Conor Duffy

Conor is a neuroimmunology Ph.D student based in Dublin. He's particularly interested in science and health policy, liberalism, and how the two interact. You can find him tweeting @conorduffy_7.

The Irish General Election: A Guide for Folks From A Land Beyond the Wave Ireland General Election

The Irish General Election: A Guide for Folks From A Land Beyond the Wave

Conor Duffy February 8, 2020

Ireland is currently going to the polls. But to our friends across the world, it might seem...

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Pizza in Rome

Conor Duffy September 11, 2019

Symposium: Some years ago I took a short holiday to Rome. Perhaps not the pizza capital of...

Socialized Healthcare and Paternalism

Conor Duffy June 21, 2019

When we all pay entirely for everyone else's healthcare, everyone's health becomes everyone's business. This has real...

A Vigil for Lyra McKee

Conor Duffy April 19, 2019

Lyra McKee was the personification of Northern Ireland's post-Troubles potential.

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Mandatory Vaccines and Libertarianism

Conor Duffy March 19, 2019

While recognizing the value of vaccines, is the idea of government mandated vaccination incompatible with a libertarian...

Let’s Abstain from Mandatory Calorie Counts

Let’s Abstain from Mandatory Calorie Counts

Conor Duffy March 11, 2019

I - perhaps ironically - don't think this is healthy. Life is for living. We're here for...

Philip H in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025You’d rather discuss hypothetical Limits then implications of actual events? And you wonder why peop…
Philip H on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025We may yet find out if the judiciary has any teeth: https://www.npr.org/2025/04/16/g-s1-60696/judge-…
Jaybird in reply to David TC on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaMartha's Vineyard Trutherism. I am in ecstasy.
David TC in reply to Jaybird on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaRemember the Martha’s Vineyard story? Yes, we all remember the made-up story that Republicans tried…
Jaybird in reply to Dark Matter on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s Residence Attacked, Suspect ArrestedMy suspicion is that he has *MAJOR* mental health issues and hates anybody who is remotely adjacent…
Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s Residence Attacked, Suspect ArrestedWait, if he attacked the Dem Governor because the Governor is Jewish then it's at least somewhat coh…
Jaybird in reply to Pat on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaIt's really unfortunate that quite so many Democratic leaders complained about the undocumented visi…
Pat in reply to pillsy on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego Garcia"All Biden had to do to defuse this issue was leave Trump’s immigration EOs in place and use his bul…
Jaybird in reply to Dark Matter on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s Residence Attacked, Suspect ArrestedFor what it's worth, I think that the guy is a nutcase who has mental health problems and has, for s…
Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s Residence Attacked, Suspect ArrestedAnd there you go. As fun as it was to think he was a stawman villain we want to oppose and proving w…