the highest esteem. It’s just that I hate having to stifle the rage I experience every year as that important commemoration day rolls around. Read More ›

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June 4, 2021
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Scientists Kill Embryo Research Time Restrictions

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June 4, 2021
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It was all such a con. During the Great Embryonic Stem Cell Debate, “the scientists” promised to restrict embryo-destructive research to 14 days. They said that was because the neural system begins to form after 14 days. Read More ›

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May 26, 2021
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AMA Helps Normalize Organ Harvesting after Euthanasia

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May 26, 2021
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Organ harvesting after euthanasia has become so normalized within the medical intellegentsia, that an American Medical Association publication, JAMA Surgery, had a letter debate — not about the propriety of killing and harvesting, but about whether the kill should begin at home or in a hospital. Read More ›

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May 23, 2021
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The IEA’s Plan to Destroy Freedom and Save the Planet

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May 23, 2021
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If you liked gas lines after the Colonial Pipeline was shut down by a hacking—or if the rolling blackouts last summer in California were your idea of fun—you will love what the international global warming warriors at the International Energy Agency have planned for us. Read More ›

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May 18, 2021
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The Attack on Religious Liberty is an Attack on All Our Freedoms

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May 18, 2021
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More than two hundred years ago, the Founding Fathers changed the world by imbedding the fundamental human right to religious freedom in the Constitution. That right now hangs by a thread. Read More ›