Rowling Is Still Refusing the ScriptJ.K. Rowling, best known as the author of the Harry Potter books, remains one of the most famous public figures willing to challenge modern gender ideology. The latest coverage frames her as “dropping the mask” on trans orthodoxy, but the real story is less theatrical and more familiar. Rowling has long argued that sex matters in law, language, sports, prisons, shelters, and other women-only spaces. That view was once called normal. Now, in some circles, it is treated like someone smuggled contraband common sense into a faculty meeting.The Fight Is About More Than One AuthorThe uproar around Rowling is not just about Rowling. It is about whether public debate is still allowed when powerful institutions have already chosen their approved vocabulary. Corporations, activist groups, publishers, schools, and media outlets often treat gender ideology as settled fact, then act puzzled when ordinary people ask basic questions. Those questions include whether women should have single-sex spaces, whether girls’ sports should remain based on biology, and whether compelled speech is compatible with free thought. Adults should be treated with dignity, but dignity does not require everyone else to pretend debate has been outlawed by committee.Media Spin Makes the…

Galloway Meets the Tax List Scott Galloway, the NYU professor and liberal political commentator, is now objecting to a New York City database tied to Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s proposed pied-à-terre tax. The tax targets people who own valuable homes in the city that are not their main residence. Galloway said on a podcast that his name appeared in the city’s searchable database, along with property details. He called it being “doxed,” which is a serious charge when names and addresses are placed where anyone with internet access can search them. What the City Published According to a Fox News report, the city’s Department of Finance released a searchable property roll listing owners of non-primary residences that could fall under the proposed tax. The report said users can search properties and view names and addresses. A department spokesperson said publication of the roll was required by state law. That may explain the paperwork, but it does not settle the public safety question. Government databases have a way of being described as routine until someone notices the routine includes their front door. Why Galloway Objected Galloway said the list covers about 950,000 residences and argued that Mamdani had turned a tax tool…