Health - Quillette

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

The Burden of the Best?

From self-belief to self-care.

Steve Salerno

12 Jun 2022 · 12 min read