Democracy Survives

Penna Dexter Former President Obama recently told an audience at a pre-election rally in Arizona that democracy “may not survive” the midterms. This was a sort of closing argument to Democrat voters. It affirmed warnings, issued by other politicians, that “democracy is on the ballot.” In her column, the Wall Street Journal’s Kim Strassel counts four cycles of “histrionic claims…

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Our “Lying Eyes”

Penna Dexter In a recent on-camera interview at the White House, President Biden told a group of young people he had “just signed a law” that would forgive large chunks of student debt. “It’s passed,” the president said. “I got it passed by a vote or two and it’s in effect.” This may have appealed to many of the young…

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Criminalizing Truthful Reporting

Penna Dexter The US Justice Department has been asked to investigate, with an eye toward prosecuting, Americans who are reporting on and opposing life-altering gender reassignment surgeries. Reports are coming in from investigations done by independent journalists which bring to light medical interventions that, in the name of providing so-called “gender-affirming care,” result in the mutilation and sterilization of healthy…

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Spotlighting Gender Clinics

Penna Dexter The facet of the gender transition craze I have found most shocking is how easy it is for young people to get gender transition hormones and radical surgeries at clinics often operated out of mainstream medical facilities. There were places in the U.S. to get these treatments — even for children. A shameful practice — unregulated — and done fairly quietly….

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A Flag Planted

Penna Dexter A couple of weeks ago, Senator Lindsey Graham introduced a bill restricting abortion to the first 15 weeks of pregnancy. This action drew mixed reactions from pro-lifers. In an op-ed for Politico, Rich Lowry began by declaring: “Boy, did Lindsey Graham step in it.” Mr. Lowry titled his piece: “In Defense of Lindsey Graham.”  In it, he explains…

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Restoring Regular Order

Penna Dexter Last week the Republican party unveiled its legislative priorities. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy released the “Commitment to America,” a four-pillar agenda for the GOP should it retake the House. It’s a sort of Republican platform for the midterm elections presented by the man who will likely be Speaker if the House flips to the Republicans. The plan…

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Green Leap Forward

Penna Dexter In their effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Western governments have set aggressive deadlines. By 2030, the European Union wants a 55-percent reduction and the Biden administration promises a 50-52-percent drop in net greenhouse gas emissions economy-wide. The trouble is that fossil fuels and nuclear power currently provide 80 percent of the world’s energy needs and we are far…

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Exporting Gender “Affirmation”

Penna Dexter Under the current administration, the United States is becoming an exporter of the Gender Identity Revolution.  Last June, President Biden issued an executive order which instructs agencies of the US government to take steps to stop “conversion therapy,” which mostly involves counseling or  psychotherapy to reveal underlying issues that may contribute to someone’s distress with their biological gender….

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Baseball’s Trans Activism

Penna Dexter In 2000, certain professional baseball teams began holding LGBT-themed “Pride Nights” which have promoted and financially supported LGBT non-profits. Over the past twenty years, 29 of the 30 Major League Baseball teams have hosted such events, with many doing so every year. The one holdout — the Texas Rangers — has refused to give in to shakedown efforts…

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Listen to Mom

Penna Dexter In her new book, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution, British journalist Louise Perry employs facts, figures, human nature, and common sense to argue that the sexual revolution, and the “free sexual playing field” it gave rise to, have been terrible for women. Ms. Perry is not a religious conservative. She states: “It’s precisely because I’m a feminist…

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Regretting Sexual Freedom

Penna Dexter A colleague sent me an essay by writer and podcaster Bridget Phetasy. Its title is “I regret my promiscuity”. Her story moved me to tears, beginning with her statement “…if I’m honest with myself, of the dozens of men I’ve been with (at least the ones I remember), I can only think of a handful I don’t regret.” Bridget Phetasy wrote…

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