Brownstone Category

May 4, 2022

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,…

May 3, 2022

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…

May 3, 2022

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…

May 3, 2022

The Great Unmasking

It finally happened. Masks are no longer required on US airlines or on domestic flights.  Of course, this fantastic development…

May 2, 2022

When Haircuts Were Illegal

Unless we just decide to forget, historians will look back in astonishment.  Healthcare spending declined in a pandemic.  People were…

May 2, 2022

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,…

May 2, 2022

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…

May 2, 2022

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…

May 2, 2022

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…

May 1, 2022

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” –…

May 1, 2022

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…

April 30, 2022

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…

April 30, 2022

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…

April 29, 2022

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…

April 29, 2022

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…

April 29, 2022

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…

April 28, 2022

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…

April 28, 2022

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…

April 28, 2022

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,…

April 28, 2022

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…

April 28, 2022

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…

April 27, 2022

The Next Ten Battles

It is apparently much easier to tell the truth about state action the farther away it is from home. And…

April 27, 2022

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…

April 27, 2022

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…

April 26, 2022

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…

April 26, 2022

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…

April 26, 2022

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…

April 26, 2022

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…

April 26, 2022

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…

April 25, 2022

Things the CDC Does Not Know

There are many things the CDC does not actually know. They did not run the appropriate studies, so they do…