March 18 2023
 
Good morning from Washington, where President Biden seems to think it’s not Christian to protect minors from being mutilated in transgender surgeries. Our Tyler O’Neil begs to differ. Is America’s time on top nearing an end? Victor Davis Hanson has a sobering assessment. Plus: a firsthand account of a growing threat to women’s sports; corporate media’s betrayal of Americans; the advance of climate alarmism; and the failure of home rule in the nation’s capital. On this date in 1889,  Susan La Flesche Picotte becomes the first Native American woman to graduate from medical school; she will go on to be the only physician for her Omaha tribe in Nebraska as well as the nearby Winnebago tribe.
 
 
 
COMMENTARY
Biden Turns Christianity on Its Head
By Tyler O'Neil

The Bible doesn’t directly weigh in on many political issues, but it strains credulity to imagine that Jesus approves of telling children the lie that they are really members of the opposite sex.
COMMENTARY
Are We the Byzantines?
By Victor Davis Hanson

We should take heed from the last generations of the Byzantines. Nowhere is it foreordained that America has a birthright to remain the world’s preeminent civilization.
COMMENTARY
I’m a College Volleyball Player. The Equal Rights Amendment Would Destroy My Sport.
By Macy Petty

As a collegiate volleyball player who has sacrificed much of my life to earn an athletic scholarship, I humbly request an end to the disrespect for female accomplishments in competitive sports.
NEWS
‘Not Legitimate’: Corporate Media Works Against Average American, Federalist Editor Says
By Elizabeth Troutman

The Right must fight back in the information war waged by left-wing media, Mollie Hemingway says, urging conservatives to take cues from how Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis treats “false reporting.”
NEWS
‘Climate Alarmism’ Is New Form of ‘Colonialism’ That Infringes on Sovereignty, Researcher Says
By Michael Ippolito

“Leaders in the developing world” see a new form of colonialism in the “enforcement of restrictive energy policies from the Western leaders,” an energy researcher says.
COMMENTARY
Forget Statehood: Congress’ Quashing of DC’s Pro-Crime Bill Shows City Incapable of Self-Governance
By Jarrett Stepman

What do you do when carjackings are surging in your city? For local leaders in Washington, D.C., the answer is clear: Reduce the penalties for carjackings, of course. It’s pure genius.
 
     
 
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