Tanis Cortens, Feature Writer: In 2025, two Peruvian municipalities passed ordinances giving legal rights to wild stingless bees from the Amazon. According to the Earth Law Center, which campaigned for the ordinances, among the “inherent rights of the bees and their ecosystems” now recognized under law are “the right to exist and thrive, the right to maintain healthy populations, the right to [...]
Paul Tuns: On Feb. 3, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons issued a new recommendation that so-called gender affirming surgery should not be carried out on minors until the age of 19, citing professional ethics and the lack of quality research supporting such surgeries as reasons for the new guidelines. The next day, the American Medical Association issued a statement saying that [...]
In legal first, a detransitioner successfully sued her medical care team Paul Tuns: On Feb. 2, a White Plains, N.Y., jury awarded Fox Varian $2 million in damages after her psychologist and plastic surgeon failed to properly treat her history of mental illness before approving of a surgical “gender-affirming” mastectomy and provide professional standards of care during Fox’s medical treatment. Varian’s is the [...]
Paul Tuns: Rebel News reported that according to provincial data they obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, “The thing that gender activists claim isn’t happening, not only happened, but it happened 99 times” as records indicated. Rebel News reported that, “What the documents show is a pattern of abuse, a staggering waste of medical resources, and an alarming rise in [...]
Why do right-wing populist governments vote with the left at the EU? This is a question that has perplexed many. Why is it that conservative countries like Hungary, Italy, and Poland almost uniformly stand with the rest of the European Union countries in supporting far-left measures? Are they strong-armed, bullied, afraid of losing friends, afraid of losing trade opportunities, afraid of retaliation [...]
Rory Leishman: The United States Declaration of Independence famously asserts: “We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” As originally understood in 1776, the phrase “all Men” in this context referred to all humans. In [...]
Rory Leishman: In yet another deeply disturbing development in the rapidly evolving science of in vitro fertilization (IVF), Professor Shoukrhat Mitalipov of the Oregon Health and Science University announced in a paper published in Nature Communications on Sept. 30 that a research team led by him has succeeded in transforming human skin cells into human eggs. Mitalipov anticipates that once this technique [...]
Rory Leishman: The Free Press is an outstanding, new media company founded and edited by Bari Weiss, a former columnist for The New York Times who quit that newspaper in disgust over its woke, left-wing ideological bias. In her letter of resignation, she charged that at The Times: “Stories are chosen and told in a way to satisfy the narrowest of audiences, [...]
From the editor’s desk: From the editor's desk On pages 14 and 15 of this issue we have book reviews of three giants of mid-20th century conservatism: William F. Buckley, Frank S. Meyer, and James Burnham. All three were at the founding of National Review, a magazine that has shaped U.S. conservatism since its founding 70 Novembers ago in 1955. [...]
Oswald Clark Last year running for re-election, Donald Trump vowed to increase support for in vitro fertilization, calling himself the “father of IVF,” and last month he followed through with that promise by announcing new federal guidance for insurance coverage. President Trump’s new system would allow employers to offer insurance which employees may opt-into providing fertility benefits, including giving discounts to couples [...]
Tanis Cortens: The Heritage Foundation, an American conservative think tank, released a report on March 24 entitled “Treating Infertility: The New Frontier of Reproductive Medicine.” The report contrasts two methods of dealing with infertility: assisted reproductive technology (ART) and restorative reproductive medicine (RRM). “One of the major differences between ART and RRM,” wrote Natalie Dodson in the introduction to the report, “is [...]
Oswald Clark: In August and September, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., tackled four pro-life and pro-family issues: fetal tissue research, organ transplantation, the abortion pill mifepristone, and gender ideology. In September, it was announced that HHS rejected the renewal of 17 grants for fetal tissue research. In his first administration, Trump had [...]
By J.M. Glover India’s 2025 March for Life This may have only been India’s four March for Life, but the August 9 event reflected a joy and creativity, backed by a large contingent of Catholic prelates and religious that other countries may well ponder for their own future March. The day began with Mass at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in Bangalore, with [...]
Kesiah Beere: Across Canada, medical and political organizations have sought unwavering support for gender changes through the use of puberty blockers, hormone therapies and surgical procedures, including for minors. This message, upheld by many Canadian media outlets, “has left the public with the false impression that such treatments are safe, effective, and universally accepted by physicians,” according to a statement originally signed [...]
Rick McGinnis: Interim writer, Rick McGinnis, Amusements Lately I’ve been getting served a rush of media asking the question “Is the world getting worse?” in the form of online articles, Twitter/X threads, blog posts and YouTube videos. Most of the blame goes to social media and the spread of “misinformation,” which has made us angrier, less hopeful and increasingly distrustful [...]