Rachel Lu in Law & Liberty reflects on progressives’ reaction to J.K. Rowling’s opposition to the transgender movement’s campaign to erase womanhood. Millennial fans felt tricked but, Lu argues, Rowling’s storytelling is grounded in a universal human nature that runs throughout the Harry Potter series. If Lu is right, Rowling’s collision with an ideology requiring a belief that literally everything is a fluid construct was almost inevitable.
Javier Milei Shows how it’s Done
The “chainsaw” taken by Argentina’s new-ish president, Javier Milei, to his battered nation’s bloated bureaucracy, catastrophic finances and – perhaps most important – failed leftist governing dogmas has worked magic. As David Harsanyi notes in Jewish World Review, Argentina’s public service has shrunk by tens of thousands, the budget is nearly in balance, inflation has plunged, trade is reviving and wages are inching up. The lessons for Canada and the U.S. are clear.