Viral Politics
The lockdowns have impacted different classes differently.
Joel Kotkin
· 11 min read
Lessons in Death and Life from the Diaries of Samuel Pepys
In Pepys’s time a scarlet cross on the door denoted an infected household and sentinels stood guard outside to keep people inside.
Colin Fleming
· 8 min read
Beware Your Innate Pessimist
Coronavirus is deadly, but it is not the bubonic plague, which had a mortality rate of 50 percent.
Marian L. Tupy
· 8 min read
Board-gaming in the Age of Isolation
In normal times, when we’re not all inside waiting out a pandemic, physical self-isolation can be both a symptom and cause of depression and alienation.
Jonathan Kay
· 10 min read
Rethinking Human Ecology in the Age of COVID-19: Lessons from a Fish Market
Twelve of the viruses that Geoghegan and her co-authors detected are potentially novel strains.
Jonathan Kay
· 13 min read
Searching for a COVID-19 Test in America
Most people were now wearing masks, and a few were obviously nervous about inadvertently drifting too close.
Diana Lambert
· 16 min read
Moral Injury and the Battle against COVID-19
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has become the public face of such anxiety disorders.
James Jeffrey
· 7 min read
Do COVID-19 Racial Disparities Matter?
If anyone bothers to look, there will probably be disparities between Catholics and Protestants.
Coleman Hughes
· 5 min read
For Gay Men Who Came of Age in the 1980s, a Grim Sense of Déja Vu
Surrounding all of these movements has been the metaphorical connection of disease with not only illness, but also impurity more generally—concepts that have obvious and horrifying linkages to racist political movements.
Sky Gilbert
· 8 min read
The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire—A Review
The city of Rome likely had a population of over a million by the time the Emperor Augustus died (August 19th, AD 14).
Jaspreet Singh Boparai
· 17 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
Are Gamer Stereotypes Accurate?
An FBI investigation into the episode produced a heavily redacted report that satisfied no one.
Christopher J. Ferguson
· 8 min read
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: COVID-19 Shows We Can’t Have It All
Which brings us back to COVID-19. By one estimate, 80,000 Americans died from flu-related illnesses during the 2017 — 2018 flu season.
Zaid Jilani
· 7 min read
Yes, People Are Dying. But It’s Still Okay to Worry About Your Job
When people are dying horrible deaths in isolation from loved ones, and essential workers are putting themselves and their families at risk by going into danger zones, this isn’t the time to focus on how much we’ll “repay” young, healthy people who, though worried and unemployed, are safe at home.
Dan Meegan
· 7 min read
PODCAST 86: Dr Michael Shermer on His New Book Giving the Devil His Due
Listen onSpotify Science writer, author and Skeptic editor-in-chief Michael Shermer talks to Toby Young about his new book Giving the Devil His Due: Reflections of a Scientific Humanist. They talk about a range of free speech issues, including hate speech, Holocaust denial, the Pentagon Papers and Wikileaks.
Quillette, Michael Shermer, Toby Young
· 1 min read