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The New ‘Conversion Therapy’ Is Making Gay Kids Trans
Adopting traits of the opposite sex is often a sign of same-sex attraction. But today, many children who do so are steered toward changing their sex.
James Kirchick
Never Kill Yourself
When I went to the doctor in Vancouver with back pain, she offered me assisted suicide; instead, I recovered—and went to Cuba!
Miriam Lancaster
Did You Hurt Someone’s Dignity? In Canada, It Can Cost You.
Tribunals created for discrimination claims now police expression with ruinous financial penalties. ‘It makes people wonder whether they can say…
Rupa Subramanya
Your Back Hurts? Your Feet May Be the Problem.
Look at your bare foot. Trace it on a piece of paper. Now place your favorite shoe over that outline. Once you see how much of your own foot lives…
Charlotte Grinberg, MD
Death in One Day: Inside Canada’s Assisted-Suicide Machine
‘Hastening death becomes the path of least resistance,’ says a medical ethicist as Canada nears 110,000 MAID deaths.
Rupa Subramanya
This Week in Canada: War Fires Up Carney’s Allegiance to America
No more pivot toward China, at least for now; after eight years in the waiting room, the doctor will see me now; and more.
Rupa Subramanya
The Nurse Told Me I Had Gout. Then I Sent Feet Pics to ChatGPT.
Studies show large language models can outperform doctors in diagnosing patients. When my telehealth visit went sideways, I saw why.
Maya Sulkin
Obamacare Could Save the GOP Majority—or Doom It
Rising healthcare costs pose an existential threat to the slim Republican majorities in Congress.
Tanner Nau
Arthur Brooks: The Problem with Your New Year’s Resolution
It’s the second week of 2026. You probably already broke your resolution. That’s because you made one that was destined to fail.
Arthur Brooks
Why Republicans Lose Every Healthcare Debate
The new fight over Obamacare shows why the GOP keeps getting dragged into debates it can’t win.
Yuval Levin
I’m Finally Practicing Medicine the Way It Should Be Done
A new model of medicine lets doctors, not insurers, decide on care.
Charlotte Grinberg, MD
The Myth of the $140,000 Poverty Line
There are genuine concerns about affordability in the U.S., but the viral piece redefining poverty at $140,000 is based on bad assumptions and selective…
Tyler Cowen
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