Brownstone Category
More than 150 Comparative Studies and Articles on Mask Ineffectiveness and Harms
It is not unreasonable to conclude that surgical and cloth masks, used as they currently are being used (without other…
Most Academics Went Silent. Why?
Of course, some academics were notably vocal during COVID19, taking the thesis position – lockdown, school closure, masking, temperature checks…
The Silence of Economists about Lockdowns
As professional economists, we have watched the response of much of the economics profession to COVID-era lockdowns with considerable surprise.…
Twitter Demanded that I Tell a Lie
This is the most censorious time of my life. Considering how old I am, that’s saying something – but not…
Forget About Covid, They Say
Earlier this year, a phrase was trending because Bari Weiss used it on a talk show: “I’m done with Covid.”…
American Lockdowns Began Two Years Ago Today
Certain dates should live in infamy. One is March 7, 2020. That is the date that the Austin, Texas, Mayor,…
Mardi Gras Saves the World
Reports from Mardi Gras, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 1, 2022, are that lockdowns and mandates are done. It was madness…
Comedy, Tragedy, or Both?
The Saturday Night Live skit on Covid policy is a welcome relief, a cultural sign that rationality has started to…
The Feudal Symbolism of Restaurant Closures
The restaurant has not always been with us. It was a product of the birth of the modern. It allowed…
The CDC Discovers Actual Public Health, Just in Time
One day I’m reading an internal memo commissioned by the Democratic Party to provide advice to dealing with Covid policy.…
A New Age of Barbarism
Political leaders in the US, Canada, Germany, and France – all NATO countries – got back on script yesterday. They…
Follow the Data, They Said, and Then Hid It
Never before has the public had access to so much data on a virus and its effects. For two years,…
The Responsibility of Intellectuals 2.0
Part of the astonishing power of Noam Chomsky’s 1967 essay The Responsibility of Intellectuals (New York Review of Books) was…
The Glorious End of DC’s Vaccine Mandate
Amidst dark times – a New York Times columnist has called this the “dark century” but he is at a…
And Now, It’s Economic Warfare
With the world reopening, and even US blue states and cities repealing mandates, how optimistic should we be? A little…
Patricians vs. Plebeians: The Realignment
When I was a kid — and the same with my parents when they were young — you could count…
Are They Finally Admitting Natural Immunity?
In late January, the CDC published a report that made what might have been regarded as a shocking claim. If…
They Are Still Defending Lockdowns
Fifteen years ago, writers schooled in computer science began to imagine various totalitarian schemes for pandemic control. Experienced public health…
Reparations for the Business Victims of Lockdowns
With pandemic controls gradually ending, many people have called for some kind of justice to be realized: investigations on the…
The Power of Protest
All in less than one week, Israel has repealed restrictions and is backing off vaccine mandates, even as cases and…
Now Is the Time for Mass Resignations from Within the Ruling Class
If there is a historical precedent for the truckers’ revolt in Canada, and the populist protests in so many other…
Kulldorff Deleted: Famed Epidemiologist and Early Opponent of Lockdowns Banned by LinkedIn
Just a few days ago, I linked to an epic article in the history of the pandemic response. It was…
Justin Trudeau Ducks the Great Trucker Revolt
The resistance reveals itself always in unexpected ways. As I type, thousands of truckers (numbers are in flux and are…
The Reactionary Political Ethos of Lockdowns and Mandates
The national press barely covered the anti-mandate, anti-lockdown rally in D.C (January 23, 2022), and when they did, they mostly…
The DC Rally and the Rise of the Resistance
By long American tradition, protest movements manifest themselves most fully in gatherings in Washington, D.C, starting at the Washington Monument…
Is Natural Immunity a Case of Lost Knowledge?
Another day in our strange times: the CDC has finally found a kind word to say about natural immunity. You…
The Joker: A Premonition
It was two years and a few months ago – only a few months before lockdowns – that I dragged…
What Might Have Been: Calm, Protection, and Care
We’ll be putting together the timeline of this disaster for many years to come. It all comes down to those…
The Lab Leak: The Plots and Schemes of Jeremy Farrar, Anthony Fauci, and Francis Collins
Jeremy Farrar is a former professor at Oxford University and the head of the Wellcome Trust, an extremely influential non-government…
Songbird: The Dystopian Film that Became Real
Watching Songbird (2020) was a delight. Wait, wrong word. It was chilling, remarkable, stunning, revealing, and terrifying in strange ways.…