Both sides of the political spectrum in the United States frequently accuse one another of being a threat to democracy. Writing for Law & Liberty, James Hankins argues that America’s government was not founded upon democracy per se, but on a (lower-case R) republican vision of ordered liberty and popular self-government. Hankins reviews America’s foundation and reminds readers of the intentions of the Founding Fathers for their new republic.
Radical Transgenderism Takes Another Hit
The 11,000-member American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) – which includes hundreds of Canadian members – “has come out unequivocally against ‘gender-affirming’ surgeries in adolescents under age 19,” writes Leor Sapir in City Journal. The ASPS has also joined a growing number of international organizations in warning about the potential physical and psychological damage to children and teens of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones.
[Editor’s note: Two days after the ASPS’s announcement, the American Medical Association announces it now agrees that gender-altering “surgical interventions in minors should be generally deferred to adulthood.”]
