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DC coronavirus newsletters get assist from Big Pharma lobby
Didn’t they help get us into this mess?
Memes, marvelous memes
Where would we be without this guy?
Burn in Hell, Steak-umm
Surely they are the last brand from whom to take lectures about ‘health’ and ‘compassion’
There’s nothing ‘empowering’ about the sex work on OnlyFans
Men that subscribe have found yet another platform to treat women as little more than their own personalized sex toy
Why the mainstream media won’t take Tara Reade seriously
It took the New York Times 19 days to cover the Biden accuser’s allegations
Lacking liquor in Northern Virginia
Even closing liquor stores temporarily is dovetailing into a minor if global trend towards prohibition
Curbing China’s rise should be America’s top priority
We cannot accept an order that permits China to create a sphere of authoritarianism beyond its borders
Is it dangerous to take ibuprofen?
There is some suggestion that the anti-inflammatory properties of ibuprofen may — in some people — affect the immune system
Trump should shut down his press conferences, now
America needs ‘transparency’ from its government. It doesn’t need the daily Punch-and-Judy shows
How to be a woman on Twitter
The constant search for validation on the internet brings out the worst in us
How to take up running
Research suggests that those who intentionally focus on the feeling of moving and deliberately take in their surroundings, enjoy exercise more
Does J.K. Rowling’s COVID breathing technique work?
Petrificus coronavirus!
Why are so many of my elderly friends in denial about death?
Sooner or later something gets us, and after a billion beats is it any wonder the heart comes to a full stop?
This Easter, we should moderate our complacency
The pressure of contemporary events crowds us into the impatient confines of the present, rendering us insensible to the lessons of history
The bloody decade: think America’s divided now? Try the 1970s
In 1974 alone, there were 2,044 bombings in America, with 24 people killed
Cab and conversation
A Healdsburg symposium
What do elbows have to do with fighting coronavirus?
Digging up reliable etymologies takes a lot of elbow grease
The fight to save G.K. Chesterton’s home from demolition
A Londoner until the age of 35, Chesterton moved to Beaconsfield on a whim
If anything is ‘essential’ right now, it’s cigarettes
Nothing about this small and unpleasant virus thing is ‘abundantly clear’
Body positivity’s big silence
Fat people of all colors, ages, genders and sexualities need to be extra careful
Salami of the sea
Seacuterie is a delicious but annoying culinary portmanteau
The guns of Alexander
In the event of the gun confiscation fancied by the Democratic party’s billionaires and its NPR tote-bag carriers, the hinterlands will not submit
Telehealth for addiction during a pandemic
I can now prescribe to patients who don’t have bus money to make it to clinic, but who have a phone, or can borrow one
Giving up Twitter for Lent went well
If I’m honest with myself, Twitter is the most hardcore addiction I have and it’s also the one that robs me of the most productivity
Actually, it’s not ‘OK’
Spending weeks or months lazy and directionless is going to hurt, not help you
