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 23 Mar 2020 · 6 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 22 Mar 2020 · 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 22 Mar 2020 · 6 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 18 Mar 2020 · 10 min read
COVID-19 Will Devastate the Economic Fortunes of Those Who Are Already Struggling COVID-19 is going to send them crashing through it. And the challenge of how to help them rebuild their lives will be with us long after the pandemic itself has been tamed. Jonathan Kay 16 Mar 2020 · 5 min read
Making the Best of Enforced Solitude: Quillette's Quarantine Book Club By way of aspirational example, consider the 12th-century case of Hildegard von Bingen‚ whose epic transformation during her own lengthy isolation paved the way to sainthood. Jonathan Kay 9 Mar 2020 · 8 min read
Democratic Road Trip: Who Will Save U.S. Workers from the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ One of the weird subplots of this Democratic leadership contest has been the steady output of long, puffed out New York Times think pieces that came off as thinly veiled hit jobs on disfavoured candidates. Jonathan Kay 22 Feb 2020 · 18 min read
Canada's Epic Rail Crisis Offers the World a Cautionary Tale on Indigenous Mantras All countries must do right by their own Indigenous populations in their own way. Jonathan Kay 19 Feb 2020 · 5 min read
A Cult-Based Framework for Understanding Social-Justice Dogma The words “cult” and “cultish” often are used loosely to describe not only literal cults such as the one created by Jones, but also militant political movements, and even the fanatical followers of entertainers and sports teams. Jonathan Kay 3 Feb 2020 · 8 min read
Goa, Gods, Gandhi and Greed: Lessons in Colonialism from Four Boardgames It’s really a collection of subcultures, since fans of one gaming niche often have little interest in any of the others. Jonathan Kay 17 Jan 2020 · 13 min read
PODCAST 69: Forensic psychologist Armando Simón on the risks of going to Mars Armando Simón, forensic psychologist and science writer, talks to Jonathan Kay about why it would be a mistake to try and put a man on Mars. Simón recently set out the case against a manned space flight to Mars in Quillette. Quillette / Jonathan Kay 4 Jan 2020 · 1 min read
PODCAST 68: Clinical psychologist Dr James Cantor Criticises the American Academy of Pediatrics' Guidelines for Treating Trans Children Dr James Cantor, clinical psychologist and sexologist, talks to Jonathan Kay about his recent peer-reviewed critique of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ guidelines on treating trans children. Quillette / Jonathan Kay 24 Dec 2019 · 1 min read
PODCAST 67: Toby Young on Boris Johnson's Victory in the UK General Election Toby Young talks to Jonathan Kay about the Conservatives’ victory in the UK General Election in which Labour suffered its worst defeat since 1935. Toby wrote about the election recently in Quillette. Quillette / Toby Young / Jonathan Kay 14 Dec 2019 · 1 min read
PODCAST 66: Alireza Nader on the Political Unrest in Iran and the Regime's Brutal Crackdown Alireza Nader, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, talks to Jonathan Kay about the recent political protests in Iran and the regime’s brutal response. Quillette / Jonathan Kay 11 Dec 2019 · 1 min read
On Gender, Blurring the Line Between Dogma and Farce Every man should be free to invite others to regard him as a woman without fear of inviting violence, discrimination or the loss of basic rights. That is what being protected from transphobia means. Jonathan Kay 7 Dec 2019 · 6 min read