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Jamie Reed is a gay woman, a parent of five children and is married to a transgender man. So, what led her to publicly pull back the curtain on what was happening at the Pediatric Transgender Center at Washington University in St. Louis, MO and to talk of the immense harms being done to children, especially young girls?
We discuss the reasons for the explosion of transgender cases we’ve seen in America over recent years, including the role of schools, social media, and healthcare economics. Reed also talks about how being a whistleblower has impacted her own life, and her current advocacy work on behalf of children.
The first “Madame Justice” of the United States Supreme Court, Sandra Day O’Connor, has passed at age 93. Appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1981, she served on the Court for 25 years. With George W. Bush’s re-election she chose to retire in 2005. She twice extended her departure to accommodate the passing of Chief Justice William Rehnquist and the botched nomination of Harriet Miers.
Dear Sympathizers & Supporters,
Solving the conflicts between the Israelis and Palestinians has been a long-term contest. And people always complain about how complex it is: disputes about borders (although the Left rarely talks about including Israel’s security as an issue); disputes about settlements (although they have been built in the land originally settled by the Jews, called Judea and Sumeria); the so-called long-term issue of the two sides not sitting down together (even though Mahmoud Abbas has refused to meet for years). The list of reasons and concerns is endless, and inevitably, Israel is blamed for most of them.
It looks as if the next presidential election—less than a year away—will feature a rerun between two road-tested candidates: President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump, who at present seem, with all their evident flaws, to push other candidates aside. Not only does Trump lead in the run-up to the Republican primary, but, contrary to many expectations, he seems to have edged into the lead against Biden for the general election.
I won’t do a long-form tonight as I am writing on my phone. Instead, I will keep it to ten points, as by now most people know the score. I want to thank everyone on Ricochet for their prayers and comments relating to my country. Here is a brief summary of the aftermath: