Fads aren’t always harmful. Hula hoops, goldfish swallowing, and flagpole sitting have come and gone and were generally not toxic. In the 1970s, various eating disorders became the rage, but they were viewed as severe mental health problems. Today, however, bulimia and anorexia are long in the…
For most of modern history, science meant freedom to question. Today, that freedom is vanishing. Across universities, journals, and digital platforms, critics argue that dissenting scientists are being erased from public discourse. Two issues have revealed this transformation more clearly than any others: climate change and Covid-19.
“The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don’t. You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own and control the corporations. They’ve…
It’s official. Ben Shapiro has crowned himself MAGA’s little hall monitor. The guy who used to argue for “free speech” now spends his days handing out detention slips to anyone who dares to color outside the establishment lines. After years of supposedly railing against cancel culture and…
Everyone’s betting the farm on artificial intelligence. But that farm might be in big trouble. Tech giants, startups, Wall Street, you name it… they’ve all gone all-in on the next “revolution.” But if this feels familiar, it’s because we’ve seen this movie before. The year was 1999,…
Enormous vaccinated vs. unvaccinated study reveals progressively worsening kidney damage over time with no sign of stopping — and a striking mortality signal among Pfizer recipients. A major new study published in the International Journal of Medical Sciences of 2.9 million adults — 1.45 million vaccinated vs. 1.45 million unvaccinated — has…
Men under 30 are more right-leaning than they were a decade ago, but that doesn’t mean they fit the image concocted by the Online Right. “You have no idea what’s coming” is a common refrain on X. It gleefully predicts that the youth are extremely right-wing and ready…
Here’s our mythology in a nutshell: human needs are limited but human desires are unlimited, and the economy is fueled by smart people motivated by profit to fulfill our desires. Since desires and human ingenuity are both unlimited, the economy is unlimited.This story is heartwarming but it’s a fairy…
Reviewing “Life Is a Lazy Susan of Sh*t Sandwiches,” by “I’ve Had It” podcast hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan, prophets of the new misery gospel. “Standing backstage at the Variety Playhouse, I almost shat myself,” reads the first line of Life Is a Lazy Susan of…
Why the American citizenry is always confounded by its government. There’s a funny (perhaps apocryphal) story about a famous showdown that happened in Aspen, Colorado during the ski season of 1991/1992. Donald Trump and his first wife, Ivana, where in town to enjoy the pleasures of the…
