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There’s No Such Thing As A ‘Transgender Athlete’ - NewBostonPost
Printed from: https://newbostonpost.com/2024/07/17/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-transgender-athlete/ In the past several months, several state and federal lawmakers outside of Massachusetts have announced bills that would ban so-called “transgender athletes” from participating in women’s high school and college sports.
Michael Robillard - NewBostonPost | Massachusetts Conservative News
There’s No Such Thing As A ‘Transgender Athlete’ In the past several months, several state and federal lawmakers outside of Massachusetts have announced bills that would ban so-called "…
Law & Judiciary Archives - The American Mind
Salvo The federal government is playing with fire at the border. Salvo SCOTUS was correct to exempt service academies from its ban on race-based admissions. Salvo Despite the media’s subterfuge, Missouri v. Biden is a complete victory for the plaintiffs. Feature The Supreme Court succumbs to a fatal error in reasoning. Salvo The indictments of Donald Trump are tissue thin and intended only to harass him and disrupt the 2024 election.
Religion & Political Philosophy
Salvo On tradition, rights, and what justifies them. Salvo How radical relativism leads to ideological fanaticism. Salvo The presidential candidate stands against the Left's attacks on the ties that bind. Salvo A perfect theory and a buck fifty will get you a ride on the subway. Feature A demonology of the internet. Salvo The divide between church and state doesn’t separate religion from public education. Salvo Christians must reclaim a robust understanding of Christianity’s role in public life.
Confronting college’s contaminated ideological waters
In the Henrik Ibsen play An Enemy of the People, Dr. Stockmann, the town’s doctor, discovers that the local spa, the main source of the town’s economy , is making its patrons sick. After consulting with friends, Stockmann decides to publish an article in the newspaper bringing attention to this danger, calling for a temporary shutdown of the spa. In so doing, Stockmann garners the ire of interest groups within the town that argue he is intentionally trying to ruin the town’s economy.
Sex and Gender Archives
Salvo Feminism seeks the extinction of the kind of men who built the world. Salvo What I saw at Vibecamp. Feature The Supreme Court succumbs to a fatal error in reasoning. Salvo With all the concern about men in women’s bathrooms, how come no one seems worried about the converse? Salvo What the critics of biological males in female sports miss. Salvo Single-sex schools could help boys' classroom struggles. Salvo Anti-discrimination law needs to examine separately the domains of gender and skin color.
Brilliance Isn’t Enough
Truth matters. This, at least, is the official story. Academics, government officials, media personalities, and social media have all the dangers of “fake news” and “misinformation.” The proposed solution to this problem is experts, who invoke “the data” and “the science” with a reverent gesture toward the latest charts, graphs, studies, and spreadsheets.
Michael Robillard, Author at The American Mind
salvo 4 minutes The absurd concept of "fatphobia" denies objective realities about bodily health.
Invasion of the World Savers
What We Owe the Future by William MacAskill Basic Books 352 pp., $32.00 Oxford Professor MacAskill is going to save humanity—but he needs our help. Or at least our willingness to put aside our selfish short-term goals and let the experts decide what’s best. This is his gospel of “effective altruism,” in which he claims that technocrats using cutting-edge, data-driven science can optimize the well-being of humanity, both in the present and future.
Gendered Language
Last month, the Supreme Court declined to review a federal appeals court ruling that would grant certain protections to persons suffering from gender dysphoria under the Americans With Disabilities Act. The decision itself will further entrench “gender identity” as the newest protected category under civil rights law, laying the table for numerous infringements of religious and civil liberties for Americans on the other side of this divide.
Deforming the Constitution
Response Are we ready to face what colorblindness would really look like? Response The Supreme Court succumbs to a fatal error in reasoning. We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. By clicking “Accept”, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies.
The True Negatives of "Body Positivity"
This October, Temple University is preparing to host its inaugural Philly “FatCon,” a unique conference aimed at providing a so-called “judgment-free” environment focused on celebrating body positivity and fat acceptance. The event will feature “fat-friendly” fitness classes, discussions with influencers, a Halloween costume party, and more.
In Tate We Trust
Everyone seems to be talking about Andrew Tate. Love him or hate him, liberals and conservatives alike can’t stop talking about the latest antics of the kickboxer-turned-pimp-turned-most googled man on earth. To quote one internet commenter, “Tate has become our new unit of measurement.” Recently, several mainstream conservatives—Tucker Carlson, Patrick Bet David, and Candace Owens among them—have given interviews and/or commentary that seem to cast Tate in an extraordinarily favorable light.
The Emergence of Woke Capital
Michael Robillard Ice cream and politics in America. I heard two different stories about two different ice cream companies, reflective of Massachusetts and the fate of America. The first was that of the scheduled auctioning-off of my local, hometown ice cream shop, Peaceful Meadows: a family-run, locally and naturally-processed ice cream shop/cow-farm that has existed for 61 years in my hometown of Whitman, MA.
The reality of transgenderism they don't want you to see
Last year, the Independent Women’s Forum published an interview with 24-year-old Prisha Mosley, a young woman who detransitioned after undergoing severe social and physical changes to make herself appear more like a man . Her story is gut-wrenching. Having suffered from mental health issues from a very young age, Mosley struggled with self-hatred and self-harm for years. At 15, she discovered transgenderism and thought it would be the solution to the bodily discomfort she had been battling.
Teachers unions pretend to promote freedom Original
With the hashtag “TeachTruth,” the National Education Association demanded the “freedom to teach” and the “freedom to learn” at their annual representative assembly earlier this month. It is laughable that the representatives and leaders of the world’s largest teachers union are masquerading as champions of freedom. These are the same union bosses who forcefully compel teachers to fork over a part of their paychecks in the form of dues, which they, in turn, funnel to Democrat political campaigns.
Carbon tariffs will hurt trade, national interests, and consumers
Carbon tariffs are a bad idea that won’t go away, and now the European Union has launched the first one, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism . The goal is to pressure non-EU countries into imposing EU-level costs on carbon dioxide emissions from the production of goods. If countries such as the United States don’t meet the standards the EU sets, they get tariffed.
Virginia's gender error
The Virginia Department of Education recently released its updated policy guidelines for "transgender" students.
Virginia's gender error
A 22-year-old Alabama woman was found dead in her home last month while working at an animal shelter in the US Virgin Islands — and authorities are still working to determine what caused her sudden death. Lily Ledbetter, of Opelika, was living in the town of Cruz Bay on the island of St. John when police found her unconscious in her apartment in the Estate Enighed neighborhood on June 6.
Virginia's gender error
The Virginia Department of Education recently released its updated policy guidelines for " transgender " students.
The student debt relief effort has spurred even more borrowing
The Supreme Court decision striking down President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness effort had a degree of finality to it, but the conversation, apparently, is not over.
Towards Building the American Lyceum
The collapsing of American higher education presents us with a unique and novel opportunity to begin to recover what has been lost, and to revitalize both our heads and our hearts. "Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all." — Aristotle American higher education, in its present form, is completely lost. There is no going back. That much is clear.
Canceling College – - Jesse Russell
In the masterful 1997 film, Good Will Hunting, Matt Damon memorably plays Will Hunting, a deeply wounded but incredibly gifted man from rough and tumble South Boston, or “Southie.” A self-taught genius, Damon’s character makes his living working as a janitor at MIT, secretly solving difficult equations that professors leave on the board. After getting into yet another street fight, Will is sentenced to jail time.
Anti-Wokeism Is Not Enough
Share this post? Facebook Twitter Pinterest The University of Austin recently launched its inaugural class to the applause of conservatives and liberals alike, both of whem are alarmed by the increasing “woke” takeover of American higher education.
Drain the Academic Swamp
If conservatives actually want to win the culture war, we must stop diagnosing our fallen republic’s ills by symptoms alone. We must address root causes. Recently, a number of medical schools have joined the anti-European, anti-Christian, pro-Marxist woke bandwagon.
How To Fix The Education Debt Pipeline
According to a 2022 “Average Cost of College & Tuition” report from Education Data Initiative, the average annual cost for a student attending a four-year college is $35,331 (including books, supplies, and living expenses). Even a typical student attending an in-state four-year public university is paying more than $25,000 per year. While community colleges are less expensive, they still cost students an average $7,460 total or $1,865 per semester.
Don’t Go To College: How To Fix The Broken Education Debt Pipeline
Don't Go To College: How To Fix The Broken Education Debt Pipeline
The Triumph of Scientism
Unfortunately, tuition-payers are under the false impression that woke intersectional politics has only infected the humanities and social sciences. The legendarily rigorous STEM fields—Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics—must be immune from this ideological virus, because they rely on facts, not bogus moralistic formulations, right?
The Triumph of Scientism
The modern university has succumbed, in the name of the triple-headed god of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), to the hegemonic ideology of woke intersectionality. All decisions about staffing, curriculum, and student life must be minutely inspected for their adherence to dismantling white supremacy and patriarchy.
Stop Saying ‘Gender’
The Right must demand that the shared terms and concepts at issue are referring to the objective, biological categories of male and female across the board. "A strange game. The only winning move . . .
On the Folly of ‘Preferred Pronouns’
You are welcome to your own proper name. But you’re not welcome to your own pronouns, nor to your own language, nor to the objective reality that lies beneath. For some time now I have heard members of both the political Left and Right continually draw a false analogy between pronouns and proper names.
Five reasons why high school students should say 'no' to college
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! This Sunday, May 1st is ‘National College Decision Day.’ Thousands of high school seniors across America will make their final decision as to where they’ll be spending the next four years of their lives along with the irreversible life trajectory entailed by this decision.
An Elegy for Ian Fishback
Two weeks ago, a fellow philosopher, comrade at arms, and good friend of mine, Major Ian Fishback, PhD, died in an adult foster care home in Michigan at age 42. He left behind an ex-wife and one young daughter. The official cause of his death is still uncertain, though the likely explanatory candidates, of either self-infliction or gross medical negligence on the part of the greater Veteran’s Administration healthcare system, are both terrible and tragic, each in their own way.
The admiral's new sex: Transgenderism's assault on basic truth
November 11, 2021 Recently, Dr. "Rachel" Levine made history by becoming the first "trans-woman" (man who calls himself a woman) to be appointed to the rank of four-star admiral for the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. While many members on the left find this to be cause for great celebration, in truth, hardly anything could be more detrimental to America's armed forces.
No Reason for White Guilt
Recently, Ibram X. Kendi was chosen as a recipient for the 2021 MacArthur Genius Fellowship. This event has been met with resounding applause on the Left as it is presumed to be both a well-justified instance of reparative justice and a logical continuation of the 1960s Civil Rights movement. In truth, this event constitutes neither of these things.
Rethinking Judith Jarvis Thomson’s Defense of Abortion
Judith Jarvis Thomson One of the strongest arguments for the moral permissibility of abortion arguably comes from Judith Jarvis Thomson’s 1971 paper, “A Defense of Abortion.” Side-stepping entrenched debates over the metaphysical status of the fetus, Thomson argues that even if we grant full personhood status to the fetus, abortion would still be permissible.
No Such Thing as White Privilege
You are not signed in as a Premium user; we rely on Premium users to support our news reporting. Sign in or Sign up today! "The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin." (Deuteronomy 24:16) Once there was a tribe who attacked another tribe.
The Incoherence of Gender Ideology
Diamonds still cut glass regardless of your word for “diamond,” and “cut,” and “glass.” ~Ken Wilber Truth matters. Words matter. What is objectively the case matters. And insofar as our words and concepts can be about the objective world at all, then the shared set of words and meanings that we collectively use and are permitted to use to describe, navigate, and refer to that objective world matters. Such is the case for any society worth defending.
On US Soldiers’ Moral Obligation to Reject Compelled Gender Ideology
You are not signed in as a Premium user; we rely on Premium users to support our news reporting. Sign in or Sign up today! "Not Marxist, Bolshevik, but born of the same spirit, neo-Marxist. Not red, but rainbow." — Fr. Marek Jędraszewski Soldiers doing a house raid When I was a young platoon leader serving in Iraq nearly two decades ago, trustwas essential.
On the Dangers of Big COVID
Since initial reports of the coronavirus outbreak in late 2019, America has witnessed a rapid and unprecedented transformation within nearly every aspect of mainstream society. At work, many Americans settled into their new daily routines of working from home, hunched over computer screens for hours of caffeine-supported Zoom calls frequently followed by app-delivered box dinners.
How I Left Academia, or, How Academia Left Me
“Universities are madrassas for woke stupidity.” -James Delingpole When I first encountered the discipline of Philosophy as an undergraduate at West Point some twenty years ago, I was put into a state of awe. Encountering the ideas of Plato and Aristotle, Kant and Hume, Berkeley and Russell for the very first time felt like I was being let in on some ancient and esoteric form of knowledge, some sort of secret language invisible to the uninitiated.
In Defense of Offense - Quillette
“The urge to censor is greatest where debate is most disquieting and orthodoxy most entrenched…” In September of last year, conservative speaker, Ben Shapiro, spoke at the UC Berkeley campus for approximately 90 minutes. The cost of security for the physical protection of Mr. Shapiro, an American citizen, and Harvard-educated lawyer came to approximately $600,000.
Opinion | The ‘Killer Robots’ Are Us
The Stone Jan. 29, 2018 At a meeting of the United Nations Convention on Conventional Weapons in Geneva in November, a group of experts gathered to discuss the military, legal and ethical dimensions of emerging weapons technologies.
Why banning autonomous killer robots wouldn't solve anything
Autonomous weapons – killer robots that can attack without a human operator – are dangerous tools. There is no doubt about this fact.
What the Present Debate About Autonomous Weapons is Getting Wrong
Many people are deeply worried about the prospect of autonomous weapons systems (AWS). Many of these worries are merely contingent, having to do with issues like unchecked proliferation or potential state abuse. Several philosophers, however, have advanced a stronger claim, arguing that there is, in principle, something morally wrong with the use of AWS independent of these more pragmatic concerns.
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