The Federalist Daily Briefing for 07/03/2017

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](. July 3, 2017 [Yanking Life Support From UK Baby Demonstrates Dangers Of Socialized Medicine]( By Nicole Russell Against his parents’ wishes, Britain is preventing an ill infant from getting care, and the legal and social environment in the United States isn’t far away. [Full article]( [In ‘4:44,’ Jay-Z Raps A Father’s Perspective On Infertility]( By Melissa Langsam Braunstein Jay and Bey are helping others on fertility journeys know they’re not alone. For those facing setbacks on the road to building a family, that in itself is meaningful. [Full article]( [For Summer Flicks, You Can’t Beat The 1953 POW Comedy ‘Stalag 17’]( By Titus Techera ‘Stalag 17’ is a weird name and a weird movie. You’re in for a great surprise: an Oscar-winning all-American movie utterly without imitation. [Full article]( [Enforcing Gender Ideology On Foster Families Only Hurts Needy Kids]( By Joseph Turner Impoverished children always get the shortest end of the crummy progressive policy stick. Depleting foster families is just one example. [Full article]( [What Happens When Socialization Shifts From Front Porches To Coffee Shops]( By Brian Jones The contemporary coffee shop has become a setting where we go to do our work, browse the Internet, or carry out another kind of activity that entails little to no interaction with others. [Full article]( [Cosmopolitan Blames A Violent Rape On The Pro-Life Movement]( By Jay Hobbs The magazine ran an article this week arguing that opposition to abortion leads not just to “extreme violence,” but—at least in one case—to rape. [Full article]( [Study Finds Some Oral Contraceptives Increase Risks For Breast Cancer]( By Holly Scheer Yet another study finds a link between hormonal contraceptives and dangerous health outcomes for women, this time in increased breast cancer risks. [Full article]( [Why China Is Secretly Manipulating Currency To Make The Yuan Stronger]( By Helen Raleigh China’s move to make the yuan stronger seems to contradict the traditional belief that China has been intentionally making its currency weaker to gain export advantages. [Full article]( [Report: Attacks On America’s First Freedom Increased 76 Percent In Three Years]( By Travis Weber On America’s birthday, it is appropriate to be thankful and reflect on how we can guard against the suppression of religious freedom, before it is too late. [Full article]( [New Research Reverses Negative Findings About Biggest School Voucher Programs]( By Collin Roth and Will Flanders Increasingly, it seems that choice students may undergo a performance drop upon initially entering the program, but a performance gain from continued exposure. [Full article]( [Here’s The Playlist You Need For All Your Summer Barbecues]( By Matt Battaglia This playlist is something to go along with drinking beers in the backyard or having folks over for a barbecue—something to compliment, not overpower. [Full article]( BIG IDEAS IN ASPEN again from lovely Aspen, Colorado, where in an effort to provide additional ideological balance to the program, they have asked me to speak in the closing ceremony. I am not kidding. This is the way the world works, apparently – make fun of a conference for years on Twitter, get invited to the conference on their dime, get asked to speak at the conference. I am supposed to chat with Pete Wehner and Mike Gerson on the topic of civil dialogue. I have no idea what I have to offer on that front, but I guess we’ll find out. The overall reaction I have to this place and its odd collection of people is sadness – not because of their ever-present attitude of confusion, the despair at every invocation to keep on keeping on during a time of trial and tribulation, or the guilt-ridden emotions expressed in so many little ways, but because of the dearth of truly big ideas on display here. The nature of this conference is that in order for your idea to get a hearing, it must be limited in its craziness or ambition – it must be the idea of the editorial page, not the idea of the true disrupter. It is rather like Lionel Trilling’s invocation regarding bureaucracy, that ideas give up their bigness and complexity in order to survive. 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 618Alexandria, VA 22309 [Add us to your address book]( [unsubscribe from this list]( | [update subscription preferences]( | [view email in browser](