A Man Who Shunned Cheap Sentiment Left a Gift for Others: Life
Brendan Costello was a cleareyed writer who might have found this article a bit treacly. Such is the cost of being a good guy.
THURSDAY, 25 DECEMBER 2025, 21:00
Brendan Costello was a cleareyed writer who might have found this article a bit treacly. Such is the cost of being a good guy.
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Proposed new rules would pull all federal financing from hospitals that continue to provide gender treatments for adolescents.

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