The world-famous Harry Potter author has followed the trans debate closely, so she has observed the abuse heaped upon dissidents. But after she tweeted her support for Maya Forstater, a woman who believes that sex is determined by biology, even Rowling was unprepared for the hatred and vitriol directed at her.

Toppling a Communist Empire for $2.7 Million
Though widely thought of as focused on waterboarding terrorists or poisoning foreign potentates, it was by smuggling paper that the CIA achieved its most monumental triumph. R.M. Gerecht in a book review for The Washington Free Beacon charts how the late Cold War-era operation to flood Poland with Western books, magazines, printing supplies and audio recordings fatally weakened the country’s Communist dictatorship, setting the stage for the downfall of the entire Soviet empire. Total cost: US$2.7 million.


