Category: Articles & Essays
Why I grieve for the death of Erasmus
Boris Johnson’s trade deal does not bring “glad tidings of great joy” but final confirmation that a special relationship has been turned into a purely transactional one.
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Covid sceptics make a basic philosophical mistake
Where’s the evidence? After years in which respect for science and reason has been in decline, it should be encouraging to hear this question being doggedly asked. And yet the demand for evidence is being used by those sceptical of measures scientists generally support to bring the virus under control: vaccines, lockdowns, masks. Ironically, the scientists’ mantra is now being used against them. How did this happen?
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Is JK Rowling transphobic?
My appeal to defenders of the “trans women are women, period” argument is stop dismissing those of us who are not yet persuaded as transphobic. Instead, engage with us, show us the errors of our ways, while being prepared to question the absolute rightness of your own.
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