This Week's Top Five Stories

Your weekly update of the most popular content from The Federalist. Be lovers of freedom and anxious for the fray [View this email in your browser] 1. Facebook Dead At 12, A Victim Of 2016 By Bethany Mandel Since the end of the 2016 election, and especially since it resulted in the victory of Donald J. Trump as president, Facebook has become utterly intolerable. --------------------------------------------------------------- If I were to write an obituary for Facebook, it might look something like this: Facebook, The, 12, of Boston died in the early months of 2017, after a long illness stemming from the 2016 election cycle. Born of Mark Zuckerberg, survived by Instagram. In lieu of flowers, please click on an ad on the Facebook sidebar while you check messenger every now and then. [Full Article] 2. Here’s What Trump’s Immigration Order Says And How It Needs To Be Fixed By Lyman Stone Because of the administration’s excessive haste to act and media personalities’ haste to judge, reasonable discussion of American crisis migration policy has been all but snuffed out.--------------------------------------------------------------- There are many strong feelings on many sides about President Trump’s executive order that adjusts U.S. policy towards refugees and visa processing from select countries. Sadly, very little of this commentary is informed by facts about either the EO itself, or about crisis migration policy in the United States generally. Because of the administration’s excessive haste to act and media personalities’ haste to judge, reasonable discussion of American crisis migration policy has been all but snuffed out. Understanding U.S. policy towards crisis migrants is hard. [Full Article] 3. A Disabled Lawmaker Speaks Out About Abortion: ‘People Like Me’ Are Facing Extinction By Bre Payton During a parliamentary debate last week, Lord Kevin Shinkwin spoke out against a legal loophole that allows selective abortions based on disability in the United Kingdom. “I can see from the trends in abortion on grounds of disability that the writing is on the wall for people like me,” said Shinkwin, who is disabled. “People with congenital disabilities are facing extinction. If we were animals, perhaps we might qualify for protection as an endangered species. But we are only human beings with disabilities, so we do not.” [Full Article] 4. Don’t Ignore The Child’s Perspective On Gay Couples Commissioning Babies By Katy Faust What is it like for a child to grow up not just without knowledge of her mother, but with the knowledge that she was bought and paid for?--------------------------------------------------------------- Every week or so, another glossy article is published about a gay couple (or single) who has created children with the help of the ever-growing fertility industry. The latest: “Gay Men Increasingly Turn to Surrogates to Have Babies.” The article gives an emotional, sympathetic picture of two adult men who used technology to achieve what their joint biology prohibited: having twin daughters. Not surprisingly, the author spends no time considering the emotional wellbeing of the two little humans created through this expensive, exploitive, and experimental process. [Full Article] 5. Why Do We Have A Refugee Crisis? Because Of Elite Failures On Foreign Policy And Immigration By Ben Domenech The refugee crisis and its consequences represent a string of failures on the part of multiple actors.--------------------------------------------------------------- The refugee crisis and its consequences represent a string of failures on the part of multiple actors. There is the failure of European political leaders to think through the consequences of the importation of millions of people, particularly those hampered by language barriers and largely dependent on social services. There is the failure of global leaders in multiple nations to live up to promises made in the region and to be a force for stability, not unrest. There is the failure of America’s systems of government, both when it came to the red line and the authorization of military force and when it came to processing refugees. And there is the failure of the media when it came to presenting the policy choices and their pros and cons fairly and honestly without turning to race-baiting and suggestions of bigotry as the only motivation for wanting security. [Full Article] Copyright © 2015 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 618 Alexandria, VA 22309 [Add us to your address book] This email was sent to [{EMAIL}] [why did I get this?] [unsubscribe from this list] [update subscription preferences] The Federalist · 8647 Richmond Highway · Suite 618 · Alexandria, VA 22309 · USA