Theodore Dalrymple
The Cellular Telephone and its Discontents
A new study claims that cell phones don't cause tumors. Which doesn't mean that they don't cause other forms of harm.
E.Coli in Organic Food Leads to 50 Dead in Germany
Perhaps health-food and vitamin supplements should be labelled, “Warning: Over-Concern for Your Health May Be Damaging to Your Health.”
The New Paganism of Biodiversity
Dispatches from the Society for the Protection of the Malaria Spirochete.
Can Congress Make You Buy Broccoli?
Can Congress force you to eat certain foods? To buy health insurance? So much for the 1970s mantra of "My body, my choice."
Are Opioids the New Religion of the Masses?
Could it be that one of the largest causes of chronic pain among 35- to 54-year-old Americans is access to opioid drugs?
I’m from the UN and I’m Here to Help
Beware of internationalists trying to do good: how the UN inadvertently supplied Haiti with cholera.
The Gulf Oil Spill Meets the Newspeak Dictionary
No crisis should ever be allowed to slip by without calls for greater public expenditure of doubtful worth, and the Gulf oil spill crisis is no exception to this golden rule of bureaucratic opportunism.
Health Care in Hell
A recent article in The Lancet is titled "North Korea’s health system in disarray" — but that implies that it was ever actually in array in the first place.
Kennewick Man Redux?
At the intersection of archeology, medicine, history, identity politics, and political correctness: Havasupai Indians pocket $700k suing Arizona State U.
The Guardian Extracts Its Pound of Flesh
To blame the banks for the economic crisis rather than the stereotypical Jewish money-lenders of days gone by seems so much more acceptable, but the structure of the thought is all too similar.
Langue de Bois: The Newspeak Dictionary Goes Gallic
Announcing the Brezhnev Prize for the most obfuscating European politician ever.
Reawakening Germany’s Nationalism: What Could Go Wrong?
If for some inexplicable reason you wanted to reawaken German nationalism, how would you go about it? Theodore Dalrymple suggests a three-part strategy. And good news: current events have already set the ball rolling...
A Modest Proposal: the Inverse-Burqa Law
A simple plan to improve England's distaff aesthetics, and provide multicultural even-handedness? It's in the bag.
Mission Creep Causes Amnesty International to Lose Focus
Charities have bureaucratic imperatives to grow, and they do so by moral imperialism. Amnesty is no exception.
Springtime for Shakespeare
A new book on the controversy over whether or not Shakespeare was a nom de plume for another playwright gets lost in the deep thickets, when it veers into which side of the political spectrum the Nazis were on.
Very Few Innocents in Housing Market Collapse
Helpless victims, or irresponsible home buyers? Greedy banks, or forced by the government to make sub-prime loans?
Censorship by Language Reform
If the word "Mankind" is objectionable because of its masculinity, "Humankind" is no better.
Sophisticated Incompetence Is Britain’s New National Characteristic
What else explains the high level of ideological support among the intelligentsia for massive deficits?
Our Contemporary Sanctimony Puts the Victorians to Shame
Is it only in sexual matters that a man can be a hypocrite?
Save the Planet by Outlawing Lampshades
We can cut down on energy use and promote egalitarianism at the same time.
Lessons in Health Care from the Edinburgh Zoo
Those confined to cages enjoy longer, healthier lives.
A Modest Proposal for Curing Back Pain
The answer was obvious all along: forgive people's debts through LOBAPAREDEFOR.
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