Joe Biden puts on boxing gloves
As I see it, there are only three topics worth talking about at the moment: Trump vs Biden, the coronavirus pandemic, and Trump vs Biden...
Coronavirus tragedy a central theme in Biden’s election bid
He laid the blame for death and disruption of the pandemic squarely at the feet of President Trump.Apart from painting the 2020 presidential election as...
Do we need to rethink nursing homes?
A revealing article in Harper's Magazine raises agonising questionsAn article in Harper’s Magazine on deaths in nursing homes during the Covid-19 pandemic is compulsory reading....
African-American women fare worse with abortion: study
Should we question the public health benefits of abortion?The effects of abortion on African-American women seem to be significantly worse than on white or Hispanic...
Fancy a vaginoplasty? Think again
Transgender surgery in the United States is a kind of Wild Wild West of medicineThe popular feminist website Jezebel has a blog called “Barf Bag”,...
It’s about more than pushing up daisies
Why should we mourn the dead?The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered a wide range of difficult ethical questions. Many relate to care for the vulnerable –care...
Free vial of sperm in Instagram giveaway
The gimmick provoked some controversy: “Imagine telling a child that they came from an Instagram giveaway.”The latest chapter in the Reproductive Revolution comes from Nova...