| Good morning from Washington, where the left wants to force U.S. taxpayers to pay for sex-reassignment surgery. But the best data shows such procedures don’t make transgender individuals feel better about themselves, Ryan T. Anderson writes. A malaria drug shouldn’t be counted out in the fight against the coronavirus, Dr. Kevin Pham writes. On the podcast, a union watcher says police unions can keep bad cops on the streets. Plus: How George Washington stood apart; China steps up its war on religion; and America turns on herself. On this date in 1790, Congress passes legislation—at Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton’s urging—creating the Coast Guard. | |
| | | | By Ryan T. Anderson
The world’s largest dataset on patients who have undergone sex-reassignment procedures reveals that these procedures do not bring mental health benefits. | |
| | | By Kevin Pham
One study shows that among those who received hydroxychloroquine, the mortality rate was 13.5%. This compares to those who received none of the studied drugs, among whom the mortality was 26.4%. | |
| | | By Rachel del Guidice
“There's a growing pool of evidence that shows police unions and these collective bargaining agreements … help keep the bad cops on the beat,” says Charlyce Bozzello of the Center for Union Facts. | |
| | | By Fred Lucas
Washington not only excelled as a military commander and political leader, but was also America’s first true entrepreneur. | |
| | | By Arielle Del Turco
China’s campaign of repression against those of all faiths is almost unparalleled. | |
| | | By Victor Davis Hanson
If the U.S. is not to become an extinct Easter Island, it must rediscover a respect for its past, honor for the dead who gave us so much, the desire to invest rather than spend, and a need for some sense of transcendence. | |
| | | By Cal Thomas
The founding principles of BLM include a guaranteed minimum income for all black people, free health care, free schooling, free food, free real estate, gender-reassignment surgery, and free abortion. | |
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