Jay W. Richards, Ph.D., is director of the DeVos Center for Human Flourishing and William E. Simon senior research fellow in American principles and public policy at The Heritage Foundation.
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On Oct. 10, President Donald Trump’s physician, Dr. Sean P. Barbabella, announced that after conducting a battery of tests, he found that the president “remains… Read More
SocietyCommentary
On July 28, an Obama-era judge blocked a key provision of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act: the one-year ban on taxpayer funding… Read More
Health CareCommentary
In May, the MAHA Commission report elevated the chronic disease epidemic and laid out, in broad outline, the potential culprits, one of which is “environmental… Read More
Health CareCommentary
When Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. endorsed Donald Trump on Aug. 23, the corporate press and conventional Washington, D.C., analysts mostly missed the real story: It… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The first flashpoints to erupt in the gender wars have involved activists awakening a sleeping giant—millions of parents across the political spectrum. Mostly thanks to outraged parents, the… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the United Nations’ independent “expert” on sexual orientation and gender identity, capped off “Pride Month” in June with his annual report to the Human… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Imagine that a progressive American city creates a financial incentive for residents to “transition” from man to woman or from woman to man. That’s exactly… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in its Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision this summer, abortion did not become illegal… Read More
SocietyCommentary
In its staring contest with human biology, did the American Academy of Pediatrics just blink? For years, the academy has been a booster for the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
“Pride” events started a few decades ago as an activist effort to push back against the stigma attached to homosexuality. Now extended across the whole… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Life should never be reduced to economics. Yet, in the wake of the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that could overturn Roe v. Wade, abortion… Read More
InternationalCommentary
You may have missed this year’s Earth Day on April 22, what with historic inflation and a war in Ukraine vying for media attention. But… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Thursday, the final day of Women’s History Month, was dubbed the Transgender Day of Visibility by whatever star chamber makes up those sorts of things…. Read More
SocietyCommentary
Children are being targeted with sexual content—not just in social media, but also in school curriculums. As with other recent controversies, however, leaders in Florida… Read More
Health CareCommentary
President Joe Biden has sought to inject gender ideology into our laws since his first day in office. He might prefer a massive bill like… Read More
SocietyCommentary
A new, glossy messaging document reveals the plans of left-wing groups to sell American voters on gender theory. “Transgender Youth and the Freedom to Be… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Democratic majority in the House of Representatives passed the Equality Act this summer, but it stalled in the Senate. Undeterred, progressives have been trying… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
According to Senate rules, a reconciliation package should be limited to budget questions. But in 2021, $3.5 trillion tax-and-spend bill Democrats are trying to push… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The campaign to erase references to women has reached new levels of absurdity. In just the last few weeks, it’s made forays into social media,… Read More
LawCommentary
The long march of gender ideology through our laws and government institutions lately seems more like a mad dash. But that advance hit a high… Read More
