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October 2014

October 07, 2014

Harrison Bergeron-ing a Too-Exceptional Sprinter

There's an article in the NYT today covering one of my philosophy of the body hobbyhorses....

September 2014

September 17, 2014

Debunking the NYT’s Numbers on Contraception

You may have seen the New York Times's much shared infographic on contraception failure rates, and...

July 2014

July 12, 2014

“Just Treating Symptoms” can be a great approach

In a review of Thrive: The Power of Evidence-Based Psychological Therapies, Jenny Diski is suspicious of CBT...

May 2014

May 22, 2014

Designing Emotional Contraception

Over at The American Conservative, I'm discussing a bioethicist who's done a literature review to find...

May 21, 2014

The Stories We Tell About Illness

Sarah Sparks has a really excellent post today at First Things about the interactions (good...

January 2013

January 12, 2013

I Want You! (to be a virtuous virus firebreak)

I've been terribly tardy in getting my flu shot this year, but I finally did...

May 2012

May 15, 2012

When Moral Hazard is the Safest Course

Patheos blogger Thomas McDonald of God and the Machine is horrified by the FDA's recommendation...

February 2012

February 20, 2012

Good News and Bad News on HIV/AIDS

My time at AAAS has come to an end, and today, I just want to...

February 18, 2012

“So you’re on vacation at a science conference?”

Heck yeah I am! Here are some quick highlights from my first day at the...

February 03, 2012

Komen Concedes (but it still sucks)

Komen spent the last two days reaping a financial windfall from pro-life activists, after they...

January 2012

January 17, 2012

Look, let me say something pragmatic and hard-hearted

For the last two days, the story of Amelia Rivera has kept showing up in...

November 2011

November 10, 2011

Gonna Get on this Hobby Horse and Ride

I finally made time to get a flu shot at a local CVS and so...

October 2011

October 16, 2011

Bringing a Stat Book to a Culture Fight

Comments are still a little bit in flux here. Because Disqus was causing problems, it's...

September 2011

September 26, 2011

Natural Death Black Boxes

I warned commenters against turning the Soup Nazi Approach to Sex post into an abortion...

June 2011

June 30, 2011

My New Favorite Pope…

...is Clement XI! Why, you ask? Simply put, he is responsible for my favorite...

June 04, 2011

Call him Voldemort!

"Call him Voldemort, Harry. Always use the proper name for things. Fear of a name...