Life
Throughout history, dark humor has helped us cope in a crisis
There’s power in laughing in the face of fear
In this time of modern contagion, I find myself turning to ancient prayers
They remind us that we’re not the first to face these fears
Will coronavirus hasten the demise of religion — or herald its revival?
The lockdown is testing believers of all stripes
I’m walking round the country — in my back garden
This land used to be an orchard. These trees were here before I was here. They’ll be here after I’m gone
In New York’s hospitals, we need all the help we can get
Conference rooms are turned into wards, wards have become intensive care units
New York Post and Washington Examiner fall for Tom Brady Twitter hoax
Sorry to deflate your hopes, Trump fans
Plagues at Passover
As the story of Passover and the Exodus shows, without faith we are nowhere, dependent on the arbitrary caprice of the market and the pharaoh
Society needed this reset
Quarantine life has been, dare I say it, really nice, and I’m not the only one who thinks so
Perplexed by the Fauci fetish? You shouldn’t be
Behind the Fauci thirst
We need a ‘Big Science’ approach for developing COVID-19 vaccines
Unless we take a global perspective and everyone is protected, this virus will keep coming back
Cardinal George Pell is the victim of a shameful miscarriage of justice
It will be interesting to see how the media report the shameful story of what is, in effect, Australia’s Dreyfus case
Why we love to hate celebrities
‘One World: Together at Home’ is a weirdly complacent name
Witch fight! The naked hypocrisy of Alyssa Milano
By charmlessly siding with Joe Biden, she’s signed #MeToo’s death warrant
The coronavirus class divide
Who actually thinks rural Americans are breaking quarantine for sport rather than necessity?
Coronavirus marks the end of open borders in Europe
Economically Europe may move to the left, but socially, the direction will be to the right
Privacy or death — the final triumph of Big Tech
Technology can be used to tell us where people are, where they’ve been and whether they have the disease
Ventilators aren’t a panacea for a pandemic like coronavirus
We do not know how many lives ventilators could or will save
Jews have always been blamed for plagues — coronavirus is no different
Coronavirus has shrunk the world’s attention to a degree previously unseen in our lifetimes
In defense of Andrew Yang
A call for unity during our fight for humanity
Questioning coronavirus origins is not a conspiracy
Lure of the jungle
The monkeys have become experts not only at stealing fruit from rooms but also at plundering minibars
How to sample your own urine
Michael took an imaginary draft and did that thoughtful, rabbity connoisseur’s tasting thing with his mouth
A tale of three dogs
Like a star of the country & western stage, I write because my wife left me and took my dog
No, black-owned businesses probably aren’t losing out more due to the pandemic
Examining businesses with paid employees shows immigrants are hardest hit
Dissent over coronavirus research isn’t dangerous — but stifling debate is
The best way to defeat this enemy will be to keep faith with our commitment to intellectual freedom, not to abandon it
