Medicine

Sharp Compassion

Anna DeForest’s novel is an aesthetic achievement, and it suggests how medicine might be humanized or “restored through instruction” once more. Continue Reading »

21 Mar 2023

Medicating the Masses

by Adrian Gaty

Conform or be drugged. We used to make dystopian movies about it; now we make our children live it. Continue Reading »

17 Mar 2023

How Abortionists Dispose of Their Victims

by Catherine Glenn Foster

Are we going to treat the bodies of humans with the basic dignity they were denied in life, or are we going to treat them like trash? We must confront, rather than avoid, the grim realities of the abortion industry in its totality. Continue Reading »

18 Jul 2022

Mutilating Our Bodies

by Bethel McGrew

While adults who regret their sex changes may themselves tend to libertarianism, their stories testify to a hidden horror: vulnerable, disturbed individuals of all ages hastily ushered into procedures that are nothing short of medical malpractice. Justice demands a reckoning in the form of penalties and strictures. Continue Reading »

1 Jul 2022

Denying and Defying our Human Bodies

by Jennifer Lahl

Medical procedures that would have been unconscionable fifty years ago are happening all around us. The medical profession may never recover from its complicity in the mutilation of young people. Continue Reading »

16 Jun 2022

The Politics of Unhappiness

by Ronald W. Dworkin

A traffic jam, a shoe that pinches: It takes very little to ruin a nice day. Nothing can please you then, and your judgment is affected. At first glance, unpleasantness and the resulting peevishness have no political or economic significance. These experiences are commonplace, part of the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 May 2022

The Fall of Dr. Raoult

by Theodore Dalrymple

Nothing stimulates the emergence of a guru like a crisis, especially one to which the correct response is far from clear. People want simple, reassuring answers. They eagerly suspend their critical faculties; their wishes are father to their beliefs. A good guru can transform the proudest skeptic . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2021

The Cautionary Tale of Francis Collins

by Justin Lee

Francis Collins is a brother in Christ and his accomplishments are undeniable. He is nonetheless a tragic figure, and his career a cautionary tale. Continue Reading »

29 Oct 2021