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Soul Dysphoria

Spencer Klavan

Online life is not just allowing kids to vent their discomfort with their bodies: it’s also creating that discomfort where previously there was none. In this context the rise in transgender identification and gender dysphoria seems less like an authentic phenomenon in and of itself, and more like one symptom of an ancient conflict between body and soul.

Governor Slick

Katya Sedgwick

It makes perfect sense that the man caught during the COVID lockdowns partying maskless at the swanky French Laundry—in defiance of his own pandemic orders—is running this prelude to a presidential campaign accusing his opponents of being what he himself is: a cartoonish enemy of freedom, a failed leader whose authoritarian impulses generate paralyzing fears in his constituents.

'THE ROUNDTABLE' EPISODE #154

Classified

Ft. Helen Roy

After ripping Trump for having classified documents on his property for months, the mainstream media has done an about face and are now running damage control for Biden as his own caches of documents continue to emerge. Meanwhile, the highest of high society have taken their private jets to gather at the 50th annual World Economic Forum meeting, where they are discussing how to frame regulating your life in flowery language so you won’t notice. Plus: for supposedly wanting us to stop paying attention to them, Harry the Spare and Meghan the Succubus sure do leap into the spotlight at every opportunity. Our editors, joined by Helen Roy, discuss.