Taboo: Why Is Africa the Global COVID ‘Cold Spot’ and Why Are We Afraid to Talk About It? Africa has not been affected on anything like the scale of most countries in Asia, Europe, and North and South America. Jon Entine / Patrick Whittle 30 Mar 2021 · 20 min read
The End of Pestilence The COVID-19 vaccine development experience shows it is possible to produce safe and effective vaccines much faster than previously thought. Matthew Lesh 10 Mar 2021 · 13 min read
Lockdown Scepticism Was Never a ‘Fringe’ Viewpoint The Declaration states that achieving herd immunity for COVID-19 can be assisted by vaccines, “but is not dependent” on their use. Noah Carl 2 Mar 2021 · 10 min read
Do Lockdowns Work? Only If You Lock the Borders Down, Too The public debate around COVID-19 has too often centred on the question of whether a certain set of measures, usually classified as lockdowns, are or are not effective. Noah Carl 15 Feb 2021 · 8 min read
Scott Alexander, Philosopher King of the Weird People Rationalists, in short, are a group of people who picked up the liberal, academic, philosophical traditions of Western civilization when institutions like the New York Times decided to abandon them. Kenneth R. Pike 14 Feb 2021 · 8 min read
Man vs. Wall: Solitary Sport and Surviving the Pandemic In our hyper-connected times, personal resilience is a muscle worth exercising. Matt Fuchs 9 Feb 2021 · 6 min read
Suicide Prevention and the Social Science Cargo Cult Social science can be a valuable means of understanding the world and improving human well-being when it is rigorously and practically applied. Tomasz Witkowski 6 Feb 2021 · 8 min read
First, Do No Harm: A New Model for Treating Trans-Identified Children Individuals with a fragile ego structure also tend to be prone toward black-and-white thinking, which leads them to concrete rather than symbolic solutions. Susan Evans and Marcus Evans 4 Feb 2021 · 15 min read
In Defense of Shame In reducing sex to a basic mechanical function in the service of health, we have covered the uniquely human parts of ourselves that should be engaged during sex and lost precisely what makes sex sexy—what transforms its mechanics into mystery. Marilyn Simon 31 Jan 2021 · 9 min read
The Tragic Vision: Making the Best of Things The denial of tragedy inevitably results in the denial of what makes us human, snipping the invisible thread that connects us to the lives of other people and draining the individual of moral gravity. Samuel Kronen 31 Jan 2021 · 13 min read
COVID-19's Death Toll: A Historical Perspective The UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported the age-standardised mortality rate in England each year going back to 2001. Noah Carl 24 Jan 2021 · 5 min read
Politics vs. Mental Health: How the Culture War Blocked My Healing Process No matter what a person’s skin color or ideology, encouraging them to feel ashamed about who they are is never conducive to good mental health. Ian Dempsey 21 Jan 2021 · 6 min read
Rise of the Coronavirus Cranks The smileys are not bad people. They are not necessarily unintelligent people. They are unhappy people wearing a mask of happiness, confused and beaten and searching for an easy answer. Christopher J. Snowdon 16 Jan 2021 · 19 min read
Britain Needs a New Approach to Homelessness The money offered by benevolent citizens and the abundance of cheap drugs act as a magnet for the area. Noel Yaxley 15 Jan 2021 · 10 min read
The Sexual Politics of Vasectomies Vasectomies were illegal in France up until 2001. A Napoleonic code which forbade self mutilation was applied to vasectomies used for contraception. Tanveer Ahmed 1 Jan 2021 · 5 min read