History Rhymes: Freedom from Fear

History Rhymes: Freedom from Fear
by James Bovard at Brownstone Institute

“Freedom from fear” was a prime justification for many of the most oppressive Covid pandemic policies. As Georgetown University Law professor Lawrence Gostin declared in late 2021, “COVID-19 vaccines …

Amazon’s Threefold Injustice

Amazon’s Threefold Injustice
by Daniel Klein at Brownstone Institute

The book The Coddling of the American Mind, by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt, appeared in 2018. It explained trends that have remade much of American life, like safetyism, cancel culture, …

Black Swan, White Swan

Black Swan, White Swan
by Julie Ponesse at Brownstone Institute

All things truly wicked start from innocence.

—Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast

It takes one second for a raindrop to fall 32 feet and 3-6 seconds to take a breath. …

The White Woman’s Burden

The White Woman’s Burden
by Thomas Harrington at Brownstone Institute

For all its obvious organizational authoritarianism and corruption, the Catholicism that reigned largely unchallenged in Western Europe in the ten or so centuries previous to the unveiling of Martin Luther’s …