Brownstone Category
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…