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The real reason Israel isn’t reopening the skies

17/08/202017/08/2020 arieh 2 Comments

Israel was one of the first countries to impose a global 14-day entry quarantine in March. At the time, the quarantine seemed too broad because the virus was only widespread in a few countries, but it emerged that US Vice President Mike Pence, who was then heading up the Federal Coronavirus Taskforce, had urged Benjamin […]

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Romney didn’t ‘win’ the Iowa caucuses

04/01/201204/01/2012 arieh 4 Comments

Bleary-eyed from watching the Iowa caucuses last night. They started at 3:30am Israel time. C-SPAN carried the Urbandale caucus live, showing a bunch of people in a hall putting bits of paper in a hat, followed by the 300ish voted being counted and announced. What happened next – when most people went home – means […]

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The real evidence on Circumcision and HIV

16/06/201116/06/2011 arieh 2 Comments

Writing in the Guardian, Neil Howard and Rebecca Steinfeld argue for a ban on circumcision. I disagree with them, but luckily so do many others and they’ve done a good job of responding. See this direct response from Adam Wagner, and this pre-emptive piece by Alex Stein. I have an instant prejudice against the potluck buffet […]

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