Brownstone Category
How Lockdowns Came to Italy
In Snake Oil, I detail the evidence that the Chinese Communist Party used multiple modes of influence including online propaganda, mainstream…
Why are Standards So Lax on Covid Drug Approvals?
Many scientists made a career fighting for better regulatory standards. Strangely, when it comes to the regulatory policy around COVID-19,…
Choice Quotes from Bill Gates’s New Book
Imagine yourself saddled up to a bar. A talkative guy sits down on the stool next to you. He has…
On What Basis Did Pfizer Claim 95%?
Buried within the FDA’s briefing document for the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) meeting on December 10, 2020, for…
The Great Unmasking
It finally happened. Masks are no longer required on US airlines or on domestic flights. Of course, this fantastic development…
When Haircuts Were Illegal
Unless we just decide to forget, historians will look back in astonishment. Healthcare spending declined in a pandemic. People were…
The Mysterious Rise in Severe Diseases in Children
Since the pandemic young children are dealing with a mysterious increase in disease. Some may even have doubled in frequency,…
What Covid Containment Has Done to Our Children
For the past two years, what Western governments have done to the next generation — all in the name of…
Is Pfizer’s FDA-approved COMIRNATY Vaccine Available in the US?
On August 23, 2021, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Pfizer’s biological licensing application (BLA) for its covid-19…
Doing Good by Hammering the Poor
“Doing good” on a global scale has never been so popular, and never more profitable. The public-private partnerships that now…
Another Look at Covid Vaccine Studies
From the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, the risk factors for severe forms and death from – or “with” –…
Why the Pandemic-Industrial Complex Won’t Go Away
According to the most reliable experts – those who have been correct in their interpretation of data throughout the Covid…
Real Personal Income Down 20% from One Year Ago
Well, here’s another shocker. This Commerce Department report showed that real disposable personal income in March came in at -19.9% versus March…
Back to the Sedition Act of 1798
For years we were told that social media is privately owned so its curation cannot be called censorship; it’s just…
Fauci Sets New Records for Obfuscation
In an interview with PBS News Hour on Tuesday, April 26th, Dr. Anthony Fauci said “We are certainly right now…
The Battle for Control of Your Mind
In his classic dystopian novel 1984, George Orwell famously wrote, “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot…
Two Weeks to Flatten the GDP
What is it with these pundits and government spokespeople? Two years ago, they were wildly exaggerating virus threats, canceling and…
Fear and Loathing of the Unvaccinated Gets Another Boost
A study was published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) titled “Impact of population mixing between vaccinated and unvaccinated…
The Fragmented Trust in Public Health
Building trust in institutions is vital to their success, but as we enter the third year of the pandemic, public…
The UK Covid Response: A Stool with Three Legs
Respiratory viruses are both unpredictable and commonplace. The name of the most well-known one, Influenza, originated in 15th century Italy,…
Recovery Is Possible: The Case of Post-War Germany
“I spent my career as an academic studying great depressions. I can tell you from history that if we don’t…
John Stuart Mill on Contagious Diseases and the Law
The covid crisis confused many otherwise reasonable people, bringing about some unpredictable political stances on all sides. For example, some…
The Next Ten Battles
It is apparently much easier to tell the truth about state action the farther away it is from home. And…
Elon Musk Conquers Twitter
It’s always been easy to slag off Twitter. When I first joined the platform 13 years ago, if you ever…
Silent No More: Voices Against Restrictions and Mandates
Around the world, people are coming together to stand up for bodily autonomy, and against the widespread harm that emergency…
The Attorney Who Won the Mask Mandate Case in Florida: An Interview
Brant Hadaway, the attorney who represented the Health Freedom Defense Fund in the federal district court case against the transportation…
The Psychology of Mimetic Contagion
My friend and colleague Dr. Mary Talley Bowden recently posed this important question, which has puzzled many people during the…
Revamping Our Dysfunctional Drug Approval Process
It is a tried-and-true tactic with effective and dastardly results. Big Pharma and other well-financed interests sponsor purportedly “impartial” medical…
How Panic Spread: Covid in the Early Days
It was February 2020, and news accounts had been describing increasingly alarming information about a deadly new virus emanating from…
New Zealand Used Selective Science and Force to Drive High Vaccination Rates
We expect that knowledge produced and applied in a health emergency will produce information that is protective of health. But…