The Bookworm Beat 8/23/17 — the illustrated edition and open thread
By popular demand, it’s back — the Bookworm Room illustrated edition! You’ll enjoy these pithy images showing all that’s right or wrong with America.
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Tag: Transgender
Fisking a risible argument that Leftists, not conservatives, are reality-based
After explaining how the Left invented a detachment from reality, Kurt Andersen makes the laughable argument that the Left, not the Right, is reality-based. A Leftist friend of mine told me that novelist Kurt Andersen’s article in The Atlantic, entitled How America Lost Its Mind : The nation’s current post-truth
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Dunkirk review in Marie Claire: Fatally flawed gender identity assumptions
My friend Lulu weighs in on the fact that the Marie Claire review of the Dunkirk movie suffers from fatal hetero-normative gender identity assumptions. I must take issue with Mehera Bonner of Marie Claire and her review of the World War II film Dunkirk in which she states, . .
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“The Princess and the Frog” shows that military and transgender don’t mix
A few striking visuals in a charming Disney movie perfectly illustrate the Big Lie hiding behind the transgender movement. Before anyone asks, there is no actual transgender content in Disney’s delightful The Princess And The Frog, a movie I praised lavishly here. Nevertheless, after reading about the travails of a
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There’s no right to military service; the military’s job is fighting, not ego stroking
When it comes to military service, the military routinely discriminates in order to ensure the most effective fighting machine possible. (I did not compose the above. I found it on Facebook. Please let me know if you know its attribution.)
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On race and gender, Democrats have always embraced the Big Lie
For 150 years, Democrats used the Big Lie about race to justify slavery and Jim Crow, and now they’re using the Big Lie technique to challenge gender norms. I want to share a thought with you that starts with slavery and ends with transsexuals. To get from one to the
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Transgender folks in the military — this is what the slippery slope looks like
Obama planted a poison pill when he put transgender folks in the military. Republicans should discharge them, instead of quibbling about surgery. Two interesting headlines about transgender people in the military. The first comes from Gateway Pundit: The second is at Truth Revolt: Here’s the short story: Republicans tried to stop
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Transgender people deal death blow to comprehensible grammar
When transgender people enforce their unhinged reality on us, society as a whole suffers. But this madness also claims another victim: Intelligible grammar! If you haven’t yet heard about the allegedly “gender unknown” baby in Canada, here’s the quick version, based upon actual facts and using comprehensible grammar: A Canadian
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The Bookworm Beat 4/24/17 — “watching as the Left continues circling the drain” edition
This Bookworm Beat has all shades of Progressive insanity (fake data, attacks on free speech, Chelseamania), complete with links and my trenchant comments. Keep circling that drain. Before I get into the meat of this post detailing the worst emanations from the Democrats and their fellow travelers on their Left,
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On the eve of the so-called March for Science, big league colleges embrace gender delusions
Even as Progressives prepare to March for Science tomorrow, their institutions peddle lunatic delusions that will harm a generation. I’ve spent a fair amount of time trying to hunt down the science behind the claim that gender is separate from biological sex. Admittedly, modern medicine has made great headway when
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The Bookworm Beat 3/27/17 — the living in a world of lies edition and open thread
In a world in which Leftism and Islam have joined in battle for ascendancy, lies are the coin of the realm and truth is a rare and precious commodity. The posts to which I’ve linked today, for the most part, illustrate the lies that permeate modern Western culture. Law written in
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The Bookworm Beat 3/16/17 — the Rule of Law is Dead edition and open thread
While the rule of law is not completely dead, it’s dead enough to justify the title for this quick round up of today’s lawless news. The latest federal opinions would bar President Trump from ever again issuing an executive order. William Jacobson, of Legal Insurrection, has looked beyond the obvious
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The Bookworm Beat 3/15/17 — clearing the spindle, part deux, and open thread
I’ve cleared my spindle and the articles I linked are a feast for the hungry mind — the Middle East, climate change, policing, gender, Obamacare, and more. There’s land if the Palestinians want it. Did you know that President al-Sisi in Egypt has offered the Palestinians a state that would
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Science by consensus dominates the pediatric transgender debate
CONSENSUS IS NOT SCIENCE, whether we’re talking about climate or sexual identity. As often as not, it’s simply greed and stupidity grossly magnified. Last week, I argued that transgender warriors can make their case only by denying basic science. To support my position, I cited to the American College of
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Only by denying science can Progressives push the transgender revolution
Progressives pretend that their transgender politics are based on science but they’re not; it’s fantasy all the way, which is a disservice to children. The other day, NPR had a fascinating article. Because it is fascinating, allow me to quote some of the more interesting points: Why Caitlyn Jenner can never be
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