ethical & philosophical

The lead author of two retracted COVID-19 papers is editor-in-chief of an Elsevier medical journal.

Democracy dies when activists wield more influence than voters.

Symbolic gestures can be powerfully negative.

Green lobby group invites public to endorse green fantasies.

First came the virus. Then new rules for recreational tennis.

Rather than quarantining travelers, our leaders chose a course of action that led to entire countries being locked down. 

Certain adamant coronavirus declarations look foolish now.

In the interim, I recommend this brilliant essay on what the coronavirus has taught us.

Let us not be cavalier about the coronavirus. Let us pay proper respect to the dead.

A season of renewal and rebirth.