Feb. 22, 2018
Good morning from Washington, which is a little emptier as conservatives converge across the Potomac in Maryland for the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. Watch for our coverage through the weekend. Meanwhile, Heritage Foundation scholar Ryan Anderson is changing the conversation about transgenderism, as Kyle Perisic finds. American fighter pilots go back to basics, Nolan Peterson reports from Estonia. Plus: Fred Lucas and Jarrett Stepman on what a man born a slave 200 years ago offers today, Armstrong Williams on getting serious about mental illness and guns, Austin Ruse on sex education gone berserk, and Kelsey Harkness on what young Americans say about promoting life.
"Biology is not bigotry," Heritage Foundation scholar Ryan T. Anderson says, speaking about his new book on the dangers of the transgender agenda, "When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment."
With all the talk of taking down statues, perhaps it's time to build more for Frederick Douglass. Jarrett Stepman and Fred Lucas discuss the abolitionist's legacy on "The Right Side of History" podcast.
"GPS-guided munitions are incredibly easy to use, and our reliance on them has all but killed units from training for 'dumb bomb' employment," says The Heritage Foundation's John Venable, a veteran fighter pilot.
This group has come up with over 80 hours of sex education for these poor kids. And some of it is straight-up pornography.
The Justice Department charges that two immigration lawyers deceived government attorneys by scheduling an abortion at night, only hours before the Supreme Court was set to review the case.
We ask young Americans why they traveled to Washington to support life.
Parents want to see change that leads to overwhelmingly positive outcomes, not the political rhetoric and grandstanding that often shape these conversations.
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