Monday, April 13, 2020

Confessions of a COVID-19 Truther, and Many Other Interesting-Looking Stories (The Spectator)

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N.S.: I keep hearing about interesting stories from this outlet from friends (one of whom has read some aloud to me), and am considering subscribing to it, which I haven't done anywhere in many years.



To understand COVID we need evidence, skepticism — and vigorous debate


Without a robust debate and constant interrogation of evidence, there's a greater chance of big mistakes being made
By Dr John Lee



Confessions of a COVID-19 truther
It's not easy being skeptical

By Freddy Gray



Didier Raoult — leader of the hydroxychloroquine cult
He could be right. Even if he isn't, people will believe him

By Theodore Dalrymple






After coronavirus, brace yourself for a new world order

Coronavirus has been a crash test for components of the West's soft power arsenal

By John Keiger






If anything is "essential" right now, it's cigarettes

Nothing about this small and unpleasant virus thing is "abundantly clear"
By Rod Liddle



Body positivity's big silence
Fat people of all colors, ages, genders and sexualities need to be extra careful
By Chadwick Moore





A waste of 19 years
The US withdrawal doesn't mean peace in Afghanistan
By Paul Wood



What do elbows have to do with fighting coronavirus?
Digging up reliable etymologies takes a lot of elbow grease
By Dot Wordsworth



Joe Exotic might be the best gay role model I've seen on television
His existence throws a wrench in the narrative that the other America is a hateful land where Christians hunt homos for sport
By Chadwick Moore



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
By Dr Jessica Gregg



Salami of the sea
Seacuterie is a delicious but annoying culinary portmanteau
By Jane Stannus



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
By Bill Kauffman



The bloody decade: think America's divided now? Try the 1970sIn 1974 alone, there were 2,044 bombings in America, with 24 people killed
By William Rosenau



The life of Artemisia Gentileschi is made for Netflix, but it's the art that really excites
In search of the feminist heroine, survivor of abuse, canny player of the art market and bravura painter
By Laura Freeman








1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Dalrymple himself is a medical doctor. Dalrymple knows?