Sanders' Indifferent City on a Hill
Brian Stewart
· 7 min read
COVID-19 Science Update for March 24th: Counting Cases and Deaths
The analysis here is complicated, because a massive testing regime doesn’t seem to be a necessary component of COVID-19 suppression.
Jonathan Kay
· 8 min read
Humanity's Greatest Foe: Pandemics Through the Ages
The blind struggle against infectious diseases began to end when the microscope allowed for the discovery of the bacilli responsible for anthrax, tuberculosis, and cholera in the late 19th century.
Adam Rowe
· 12 min read
COVID-19 Science Update for March 23rd: The Wealth Paradox
For the first time in a week, the daily number of new global confirmed COVID-19 deaths has dropped—from 1,690 to 1,660. That’s a small drop, but it’s important.
Jonathan Kay
· 6 min read
'Against Democracy'—A Review
Against Democracy is an interesting and engaging read.
Adam Wakeling
· 15 min read
That Elusive Feeling We Call Love
Love is irrational, intense and all-consuming—and we dream of being loved in return.
Elena Shalneva
· 17 min read
COVID-19 Science Update for March 22nd: Grim Omens in the U.S.
The problem isn’t just the number of ventilators and ICU beds, but also the limited number of staff who can operate such equipment.
Jonathan Kay
· 7 min read
COVID-19 Science Update for March 21st: What Is Germany Doing Right?
There are reports of ventilator shortages, and the possibility of an Italian-style horror show, with doctors deciding whose parents live and whose parents die, seems real.
Jonathan Kay
· 6 min read
Bernie Sanders and the ‘Revolutionary’ Whitewashing of Communist Tyranny
But Sanders’ position is exceptional in that it flies in the face of both mainstream Democrats and Republicans, including even fellow progressive leftist Elizabeth Warren.
Tony Frangie Mawad
· 10 min read
How Iran’s Dictators Laid the Foundation for the Country's Coronavirus Crisis
While the disease itself is, of course, an apolitical phenomenon, Iran’s repressive, theocratic political system has played a role in the especially high toll that coronavirus is taking on the Iranian people.
Shay Khatiri
· 6 min read
As Brazil Confronts Coronavirus, Bolsonaro and His Supporters Peddle Fake News
When thousands of people took to the streets anyway, the president himself shared videos of the demonstrations, even though he’d recommended their suspension.
Raphael Tsavkko Garcia
· 6 min read
Is the New York Times Bad For Democracy?
If the Times is implicated in the declining health of smaller news organizations, then it’s not serving the values of democracy as well as it righteously claims.
Chang Che
· 6 min read
Winning the War on Coronavirus
The governments of the US, UK, and other nations have made real progress, but they must go much further in being transparent about their vision of how to win the war on coronavirus, and what they are doing to achieve it.
Michael Shellenberger
· 9 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
An Optimist’s Case for COVID-19 Lockdown, Our Safest and Quickest Path Back to Normalcy
But what’s now clear is that these strict interventions are necessary both for our health and our economy: Without decisive action, the pandemic will linger on, suffocating our economies week by week amid a climate of fear.
Jonathan Kay
· 10 min read