The Federalist Daily Briefing for 04/19/2017

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](. April 19, 2017 [Trump’s ‘Buy American. Hire American’ Policy Is Dangerous Nonsense]( By David Harsanyi President Trump's 'Buy American. Hire American' is much like 'fighting climate change': a comforting government-prescribed solution that people embrace in theory but rarely practice. [Full article]( [Ladies, Rips Are Least Of The Problems With Your Hideous Leggings]( By Georgi Boorman Millions of American women now view tissue-thin, garishly patterned leggings as pants. They’re not pants. They hardly cover anything but the color of your skin. [Full article]( [Why You Can’t Meet The Health Professionals Who Object To Transing Kids]( By Liz Harrison Medical, psychological, and academic professionals who dare to speak out against engaging in what is essentially turning children into lab rats can face very real professional consequences. [Full article]( [Men Care More Than Women Do About How Hot Their Dates Are, And That’s Okay]( By Inez Feltscher The relentless drive to make men and women interchangeable is not only doomed to fail, it makes us all more unhappy in our relationships. [Full article]( [To Depoliticize Art, Trump Has To Do More Than End Federal Endowments]( By Maureen Mullarkey A culture war is not a street fight. Axing the endowments scores points but still leaves the arts captive to academia and its maze of orthodoxies. [Full article]( [Men And Women Can Be Friends Again If We Restore Social Scripts]( By Anna Mussmann If we really want men and women to be friends, we ought to rethink the way in which we try to nurture that. A common language of behavior is a real help. [Full article]( [British Olympian Applauds North Korea’s Obesity Prevention Efforts]( By Bre Payton Two-time British Olympic gold medalist James Cracknell said North Korea and Cuba are really good at keeping their people skinny. That's because they're starving. [Full article]( [Is It Okay To Ban Nonprofits From Tax-Funded Programs Solely Because They’re Religious?]( By James Gottry The Supreme Court is set to determine whether government can exclude certain nonprofits from neutrally available public benefits solely because they are religious. [Full article]( [5 Reasons You Should Go Back To Church Again If You Visited This Easter]( By Cheryl Magness Whatever the reason you went to church on Easter, God is glad you were there, not because he needs you, but because you need him -- more than once a year. [Full article]( [Even If Carbon Taxes Could Reduce Global Warming, They Would Hurt The Planet]( By David Simon Even if regulations like those in the Paris Climate Treaty could somehow significantly reduce global warming, they could hurt people and the planet. [Full article]( [Kate Havard On Shakespeare’s Greatest Comedic Character, Theatre, And Star Wars]( By Madeline Orr Kate Havard joins today's Federalist Radio Hour to discuss the nuances and complexities of Shakespeare, but specifically interpretations of his character, Falstaff. [Full article]( [President Trump Should Run, Not Walk, Away From The Paris Climate Treaty]( By Joseph Bast The Paris Climate Treaty is a heat-seeking missile aimed solely at American jobs that will do nothing to reduce global warming. Why would we deploy it? [Full article]( [College Activists: Searching For Truth Makes You A Racist]( By Ashe Schow Do you believe there’s an objective truth? Well, you’re a white supremacist then, at least according to a small number of black Pomona College students. [Full article]( WHAT DID YOU LEARN AT RECESS? conventional wisdom espoused by commentators on many programs is that the Republicans in Congress should expect an earful when they went home for their inaction on Obamacare repeal. They did, just in a form that is unlikely to change the current orientations of the House factions. What conservatives found was a significant level of support for their views – and what moderates found was a real backlash from their districts, where the greater presence of Democratic voters led to some fractious confrontations. And the latest polling seems to indicate that the blame for not moving forward on health care, regardless whether it’s fair to place it there, has fallen on House Speaker Paul Ryan. 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. Our mailing address is: The Federalist 8647 Richmond Highway Suite 618 Alexandria, VA 22309 [Add us to your address book]( [unsubscribe from this list]( | [update subscription preferences]( | [view email in browser](