Health - Quillette (Page 2)

The Educational Ship Comes to a Shuddering Halt

School closings put strain on families and students alike.

Jenny Griebenow

23 Jan 2023 · 10 min read

More Than Just a Social Construct

The fiction that race has no biological basis is more likely to exacerbate health disparities than narrow them.

Robert J. Morris

8 Jan 2023 · 8 min read

The Months the Earth Stood Still

Did humanity defeat a potentially devastating plague with relatively modest losses, or did the greater devastation come from the victory itself?

George Case

19 Nov 2022 · 8 min read

Disease and Deception

The rise of Munchausen by Internet syndrome is inseparable from the spread of online subcultures that valorize disability.

Lucy Kross Wallace

20 Oct 2022 · 12 min read

Spinning the Tavistock Story

Activists are twisting the closure of Tavistock as a win for gender ideology.

Bernard Lane

23 Sep 2022 · 12 min read

Fate, Faith, and Suffering

Coping is not enough. We must strive to live.

Samuel Kronen

5 Sep 2022 · 26 min read

Benevolent Cruelty

America’s homeless problem is the product of good intentions and apathy. A new approach is needed.

Adam G. Walterbach

30 Aug 2022 · 10 min read

We Won’t Force Addicts to Change

We are wasting tremendous resources on ineffective, mandatory approaches to addiction.

Craig K. Svensson

23 Aug 2022 · 13 min read

Should We Consider Aging a Disease?

Rethinking human “enhancement” in an era of sick-care.

Raiany Romanni

28 Jul 2022 · 6 min read

Stop Feeding Your Brain Junk Food

A simple way to discourage clickbait influencers from producing low-quality content is for the rest of us to stop consuming it.

Gurwinder Bhogal

26 Jul 2022 · 9 min read

The New Prohibition

The neuroscientific model of addiction is at odds with our freedom to experience the sensual life.

Ronald W. Dworkin

25 Jul 2022 · 10 min read

Warp Speed: Inside the Operation that Beat COVID—A Review

While the overall U.S. response to the pandemic was tragically deficient, we can learn a lot from the public-private partnership that sped vaccine development.

Josh Morrison

28 Jun 2022 · 7 min read

The Burden of the Best?

From self-belief to self-care.

Steve Salerno

12 Jun 2022 · 12 min read

Shanghai on the Edge of Madness

Starvation will push and pull human psychology in unusual directions—it is one of the few things that can overcome fear of the authorities. When famine came to China 400 years ago, it made Chinese peasants receptive to the preachers of class war. When the government failed to provide crucial

Aaron Sarin

18 Apr 2022 · 6 min read

On DarkHorse, Ivermectin, and Vaccine Hesitancy

The following transcript comes from an interview for Iconoclast: Ideas that have Shaped the Culture Wars [https://www.academicapress.com/node/500]. It was conducted by Mark Halloran with Eric Topol on October 14th, 2021. Mark Halloran is Editor of Iconoclast. He holds a PhD in biochemistry and a BA

Mark Halloran

22 Mar 2022 · 24 min read