Monkeypox Primarily Affects Gay Men. Why Are We Scared to Say It?

Plus: The Ukrainian Verdun

July 30 2022   Good morning from Washington, where public health officials avoid the truth about who is most likely to contract the disease called monkeypox. This politically correct reluctance isn't helping anyone, Doug Blair argues. Russia's war on Ukraine has settled into a slow and bloody grind with little upside for Americans, Victor Davis Hanson writes. Plus: the trouble with prisoner swaps between nations; the FDA finally questions puberty blockers; Democrats used to defend traditional marriage; and a new superhero challenges the woke stereotype of blackness. On this date in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Medicare into law in a ceremony in Independence, Missouri, during which former President Harry Truman is enrolled as the first beneficiary of the health insurance program for the elderly.     COMMENTARY Monkeypox Primarily Affects Gay Men. Why Are We Scared to Say It? By Douglas Blair World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, a leftist hack, says: "The stigma and discrimination can be as dangerous as any virus and can fuel the outbreak." More COMMENTARY The Ukrainian Verdun By Victor Davis Hanson Vastly upping aid to Ukraine has become the cause celebre of the West. But few have explained fully to Americans the ensuing costs and dangers of escalation. More COMMENTARY Trading for Brittney Griner or Other Overseas Prisoners Is Politically Expedient, but Ill-Advised By Simon Hankinson Americans who knowingly take the risks of traveling to dangerous countries deserve our sympathy, but they shouldn't expect extreme measures to secure their release from detention. More ANALYSIS FDA Slaps Warning on Puberty Blockers By Joshua Arnold Minors suffered from symptoms of tumorlike masses in the brain, including visual disturbances, headache or vomiting, increased blood pressure, and eye paralysis. More COMMENTARY Fighting to Reclaim Comic Books From Woke Left, New Comic Lands First Punch By Douglas Blair "Isom" is a new comic book series created as an antidote to what creator Eric July sees as a push by popular media to "beat people over the head with stuff like social justice." More COMMENTARY When Clinton, Biden, and Schumer Defended Marriage Against Ted Kennedy By Terence Jeffrey The Associated Press reported in 1996 that "the Clinton campaign in its radio ad lists Clinton's signing of the Defense of Marriage Act as evidence that 'President Clinton has fought for our values.'" More           Donate to The Daily Signal Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter How are we doing? We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at letters@dailysignal.com. The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (800) 546-2843     Add morningbell@heritage.org to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as johnmhames1.diogenes--light@blogger.com. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription.