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A trans woman has been helped to breastfeed her grandchild, in what is thought to be a world first. The unidentified 50-year-old was helped to express up to 30ml of milk at a time, after a four week course of hormone treatment. Researchers from Duke University reported the woman ‘lactated for a total of two weeks’ and was able to feed the four-month-old baby. The motivation for inducing lactation was to create a ‘bond from breastfeeding that she had not been able to experience with her own five children’. She was moved to tears by the experience, which she said...

Last week, Illinois’ pro-abortion governor J.B. Pritzker signed a concerning comprehensive K-12 sex education bill into law in a purported effort to “keep our children safe.” But critics of the REACH Act (the informal name of the bill) insist that the new stipulations, which are effective immediately and applicable to any public school district that currently teaches comprehensive sex education, will have the opposite effect and lead to the grooming of young children. The new law mandates alignment with stated objectives of the National Sex Education Standards, which were developed with input from Planned Parenthood, and requires parents to “opt-out”...

The Sherlock Holmes series by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is enjoyable fiction that has millions of fans across the world over a hundred years.  It glorifies reason, logic, and observation of facts.  I do not consider myself a fan, but have enjoyed reading several of the novels and short stories.  The BBC has created a successful television series featuring the Holmes and Watson characters in a modern setting.  I have seen one of those episodes, and it did not seem too bad, though the focus on Holmes as a drug addict was a bit grotesque.  The new movie is...

18-year-old Lakeisha Adams was arrested by Bogalusa Police Tuesdayafter they discovered her 3-month-old son dead in her home.Adams reportedly confessed to putting the infant in the dryer and turning it on. People who know the mother accused of burning her baby to death in a clothes dryer say she has a past that includes violence. But they also say she can turn it off like a switch. 18-year-old Lakeisha Adams was arrested by Bogalusa Police Tuesday after they discovered her 3-month-old son dead in her home. Adams reportedly confessed to putting the infant in the dryer and turning it...

New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) has long been rumored as desperately seeking the democratic nomination for president in 2008. And while many political observers fully expect the power hungry former First Lady to hit the campaign trail within only a few months of being re-elected as a US Senator in 2006, US News & World report claims to have a confirmation of sorts. From USNews.Com's Washington Whispers: Hillary's in… You don't have to take it from us about Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton 's desire to run for president. Her brothers, Hugh and Tony Rodham, say it's true. Friends...

P>(FULL DISCLOSURE: Dave serves on the Board of Directors of TeamGOP and TeamGOP is supporting his candidacy) Dave Dahl condemned the outragious flyer that is included below. Craig Fitzhugh and the Democrats have gone beyond the scope of even their own hatred by accusing Bush voters of being less intelligent and in their words "retarded," but more importantly using mentally challenged kids as political fodder. Dyersburg, TN- Today, Republican nominee for State House District 82, Dave Dahl, denounced a flyer distributed by Democrat State Representative Craig Fitzhugh that attacks Bush voters and mocks those who are mentally challenged (flyer included)....