June 24, 2020

Was the two-metre rule one big lie? By covering up complexity with nice round numbers, public health officials treat us like children

Timandra Harkness

23.06

We all need a Devil to play Advocate People make better arguments when they take their opponents seriously

Tom Chivers

22.06

Why heroes should wear masks If there were a downside of wearing masks, wouldn't we have noticed it by now?

Peter Franklin

19.06

The Tories are facing a new revolt on the Right Those who voted for Boris are becoming increasingly disillusioned with his failure to be a true Conservative

Matthew Goodwin

18.06

This is no ‘cultural revolution’ Comparisons between 2020 and Mao's China can only go so far: in the end, America will get through this

Daniel Kalder

16.06

What’s the point of contact tracing? Compared to continual lockdown or the virus spreading, even an imperfect tracking system might be the least bad of all options

Tom Chivers

16.06

How Covid is domesticating millennials Everything they enjoy spending their money on has been curbed

Eliza Filby

15.06

Facts vs feelings in the BLM debate Despite activist anger, the statistics tell a broadly positive story about black middle-class advancement

David Goodhart

15.06

How to rescue Generation Rent Now is the time to change the house-building system, not subsidise it

Peter Franklin

12.06

So where did Covid come from? It's not mere conspiracy theory to ask if this new coronavirus leaked from a Wuhan lab

Ian Birrell

12.06

The Democrats’ patchy record on race In states like Minnesota, they've had enough power to reform the police — but have chosen not to

Justin Webb

11.06

Abolishing the police is a cop out It just kicks the can of moral authority down the road

Mary Harrington