Meghan and Harry are making us stupid

Ever since the cancellation of the Sussexes’ Spotify deal, it’s been unclear what they’d pivot to next. A Kardashians-style reality show? A wellness empire, à la Gwyneth Paltrow? A high-profile divorce with all the sordid trimmings (and, for Harry, perhaps …

Passing Observations 198

    These two quotes appeared recently in the British Medical Journal: ‘If the Montgomery principle is applied rigidly without context, then the recent mass covid vaccination could be deemed clinically negligent because very little time was spent in obtaining informed written

Stop comparing the West to Rome

On both sides of the Atlantic, hysterical comparisons between the collapse of the Roman Empire and the senile polities of the modern West have become the journalistic norm. Every major problem facing our society — from climate change to Covid …

Pakistani democracy is dead

Life has come full circle for Imran Khan. In 2018, he was elected to be prime minister of Pakistan after his predecessor, Nawaz Sharif, was disqualified over corruption charges resulting from the Panama Papers. Khan stated at the time that …