Heavy Lifting
Natalia Mehlman Petrzela’s ‘Fit Nation’ offers a fascinating but frustratingly selective history of America’s physical fitness obsession.
Joe Lombardo
· 10 min read
Health
A collection of 175 posts
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
· 15 min read
The Educational Ship Comes to a Shuddering Halt
School closings put strain on families and students alike.
Jenny Griebenow
· 11 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
· 9 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
· 9 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
· 12 min read
Spinning the Tavistock Story
Activists are twisting the closure of Tavistock as a win for gender ideology.
Bernard Lane
· 13 min read
Fate, Faith, and Suffering
Coping is not enough. We must strive to live.
Samuel Kronen
· 27 min read
Benevolent Cruelty
America’s homeless problem is the product of good intentions and apathy. A new approach is needed.
Adam G. Walterbach
· 10 min read
We Won’t Force Addicts to Change
We are wasting tremendous resources on ineffective, mandatory approaches to addiction.
Craig K. Svensson
· 14 min read
Should We Consider Aging a Disease?
Rethinking human “enhancement” in an era of sick-care.
Raiany Romanni
· 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
· 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
· 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
· 7 min read
The Burden of the Best?
From self-belief to self-care.
Steve Salerno
· 13 min read