The Federalist Daily Briefing for 03/15/2017

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](. March 15, 2017 [Monster Movies Teach Us Key Truths About The Human Condition]( By David Breitenbeck In a world where monsters guard against creatures that can shut down a city, there is no room to hope that mankind can end the perennial ills of the human condition. [Full article]( [Why Are Millennials Having So Much Less Sex Than Their Grandparents Did?]( By Joy Pullmann A new study finds millennials are having far less sex than their older counterparts, and that the ‘marriage advantage’ of more frequent sex compared to singles has dramatically declined. [Full article]( [5 Ways To Enjoy March Madness With Your Kids And Friends]( By Gracy Olmstead We all need opportunities to connect, have fun, and forget politics. There's no better way than the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament. [Full article]( [Disney And Emma Watson Have Trivialized ‘Beauty And The Beast’]( By Stevi Knight Emma Watson’s feminism and the director’s identity politics have overshadowed ‘Beauty and the Beast’s’ inherent themes of selflessness and redemption. [Full article]( [Liberals Cannot Condemn Campus Rioters Because They Created Them]( By Mark A. Signorelli Progressives are now horrified at the fervor with which students carry out their ideas—but they are still the ones who enlisted these youngsters in the first place. [Full article]( [Female Physicist Creates World’s First Government-Approved Birth Control App]( By Ashley Bateman If approved in the United States, Natural Cycles would provide Americans a drug-free alternative in a market saturated with hormonal and abortive birth control. [Full article]( [Why It’s A Dumb Idea To Let Americans Sue Foreign Governments For Terrorism]( By Kyle Sammin The real danger in foreign policy is not people playing diplomat, but plaintiffs dragging the courts into their personal issues with foreign governments. [Full article]( [Why NCAA Men’s Basketball Has More Upsets Than Women’s Basketball]( By Scott Yenor Quality of play in the women’s game has never been higher. Yet the men’s tournament continues to draw much more interest. Why? [Full article]( [How Personalizing Machines Can Lead To Depersonalizing Humans]( By Alan C. Duncan and Joanna Duncan We should guard against a day when people who don’t provide practical use to society are deemed less important than our useful machines. [Full article]( [The Real Anachronism In ‘Victoria’ Is Skerrett’s Refusal To Marry Francatelli]( By Melissa Langsam Braunstein When Mr. Francatelli asks Miss Skerrett to marry him, she demurs, then declines. It would be one thing if she didn’t like him, but she clearly does. [Full article]( [The Great Statesman Cicero Presides Over The Ides Of March Forever]( By Jamie Gass The Ides of March on March 15, 44 B.C., is among the most important dates in the political history of Western civilization. [Full article]( [Interview With Alejandro Villanueva: U.S. Army Ranger And NFL Offensive Lineman]( By The Federalist Staff Joining this episode of Federalist Radio is Alejandro Villanueva, an offensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers, U.S. Army Captain, and Bronze Star recipient. [Full article]( [“Secular Religion” and the Impossibility of Religious Liberty]( By Andrew Walker Consistent progressivism is intolerant. Consistent Christianity is tolerant. [Full article]( [Austin’s Uber And Lyft Replacements Fizzle In The Spotlight Of SXSW]( By Mary Katharine Ham New start-ups were granted practical access and spiritual absolution by the people of Austin because they reject the very market forces that allow Uber and Lyft to work well. It didn't go well at SXSW. [Full article]( WHAT THE CBO SCORE MEANS FOR OBAMACARE REPLACEMENT general impression in Washington seems to be that the CBO score of the Paul Ryan replacement plan for Obamacare is a significant blow, increasing concerns among staffers that much of the plan will have to be rewritten by the Senate in order to satisfy the concerns of Senators – and not just moderates. “Can’t sugarcoat it. Doesn’t look good,” said Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.). “The CBO score was, shall we say, an eye-popper.” Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas sought to distance the Senate from the House bill, saying “we expect to do better” than the results that CBO showed. “The House is going to continue to work on the bill to try and build support for it. But until they do, there’s not much for the Senate to do,” Cornyn said. Asked about conservative predictions this bill can’t pass the Senate, he said: “It’s premature to talk about that.” Read more of The Transom by signing up for a [free trial]( today. [follow on Twitter]( | [friend on Facebook]( | [forward to a friend]( Copyright © 2017 The Federalist, All rights reserved. You are receiving this e-mail because you opted in to receive e-mail updates from TheFederalist.com. 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