Brownstone Category
The Corruption of My Liberal Tribe
I have always been a liberal, left-leaning in my politics, a devout adherent to principles such as liberty, free speech,…
Hospitals Should Hire, Not Fire, Nurses with Natural Immunity
Among many surprising developments during this pandemic, the most stunning has been the questioning of naturally acquired immunity after a…
Hurting Children to Protect Them
“Those in authority must retain the public’s trust. The way to do that is to distort nothing, to put the…
Rand Paul and Xavier Becerra Square Off on Natural Immunity, with Devastating Results
Xavier Becerra is an American politician and lawyer and is currently Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.…
The Purges Have Begun
How this began: The virus was here (the US) already for months from 2019 and life went on normally. Once…
Only Freedom Can Fix a Broken Australia
I’ve rarely been as charmed by a country or culture as I have been in my many visits to Australia.…
Copycat Governments: How the World Locked Down
A continuing mystery is how it is that so many governments in so many different places on earth could have…
The Wrecking of New York City: Accident or Design?
To my mind, the New York Times bears a huge part of the responsibility for the catastrophic policy response to…
These Travel Restrictions Must End
On matters epidemiological, I’m a dedicated follower of Professor Sunetra Gupta of Oxford University, scientist and novelist. It was she…
The Meaning of the FDA Resignations
How significant is it that the two top FDA officials responsible for vaccine research resigned last week and this week…