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.

Palestinian Culture: Unique in its Own Destructive Way
Although the Palestinian Authority enjoys an array of cultural departments and programs, A.J. Caschetta in Jewish World Review finds that all of it – art, education, literature, poetry, music, education and film – is oriented to two goals: the vilification of Jews and the destruction of Israel. Caschetta notes this is in sharp contrast to Arab and Muslim traditions, which include myriad aesthetically normal cultural works. Palestinianism, Caschetta finds, is “a very sick culture”, driven by resentment and fuelled by hate.


