Life
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
I’m recovering — but I glimpsed the coronavirus cliff edge
I had a strong sensation of my body being invaded by a parasite which was sapping my strength
I was relishing the lockdown a week ago, but now I need urgent hospital treatment
I need to have a stent removed from my urethra — and pronto
The way Greece has conducted itself in this pandemic is an example to us all
Once this plague is over, national barriers might make a comeback and be seen as more than just an impediment to human freedom
The online museums you’ll never want to leave
If the blackout warden didn’t notice a sliver of light at your window, a neighbor would soon tell him
Coronavirus has made amateur mathematicians of us all
Mathematical models help you to feel like you have a handle on what’s going on
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
