June 14 2022
 
Happy Flag Day from Washington, where a new study links the growing availability of medical treatments for self-identified transgender minors with a jump in suicide among young Americans. Our Jarrett Stepman comments. Joe Biden could learn a thing or two from Ronald Reagan’s gift to Bill Clinton’s presidency, Allan Ryskind writes. On the podcast, Virginia Allen interviews two authors about the divisive issue of abortion. Plus: what happened at anti-Supreme Court and pro-“pride” demonstrations, and “Problematic Women” talks to Betsy DeVos about the danger of forgiving student loan debt. Five years ago today,  a man opens fire on Republican lawmakers practicing on a baseball field in Alexandria, Virginia, wounding House Minority Whip St eve Scalise  and four others before being fatally shot by police.
 
 
 
COMMENTARY
Study Connects Jump in Youth Suicide With Transgender Treatments, Lack of Parental Consent
By Jarrett Stepman

State policies that allow children to access so-called gender-affirming care without parental consent have created a significant increase in suicides, according to a Heritage Foundation study.
COMMENTARY
How Ronald Reagan Rescued Bill Clinton’s Presidency
By Allan Ryskind

Reagan was key to Clinton’s success, an indisputable fact that the Clintonites can’t yet bring themselves to acknowledge.
ANALYSIS
Student Debt Cancellation Not Fair to Taxpayers, Those Who Repaid Loans, Betsy DeVos Says
By Virginia Allen, Lauren Evans

“The ones who are going to be ultimately paying for it are those who've never attended college,” says the former education secretary about forgiveness of student loan debt.
ANALYSIS
Authors of New Book Explain How Abortion Is ‘Tearing Us Apart’
By Virginia Allen

Ryan T. Anderson and Alexandra DeSanctis discuss their new book “Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing.”
COMMENTARY
What I Saw at ‘Blockade the Supreme Court’ Protest
By Douglas Blair

One sign read, “Ban bombs, not bodies.”
NEWS
Jan. 6 Committee Members Don’t Answer Whether They’d Hold Hearings on 2020 Riots
By Gabe Kaminsky

Violence in 20 states between May 26 and June 8, 2020, caused roughly $2 billion in property damages, making it the costliest vandalism and looting in insurance history.
SPECIAL FEATURE
What We Saw at DC’s Gay Pride Parade
By Bernadette Hassan, Evalyn Homoelle

Those marching handed out candy and stickers to young children. They greeted children along the route with words such as “Be proud to be bi [sexual], baby!” and “Happy first pride!”
 
     
 
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