Brownstone Category
A Pandemic of Lockdown Denialism
There is an old expression: “Success has a thousand fathers but failure is always an orphan.” It’s a spin on…
Fauci and the CIA: A New Explanation Emerges
Jeremy Farrar’s book from August 2021 is relatively more candid than most accounts of the initial decision to lock down…
The Great Demoralization
On March 6, 2020, the mayor of Austin, Texas, canceled the biggest tech and arts trade show in the world,…
Megyn Kelly Asks Trump a Few Hard Questions
One reporter has proven brave enough not to take the deal. The deal is: you can interview Trump provided you…
Orwell Meets Your Stuffy Nose
“Experts have long doubted the effectiveness of phenylephrine,” which is a common ingredient in DayQuil, NyQuil, Sudafed, Mucinex, and others.…
Anthony Fauci’s Very Bad Week
It’s not been Anthony Fauci’s best week. Forever intent on managing his image and public opinion on the pandemic response,…
At the White House, March 10, 2020, Reconstructed
We still don’t know precisely what caused Donald Trump to flip in his position on the coronavirus. On March 9,…
Are We Facing Lockdowns 2.0?
National Public Radio was in a frenzy this morning but it felt like the movie Groundhog Day: they were spreading…
The Great Game of Let’s Pretend
Two nights ago was supposed to be a night of reckoning and truth. The intrepid and independent journalist Tucker Carlson…
The Questions Crying Out for Answers
The conspiracy of silence is obvious. Both political parties like it. The media likes it too because it was a…