Brownstone Category
“Half the Population Could Die!”: The Great Disease Panic of 2005-06
People might think that disease panic plus extreme actions by governments are new, perhaps because the virus in question is…
A Caste System Threatens the West
If you test positive or refuse to be tested at all in New Zealand, prepare to be shipped out to…
The CDC Alone Is Regulating Rental Markets
So much went wrong last year that it was hard to keep up. It was like being pounded daily by…
The New Segregationism
Walking through several airports to catch planes this season – they are packed with people – I stepped on hundreds…
They Considered and Rejected Pandemic Closures in 1957
The Asian flu of 1957-58 was a deadly pandemic with a broader reach for severe outcomes than Covid-19 of 2020. It killed…
What Were Lockdowners Thinking? A Review of Jeremy Farrar
I’ve heard the following question seemingly thousands of times over the last year: “Why did they do this to us?” …
The CDC Is a Threat to Science
I’m still trying to wrap my brain around the astonishing shift from the CDC on Tuesday, July 27, 2021. It…
How to Account for the CDC’s New Mask Advisory?
The crazy, convoluted, mixed up messaging from the CDC – it’s been this way from the beginning of the pandemic…
A Short History of the Great Barrington Declaration
Laura Ingraham on her Fox television show in July 2021 correctly celebrated the re-opening of the US economy, so long…
Rock Climbers, Skaters, and Risk Assessment
We all inhabit a variety of subcultures in life – sports, religion, music, other hobbies – so we cannot be…