Brownstone Category
The China Model Unravels in Shanghai
At the end of the Cold War, the end-of-history theory was that every country in the world that desired prosperity…
Stop Using the Phrase Vaccine Hesitancy
An unsavoury aspect of the Covid-19 response has been the stigmatization of people for various “normal” things: meeting friends, hugging…
The Worship of Zero
The optimal amount of any “bad” (e.g., crime, cancer) is very, very seldom zero. This is because the marginal cost…
The Ins and Outs of Covid Vaccine Safety
At the time of FDA approval for any vaccine, it is impossible to know whether it causes rare, unexpected serious…
How Germany’s Crazy New Rules Punish Natural Immunity
In what must be one of the most mind-bending public health measures adopted anywhere in the world during the entire…
Covid Zero Transitions to Covid Everyone
Each week comes with more announcements that, despite doing everything right, I or someone close to me got Covid-19. From…
Covidians and the Coin Shortage
You have surely seen the signs. They are all over the country. “Please use exact change. We face a coin…
Newsom’s Vaccine Mandate Gets Worse
Considering that Governor Gavin Newsom has decreed that all children in California get vaxxed, their parents in California might wonder…
The Anatomy of Big Pharma’s Political Reach
After graduating from Columbia University with a chemical engineering degree, my grandfather went on to work for Pfizer for almost…
The Hypocrisy of Medical Experts
On the one hand, there are many biomedical faculty who are passionately arguing why 2-4 year olds should be forced…