In Spiked, Fraser Myers digs into a grim report by Mario Draghi, former head of the European Central Bank and former prime minister of Italy, describing the vast economic threats facing Europe. Of great concern is the growing competitiveness gap between the U.S. and the continent. “Without radical economic reform…EU member states will suffer from stagnant living standards, technological backwardness and geopolitical impotence,” warns Myers.

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.”]


