It’s the first day of December, so let’s start the monthly open thread.
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Privacy in Voting Is a Treasure
Privacy in Voting Is a Treasure
by Christine Black at Brownstone Institute
Styrofoam partitions at the polling place comforted me. Our polling place is a cinder block community center in a very small town in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. I also …
Fluoride in the Water
Fluoride in the Water
by Carl Heneghan at Brownstone Institute
Politico reports that RFK, Jr. plans to ban fluoridation, and the work is already underway. Multiple news outlets repeated this story, yet none of them checked the evidence.
According to …
Justice Is Served: Jay Bhattacharya Chosen to Be NIH Director
Justice Is Served: Jay Bhattacharya Chosen to Be NIH Director
by Steve Templeton at Brownstone Institute
Many years ago, I was at the wedding of a good friend, a guy who everyone …
The “Let It Rip” Canard: Reflections on Jay Bhattacharya
The “Let It Rip” Canard: Reflections on Jay Bhattacharya
by Jeffrey A. Tucker at Brownstone Institute
Early in the Covid period, the skeptics of government closures and universal quarantines were denounced as favoring a policy of “let it rip.” The …
Federal Covid Inquiry Finds Public Trust Plummeted
Federal Covid Inquiry Finds Public Trust Plummeted
by Rebekah Barnett at Brownstone Institute
In a report handed down on Tuesday, Australia’s federal Covid Inquiry found that extreme public health restrictions, coupled with a lack of transparency about the evidence informing these decisions, …
Go Paint the Porch
Go Paint the Porch
by Christine Black at Brownstone Institute
“Move through life looking for signs and messages,” said Rosanne at a meeting of a group I belong to. What a lovely idea, I thought, and what a wonderful way …
The Vaccine Paradox
The Vaccine Paradox
by Filipe Rafaeli at Brownstone Institute
I was called an “anti-vaccine activist” in an article by Olavo Amaral, a doctor, writer, and professor at UFRJ (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), published in Nexo Jornal, a major …
Something Wicked Your Way Comes
Something Wicked Your Way Comes
by Ann Bauer at Brownstone Institute
The biggest surprise of my November 2024—and remember, that’s a pretty high bar—was that I didn’t totally hate Wicked: Part One.
Are the songs inane and forgettable? God yes, …
Our Last Innocent Moment Is Our First Step Forward
Our Last Innocent Moment Is Our First Step Forward
by Julie Ponesse at Brownstone Institute
This lecture takes us back into history for two reasons. First, it reminds us of a Canadian who was looking at the Canada of his …
Six Simple Steps to Pharma Reform
Six Simple Steps to Pharma Reform
by Clayton J. Baker, MD at Brownstone Institute
The recent United States elections may have finally produced an administration that is willing – even eager – to reform the Big Pharma juggernaut that has …
Peanut and Puppycide
Peanut and Puppycide
by Robert Blumen at Brownstone Institute
In the waning moments of the 2024 election, Peanut, a squirrel, went viral. A wildlife rescue, Peanut had been unable to go back to being a wild animal after his rehabilitation. …
How to Cut $2 Trillion of Fat from the Federal Budget
How to Cut $2 Trillion of Fat from the Federal Budget
by David Stockman at Brownstone Institute
A goal of $2 trillion of budget savings is crucial to the very future of Constitutional democracy and capitalist prosperity in America. In …
Gattaca’s Warning against Vaccine Passports
Gattaca’s Warning against Vaccine Passports
by Bert Olivier at Brownstone Institute
Gattaca, the 1997 dystopian science fiction film by Andrew Niccol, was prescient. It anticipated the inauguration of a newly class-stratified society based on genetics, the manipulation of genes to …
A Diagram of Elite Wickedness
A Diagram of Elite Wickedness
by Daniel Klein at Brownstone Institute
I had the honor of being a guest on “Amazing Academics,” a YouTube series hosted by Philip Davies, who is retired from Bournemouth University in southeast England. Dr. Davies’ …