Brownstone Category
Plagues and the Unleashing of Power
People have been reacting poorly to epidemics for as long as there have been epidemics. In the Middle Ages, fear…
Who Pushed for Lockdowns? 101 Leading Voices
In Shanghai, China, millions of residents have been locked in their homes for weeks. Those who test positive for Covid are taken…
How Dangerous Are Masks for Children?
Our public health agencies such as the CDC and NIH, and television medical experts seem unable to address key health…
What Is Motivating the Shanghai Lockdown?
The most frequent question I get about the ongoing lockdown in Shanghai involves the potential motives of the Chinese Communist…
How Virus Spending Became the New Virus
The retail sales report for March brought more evidence that Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan of last March, which…
Medical Freedom: Why It Matters
I received a phone call a few weeks ago inviting me to speak at Defeat The Mandates at Grand Park…
Elon Musk’s Big Move on Twitter
As you undoubtedly have heard, Elon Musk – ever the rebel – has offered to buy the whole of Twitter…
What Covid Crimes Will Victims Not Forgive?
History has altered course. Lockdowns saw the belittling of whole populations by a neo-feudal elite, while that elite, with astonishing…
After Disaster: The Case of Postwar Berlin
“During those days he stood still for such disastrous fatuities as Franklin Roosevelt’s impetuous call for unconditional surrender, a rhetorical…
China’s Covid Numbers are Manifestly Absurd
The Wall Street Journal published a piece titled “Shanghai Has Recorded More Than 130,000 Covid Cases—and No Deaths.” Seeing the…