Sally Satel

From the brilliant Clive Bates open.substack.com/pub/clivebates…

Very good review of a very good book lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/…

Wise advice. Opinion | Casey Means as surgeon general? Her nomination underscores a problem. - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/…

Too bad it’s too late. The danger of letting a mystic lead public health wapo.st/4uGgC2k

Smoking down, nicotine up! Excellent trade-off. Nicotine pouches are everywhere, from tech companies to the wellness industry theweek.com/health/nicotin…

I'm using Waze to drive to TownePlace Suites by Marriott Ironton, 802 Washington St, Ironton, Ohio, arriving at 6:53 PM. Watch my drive in real-time on the Waze map! waze.com/ul?a=share_dri…

Hard-left activists, particularly militant transgender ideologues and despisers of Israel, are laying waste to liberal organizations: ACLU, American Humanists, Planned Parenthood, Southern Poverty Law Center, Freedom from Religion Foundation, and now PEN America. Jerry Coyne: PEN accepts Palestine as a member and rejects Israel; Jewish chief executive resigns after accusations of being a “Zionist” and not signing on to Israel’s “genocide” – Why Evolution Is True whyevolutionistrue.com/2026/02/19/pen…

Best thing you will read all day/week/month/year Child, 4, arrived alone for heart surgery. His doctor became his mom. - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2026…

a thoughtful, balanced piece by Sally Satel (@slsatel) of @AEI and the Yale University School of Medicine. Wish I could put this essay in the hands of every policymaker who is making bad arguments and proposing misguided laws based upon bogus claims.

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Can You Really Be ‘Addicted’ to Social Media? Addiction expert Sally Satel @slsatel examines the complexities and suggests that social media overuse is not like heroin addiction after all. thefp.com/p/can-you-real…

Important angle Opinion | Kids are struggling. Banning social media won’t fix that - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/…

After hearing the umpteenth perfectly functioning Harvard student tell me she's "autistic," and also teenagers who shriek uncontrollably, self-mutilate, and never look at another person, I've seen firsthand how the ever-expanding "autism spectrum" diagnosis is worse than useless, particularly with RFKJ and Trump claiming there's an explosion of cases. It also corrupts research by lumping heterogeneous people, foiling the search for a cause. nytimes.com/2025/10/01/hea…

An instant classic! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rea…

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DARWIN!!! HMS Beagle: Darwin’s Trip around the World education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/hms-b…

Still trying to get back to the moon! Why so difficult ?open.substack.com/pub/persuasion…

@PsychRabble to the rescue open.substack.com/pub/unsafescie…

Common sense. The Mass Health Boards must listen to Dr Michael Siegel The Rest of the Story: Tobacco and Alcohol News Analysis and Commentary: Massachusetts Association of Health Boards Wants to Ban the Use of Flavored E-Cigarettes, by ANYONE tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2026/01/massac…

Superb essay about the heroic role of men in research and misleading “truth” about women’s under representation open.substack.com/pub/jameslnuzz…

Will the overdose decline continue? thefp.com/api/v1/post/pd…