Aug 04, 2020
 

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.

 
 
 
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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.
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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%.
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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.
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By Fred Lucas

Washington not only excelled as a military commander and political leader, but was also America’s first true entrepreneur.
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By Arielle Del Turco

China’s campaign of repression against those of all faiths is almost unparalleled.
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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.
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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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