Discussing abortion seems to make it difficult for people to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. In last month’s number of The Atlantic, Caitlin Flanagan tries to tell the truth about abortion in an article titled, “The Things We Can’t … Continued
Medicine
Should We Vote “Pro-Life” in this Election?
Some people are forcefully exhorting the rest of us to make “pro-life” our chief, or even sole, concern in this Canadian election. To this advice, I reply with firm equivocation. Yes, we should. And no, we shouldn’t. On the yes … Continued
Religion Is Good for You—or Is It Really that Simple?
Yet another round of research shows that religion is good for you. Or so it seems. But is that quite what’s being proven? In a studypublished by the American Journal of Epidemiology, Ying Chen and her team at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of … Continued