Brownstone Category

March 13, 2022

Vaccine Fanaticism Fuels Vaccine Skepticism

The development of COVID-19 vaccines is one of the few successes during a pandemic that saw major failures in public health strategy…

March 12, 2022

Travel Blocked from Europe: The Second Anniversary

At some point, we need a clear timeline based on what we know so far from books, FOIA requests, and…

March 12, 2022

The Failure of Track-and-Trace: Interview with Jay Bhattacharya

From early in the pandemic, once the confusion over testing had been sorted out, there seemed to be universal agreement…

March 12, 2022

The CDC: Source of Misinformation

One lasting casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic is lost trust in public health. The CDC recently lifted their recommendation for…

March 11, 2022

It’s Time to Talk about Elephants

For the past two years the world has converged on a single goal: slowing the spread of Covid-19. We have…

March 11, 2022

What Happens When Cases Rise?

Right now COVID cases are down, everyone is thinking about Ukraine, and restrictions are falling, but it won’t stay that…

March 11, 2022

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…

March 11, 2022

How Seventy Years of Progress Came to an End

The new inflation numbers are out. It’s 8 percent on consumer prices, or so they say. Not even that is…

March 11, 2022

How Seventy Years of Progress Came to an End

The new inflation numbers are out. It’s 8 percent on consumer prices, or so they say. Not even that is…

March 11, 2022

What the Truckers Want: An Explanation for the Confused

There are many legitimate reasons to be cynical in this world, but I’ve decided to assume that my fellow Americans…