Listening to NPR on my drive through rural Iowa yesterday, I was struck by a discussion about the supposed threat to fertility treatments because of the Dobbs decision reversing Roe v. Wade. Theoretically, the program suggested, in vitro fertilization could become illegal because it involves destroying embryos, and some states have stated that life begins at conception.
The whole discussion struck me as paranoid. And, indeed, both the Biden administration and the left-wing media are fueling this paranoia. They can't deal with the essence of the Dobbs decision -- that abortion is problematic because it involves a potential human life -- so they are running around trying to scare everyone. We're going to lose contraception; women won't be able to travel across state lines; red states are going to spy on personal health data.
On the latter point, the White House is even advising women to delete certain apps from their phones. Pure hysteria.
None of this is going to happen. Republicans are talking about a nationwide ban on abortion -- after 15 weeks, which is more or less the international standard.
The parade of horribles is simply designed to scare people into voting Democrat. Shameful, really.
I should have noted in my message about the weekly Torah portion that this week is Shabbat Chazon, the Sabbath of Vision. We are about to mourn -- but see through that pain to something better that lies beyond, on the other side.
Wishing you the best vision -- and an incredible reality to follow. It happens!
We begin the final speech of Moses to the people of Israel before they enter the Promised Land. He relates the ups and downs of the years of wandering in the desert, before, finally, the people have the merit to enter the land itself.
This Sabbath always precedes Tisha B'Av, the Ninth of Av, the saddest day on the Jewish calendar. It is the anniversary of the destruction of both of the Holy Temples, and a catch-all for many calamities that befell the Jewish people.
A word on Tisha B'Av. This year I am leaving for an overseas trip during the afternoon of the holiday -- in the middle of a fast day. Not idea, but there was no other choice. But my flight is in the afternoon, which is significant.
We relax some of the harsh, mournful customs of the day in the afternoon. We start to pray normally; we sit on regular chairs; we start to have hope again in the redemption that will, one day, lead us all back from exile to our home.
I'll be taking a trip to a land where an important part of ...
President Trump is in Scotland, playing golf and making big trade deals -- a major deal with the EU, in fact. Meanwhile, there is a global outcry about humanitarian aid to Palestinians (not about the Israeli hostages, mind you).
On top of that, Democrats are at their lowest polling numbers ever -- so they are trying to win control of the House by redistricting in the middle of a 10-year Census cycle. Oh, economic optimism is up, so they have a tough road.
And Tulsi Gabbard's revelations about the Russia collusion investigation make it clear that Obama's lieutenants lied to Congress. How deeply was he himself involved? The media continue to ignore the evidence, but we certainly won't.
Special guests:
Nick Gilbertson - Breitbart News White House correspondent, on EU deal
Frances Martel - Breitbart News foreign editor, on Trump abroad and Russia
John Spencer - urban warfare expert, on humanitarian aid and war in Gaza
Bradley Jaye - Breitbart News congressional correspondent, on the ...
