Heavy Lifting Natalia Mehlman Petrzela’s ‘Fit Nation’ offers a fascinating but frustratingly selective history of America’s physical fitness obsession. Joe Lombardo 7 Mar 2023 · 9 min read
Death on Demand: Cautionary Tales from Canada Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying program, once reserved for the terminally ill, is increasingly attracting applicants experiencing poverty and depression. Margaret Wente 1 Feb 2023 · 14 min read
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