There used to be a time where claims from pharmaceutical companies may have been treated with some degree of skepticism from major institutions and media outlets.
Yet in late 2020 and into 2021, suddenly skepticism turned to complete blind faith. …
Is the Overton Window Real, Imagined, or Constructed?
The concept of the Overton window caught on in professional culture, particularly those seeking to nudge public opinion, because it taps into a certain sense that we all know is there. There are things you can say and things you …
Norway Lockdowns: A Retrospective
History has never seen anything like the globally coordinated lockdowns of mid-March 2020, with nearly every nation in the world simultaneously jettisoning its laws and liberties in favor of an experiment without precedent, one without a clear goal or exit …
A Devil’s New American Lexicon
In 1942, C.S. Lewis published The Screwtape Letters, in which Screwtape, a devil, mentored his nephew Wormwood on how to manage his patient, so as to serve their common spiritual master. Screwtape advised: “Jargon, not argument, is your best ally …
The Bison Advantage
They say that bison are the only animals that purposefully walk into a storm rather than drifting with the wind because they know that doing so will get them through it faster.
I often think about the decision I made …
Prescription Drugs Are the Leading Cause of Death
And psychiatric drugs are the third leading cause of death
Overtreatment with drugs kills many people, and the death rate is increasing. It is therefore strange that we have allowed this long-lasting drug pandemic to continue, and even more so …
Is Censorship the Biden Era’s Torture Issue?
During last month’s Supreme Court hearing on a landmark case on federal censorship, Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson declared, “My biggest concern is…the First Amendment hamstringing the government in significant ways.” Her comment was mystifying because that is the whole point …
“Fear”: One Year Later
For many years I had wanted to write a book, but as a young person I thought I needed to learn about something important before I wrote about it. After working as a research technician in a few labs at …
Australian Senate to Investigate Excess Mortality
Some people claim that 60 percent of all statistics, like this one, is just made up out of thin air. All statistics in relation to Covid – numbers infected, infection and case fatality rates, deaths from and with Covid, the …
What Happened to Bitcoin?
Those who involved themselves in Bitcoin markets after 2017 encountered a different operation and ideal than those who came before. Today, no one much cares about what came before, speaking of 2010-2016. They are only watching the upward price momentum …
Is Paxlovid a Dud?
Of all the antiviral drugs for Covid-19, Pfizer’s Paxlovid has been the most successful. Not for its safety and efficacy, but for its ability to earn the company billions in profits despite being largely ineffective for most people.
In November …
EPA Threatens Locally Produced Beef
In Another Blow to Decentralized Natural Meat Production, EPA Rule Indirectly Shuts Down Small Meat Producers via Clean Water Act Overreach
American’s Will Lose the Choice to Buy Local Meats
On January 23, 2024, under Biden Administration guidance, the Environmental …
Data Betrayed the Supposed ‘Apocalypse’
It was an evening in mid-March 2020. Almost two years had passed since I retired from the University of Arizona, where I was a Professor of Epidemiology in the College of Public Health.
I was watching the news from Israel, …
Deborah Birx Gets Her Close-Up
Most Americans will remember Dr. Deborah Birx as the “scarf lady” who served on the White House’s Covid Response Team beginning in February 2020.
According to a recently-released (but little-seen) 24-minute mini-documentary, it was Birx – even more so than Anthony Fauci – who was responsible …
The Death and Resurrection of Science
[This article was coauthored with documentary filmmaker Janus Bang]
After two years of draconian lockdowns, governments around the world suddenly dismantled their unprecedented campaigns against Covid-19 in silence. From one day to another, the whole thing was supposed to be …