The Federalist Daily Briefing for 04/18/2019

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](. April 18, 2019 [Austin, Texas ‘School Climate Survey’ Tells Students ‘Gender Is How A Person Feels’]( By Joy Pullmann Research suggests that simply asking questions about specific negative behaviors increases those behaviors. Yet this practice is growing nationwide in public schools, not just in Austin. [Full article]( [Why Only Cultural Reactionaries Would Rebuild Notre Dame]( By Sumantra Maitra Notre Dame’s fate is a reminder of the ravages of utilitarianism. What is the purpose of civilization if not the creation and preservation of timeless beauty and transcendent grandeur for posterity? [Full article]( [There Are No Moderate Democratic Presidential Candidates For 2020]( By Jonathan S. Tobin In a party that is tilting hard to the left, moderation in the 2020 race is now a function of personality, not policy stances, which must inevitably cater to radicals. [Full article]( [Netflix’s ‘Traitors’ Is Hampered By An Ignorant Political Agenda]( By Ellie Bufkin Netflix’s 'Traitors' seems to have all the ingredients of a great television show, but built its entire story around an ill-researched political stance. [Full article]( [Paul Hollander Explained Why Smart People Support Totalitarianism]( By Alexander Riley The chronicler of the foolish, utopian ways of thinking that ail so many intellectual elites will be sorely missed by many. [Full article]( [Sports Writer Jeff Pearlman Compares Having More Than Two Kids To Tossing Garbage Into The Ocean]( By Georgi Boorman There has never been such a thing as effective mass population control without violating the rights of the individual, and there never will be. [Full article]( [Airbnb’s Anti-West Bank Policy Shows Why Laws Against BDS Matter]( By Melissa Langsam Braunstein In another year, finding 21 Democrats willing to support pro-Israel legislation should have been a cakewalk. However, 2019 is not any old year. [Full article]( [Citigroup Won’t Shoot Straight About Discriminating Against Gun Companies]( By Lawrence Keane Citigroup’s getting asked some hard questions about the fiscal sanity of their decision to discriminate against firearms businesses, and their answers aren’t likely to soothe investors. [Full article]( [No, The American Justice System Is Not Riddled With Stupid, Corrupt Police And Prosecutors]( By Evan McClanahan True-crime series foster skepticism about the fairness of our criminal justice system. For all that, however, I am not convinced that it is open season on the innocent in America. [Full article]( [How Robert Francis O’Rourke Sabotaged Obamacare]( By Christopher Jacobs If congressmen need to hire an accountant to do their taxes, maybe Robert Francis O’Rourke should think about coming up with a simpler tax code? [Full article]( [The Burning Of Notre Dame: Catholics, France, And Its Future]( By Madeline Osburn On this episode of the Federalist Radio Hour, we discuss what the loss of Notre Dame means for Catholics, France, and the rebuilding of a historical masterpiece. [Full article]( [Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal Short Film Is Delusional]( By David Marcus In a strange new short film, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez narrates from the year 2028 where the Green New Deal has changed everything. [Full article]( [5 Biggest Moments From Bernie Sanders’ Fox News Town Hall]( By Courtney Shadegg Bernie's radical beliefs on abortion were booed, but his Medicare for All proposal was quite popular with the audience. He also defended his millionaire status. [Full article]( [Notre Dame’s Ruin Is A Metaphor For The Western Church]( By Charles C. Camosy Notre Dame is, in many ways, much closer in the West’s cultural imagination to a Temple of Apollo than a home of the living God. [Full article]( NOTRE DAME RECONSIDERED Newton. “The 20th century Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier’s most famous aphorism, “Une maison est une machine-à -habiter,” is usually translated as, “A house is a machine for living in.” When it functions properly, a house can shelter us from storms, keep wild animals at bay, and give us a place to store our stuff. It may be more or less comfortable, depending on our circumstances, but the purpose of the house-as-machine is to help us survive. Anything else that a house may be is secondary to that primary function.” 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 © 2019 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 611 Pennsylvania Ave SE #247Washington, DC 20003-4303 [Add us to your address book]( [unsubscribe from this list]( | [update subscription preferences]( | [view email in browser](