Theodore Dalrymple
Theodore Dalrymple is a retired doctor. He is contributing editor of the City Journal of New York and the author of 30 books, including “Life at the Bottom.” His latest book is “Embargo and Other Stories.”
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Blaming Victims: San Francisco’s Irrational Grocery Store Proposal
In the case of grocery stores in San Francisco that close because the burden of crime is too much, those responsible are the criminals, not the store owners.
Is Reform Possible?
People in Britain and France should pay close attention to what is happening in Argentina, for it is a laboratory for their own future.
The Distrust of the Political Class
Deep mistrust of political elites is now widespread throughout the Western world, probably to an extent greater than at any time in recent history.
The Young Dictators
It seems to me that the younger generation of today is less attached to the notion of freedom of opinion than at any of recent times.
Equity’s Dangerous Echo
It’s alarming that a way of thinking should now be in common between the Nazis and the Journal of the American Medical Association.
A Victory for Academic Freedom but the War Can Still Be Lost
Any victory in the so-called culture wars is welcome, but no such victory is final or irreversible.
The Perils of Polypharmacy
The modern superstition is that for every human dissatisfaction, from that of aging skin to loneliness, there’s an equal and opposite pill or potion.
Buyer Beware in the Celebrity Age
What are we to think of people who buy financial products because they’re endorsed by a soccer star?
Chalk and Cheese: Different Reactions to Teen Deaths in France Reveal Underlying Tensions
The murder of a 16-year-old boy at a village party in rural France has revealed with stark clarity the tensions that lie near the surface of French society.
Moral Grandiosity of Epic Proportions
Apart from the climate change protesters’ ineffable certainty and self-righteousness, what unites them is their moral grandiosity.
