Capitalism or the Climate?
Technological knowledge, fueled by capital, has allowed us to do many things categorically unlike the achievements of other species as far as we know.
Saul Zimet
· 14 min read
Human Challenge Trials—A Coronavirus Taboo
If we can overcome the taboos surrounding HCTs, they can become a game changer in combating the coronavirus and limiting its ruinous effects on countless lives.
William Wiebe
· 10 min read
The Purpose of Imaginative Fiction
“What’s it about?” is usually the first question we ask when someone recommends a new book, and it’s the wrong question.
Elena Shalneva
· 9 min read
COVID-19 Betrays America’s Curdled Cult of Optimism
A philosophy of optimism was central to the flourishing of the American project. But it’s also useful to consider whether insisting that success and greatness lie around every corner can become a maladaptive response to problems that are complex and brutal.
Daphne Merkin
· 5 min read
Declining Med School Standards in a Time of Pandemic
The language of the social justice Left began appearing in diversity statements at even the most elite schools.
Steve Salerno
· 6 min read
Social Distancing and Stay-Home Orders Are Likely To Save Millions
It was only after coronavirus proved so much more deadly in China and Italy that governments outside of Asia took dramatic actions including radical social distancing and stay-at-home orders.
Michael Shellenberger
· 3 min read
The Complicated Science of a Medically Assisted Death
Physicians started to prepare families for the possibility of a delayed death.
Anita Hannig
· 12 min read
How To Think About Our Problems
To plan for problems ahead, such as droughts, was a better survival strategy than expecting an eternity of bountiful harvests.
Marian L. Tupy
· 6 min read
My Former Life as a Radical
They believe in the perfectibility of man in their own image: a combination of unscrupulous optimism and narcissism.
Gerfried Ambrosch
· 11 min read
By Seeking ‘Safer Spaces’ for Actors, We’re Creating a Hostile Environment for Art
I honestly have no idea why any actor would want to appear in a serious play featuring protagonists who are not, in some way, “screwed up.”
Sky Gilbert
· 8 min read
Confessions of an Equity-Industry Propagandist
It was my job to turn a regressive sow’s ear into a progressive silk purse.
Janet Mackay
· 8 min read
Should We Colonize Mars? The Fate of Humanity May One Day Depend on It
Do we have the right to supplant Martian life with our own? Yes—because a human life has more value than that of a bacterium.
Owen Lewis
· 7 min read
I May Have Gender Dysphoria. But I Still Prefer to Base My Life on Biology, Not Fantasy
For the rest of society to acquiesce to this lie is not only a betrayal of science, but of democracy.
Debbie Hayton
· 9 min read
Remembering Roger Scruton, Defender of Reason in a World of Postmodern Jackals
Scruton did not entertain petty prejudices, and had no wish to tell anyone how to live or who to love.
Barbara Kay
· 8 min read
An Evolutionary Explanation for Unscientific Beliefs
To understand morality from an evolutionary point of view, one needs to realize that humans have always existed in groups.
Brandon Bretl
· 6 min read