The Federalist Daily Briefing for 12/06/2018

Your daily update of new content from The Federalist Be lovers of freedom and anxious for the fray Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser](. December 6, 2018 [9 Transgender Patients Complain Of Mutilation, Botched Sex-Change Surgeries In Oregon]( By Walt Heyer 'The doctor basically used a bunch of trans people to experiment on and gain experience without being properly trained.' [Full article]( [Why The Right Should Start Taking Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Seriously]( By Jesse Kelly Underestimating and villainizing an everyman candidate won’t end well. Just look at how the left treated then-candidate Trump. [Full article]( [Why George H. W. Bush Is America’s Greatest One-Term President]( By David Marcus George H. W. Bush midwifed the post-Cold War era with a kind and gentle soul. We are still reaping the benefits of that today. [Full article]( [Khashoggi’s Case Is Not Singular At All, But The U.S. Reaction To It Has Been]( By Brenda Andrews If it was acceptable to turn a blind eye to Egypt’s foul play because of more important considerations, surely we could do the same for Saudi Arabia. [Full article]( [Here’s What 69 Percent Of Americans Say Brings The Greatest Meaning To Their Lives]( By Glenn T. Stanton We must not forget that one of the most important aspects of being human is that we are made for others, and we cannot live in isolation. [Full article]( [5 Things We’ve Learned About The Parkland Shooting You Won’t Hear From Most Media]( By Nicole Russell After the shooting last year, the media pushed a gun narrative. In the year following, that myth has been dispelled and then some. [Full article]( [World’s Tiniest Violin Needed To Console Piers Morgan After Meghan Markle ‘Ghosted’ Him]( By Bre Payton Someone please call the waaaaaaaambulance. [Full article]( [Macron Slouches From Denial To Bargaining Over France’s Carbon Tax Revolts]( By Warren Henry Neither Emmanuel Macron nor the media understand how serious the French tax revolts are, but the protesters can be bargained with if elites start paying attention. [Full article]( [Here’s What Happened To That Canadian Run Off Campus For Defending Speech]( By Casey Chalk Although an unlikely alliance, conservatives must recognize the importance of joining hands with free speech heroes like this liberal Canadian academic. [Full article]( [Here’s A Simple Way To Fix That Notoriously Bad Concert Sound]( By Jim Hanson The sound at almost every concert venue could be vastly improved by just turning the PA system down. [Full article]( [8 Gift Ideas From Museum Shops Across The Country]( By Margot Cleveland While Amazon provides convenience and the mall, superstores, and specialty shops offer a plethora of other options, online museum gift catalogs offer the hidden pearls of the season. [Full article]( [Podcast: Walker Percy’s Faith And Crisis Of Self-Knowledge]( By The Federalist Staff Jennifer A. Frey, assistant philosophy professor, discusses understanding the struggles, novels, and desires of Southern writer Walker Percy. [Full article]( [I Used To Be A Conservative, But Not Anymore]( By Neal Pollack Sometimes you reach a point—usually when you have something to promote—when what you once thought no longer is what you think now. [Full article]( [George W. Bush On His Late Father’s Legacy: ‘The Best Father A Son Or Daughter Could Have’]( By Bre Payton At former president George H.W. Bush's funeral service on Wednesday afternoon, his son choked back tears while eulogizing his father. [Full article]( [The Bush Approach To The Presidency Will Return]( By Ben Domenech In an era that has embraced unseriousness as a virtue, America needs the leadership of serious people all the more. [Full article]( GEORGE H.W. BUSH’S OUTSIZED LEGACY Merry. “One has to ask whether it is in fact “statesmanlike” to issue a solemn campaign pledge—“read my lips: No New Taxes”—and then renege on it after the presidency has been obtained. Jon Meacham seems to believe that the statesmanship derives from tax increases being the right policy as a means of controlling the fiscal deficit. And yet by Bush’s final year in office, the deficit had increased to 4.58 percent of GDP after Reagan had managed to get that percentage down to a fairly manageable 2.87 percent (from, it must be noted, very high numbers during the deep recession of the early Reagan years). Also, whereas Reagan got economic growth up to an annual average of nearly 4 percent following that early recession, Bush’s average annual growth rate barely cracked 2 percent. Further, during Bush’s final year, unemployment rose to 7.5 percent from 5.3 percent in 1989.” Read more of The Transom by signing up for a [free trial]( today. [follow on Twitter](Twitter Account not yet Authorized) | [friend on Facebook](#) | [forward to a friend]( Copyright © 2018 The Federalist, All rights reserved. You are receiving this e-mail because you opted in to receive e-mail updates from TheFederalist.com. Our mailing address is: The Federalist 8647 Richmond Highway Suite 618Alexandria, VA 22309 [Add us to your address book]( [unsubscribe from this list]( | [update subscription preferences]( | [view email in browser](