You are being nudged
State-sponsored psychological manipulation is becoming ubiquitous
Why did behavioural scientists crave mask mandates?
The COVID pandemic exposed the nastiness of nudging
There’s no case for mask mandates
We cannot trust models based on bogus assumptions
The flawed reasoning behind the mask “requirement” in healthcare settings
The spurious attempts of NHS chief executives to defend their positions
A chronic case of mask fever
Masking in medical contexts represents the triumph of culture over science
Let’s face it
Governments use masking to force compliance, not fight viruses
Continued mask wearing won’t help us return to normal
Psychologists know it will do the opposite
A year of fear
Dr Gary Sidley analyses the language of fear that has been peddled throughout the pandemic
How Australia punished smokers and normalised firebombs
Smoking restrictions have fuelled the Australian tobacco wars
John Swinney’s Isla Bryson moment?
The Scottish Government must be made to face the facts on sex and gender
Sean Scully in France
He’s been showered with honours and awards — yet plenty of people can’t stand his work
Defending an outdoor smoke
There is no rational argument for prohibition
Doom and bloom
Live woke and die
Scottish independence is dead, for now
But there is no room for complacency or appeasement
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
A real plan for growth
A series of simple economic blunders has led to self-defeating policies that strangle any chance of prosperity for all
Smacking harms children
Smacking didn’t harm you? Maybe this debate isn’t for you
Splashing the cash
On the complex relationship between art and money
A house divided
American partisan divisions are the result of social atomisation
