Fellow Americans, the government will take care of you!
They don’t want you to have to worry about information that they don’t approve in your social media accounts.
They don’t want you to worry that the US government would directly …
The Munk Debate on the Crisis of Liberalism
On Friday, George Will squared off against Sohrab Ahmari in the Munk debate on “the crisis of liberalism.” But the crisis didn’t come up.
Will is a prominent conservative commentator who writes for the Washington Post. Ahmari is an author, …
Confronting Pandemic Tyranny
I am pleased to share this splendid review of The New Abnormal by Paul Seaton, originally published in Law and Liberty.
In 2019, Aaron Kheriaty was a professor of psychiatry and chair of medical ethics at the University of California …
Does New York City 2020 Make any Sense?
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Liberal as a Political Adjective: 1769–1824
The digitization of text has enabled us to prove that liberalism started with Adam Smith and friends. Liberalism 1.0 was Smithian liberalism.
I show the origins, nature, and character of liberalism 1.0 in a new study, “‘Liberal’ as a Political …
Covid in the Age of Woke
Before I start, let me pose a question for you to ponder. How many people around the world have been helped to retain their sanity, and perhaps even to escape self-harm, by the existence of entities like Brownstone in America …
Explaining the Crisis through Jacques Lacan
The psychoanalytic theorist, Jacques Lacan, has some surprising conceptual tools up his sleeve, some of which can bring some clarity in the oft-confusing world in which we live at present. His theoretical and philosophical oeuvre comprises a wide spectrum, most …
Under the Microscope: Cochrane’s Covid-19 Vaccines Review
There has been little attention paid to Cochrane’s review of Covid‐19 vaccines, in stark contrast to the worldwide media attention paid to its review of face masks.
Since Cochrane reviews have been lauded as “rigorous” and “trustworthy,” it is prudent …
The Real Scandal: Covid Inquiry’s Failure
The real Covid scandal is emerging right in front of the inquiry’s nose, writes Fraser Nelson in the Telegraph: Britain could have escaped the horrors of lockdown, but nobody pulled apart the doom models driving it. Here’s an excerpt.
Let’s …
Explaining the Nocebo Effect, Emotional Contagion, and Mass Hysteria
At the beginning of the pandemic, I couldn’t wrap my mind around why so many people were acting in such irrational and self-destructive ways. I had to find a way to explain their behavior, even if just to myself. Despite …
Questioning Lipid Nanoparticles
Despite over 13.5 billion Covid-19 doses administered worldwide, there remains a lot of fundamental information lacking. Since there isn’t a good article which 1) scientifically, 2) clinically and 3) regulatorily address Lipid Nanoparticles (LNPs) and the FDA’s role in assuring …
Bearing Eternal Witness to a Scam
When I was growing up in the 1960s-70s, we often played late summer and fall football games in various locations: on streets, vacant lots, school fields, suburban yards, a grocery store parking lot (under the lights) or in parks. In …
November Open Thread (2023)
It’s the first weekend of October so I’m opening up the November Open Thread for members to discuss the latest news and happenings from around the world, or just to share personal anecdotes or talk about life, music, the world …
Banishing Ghosts after the Pandemic
My wonderful wife handles all of the Halloween planning for our family. She arranges the costumes, the candy, puts up the decorations, and manages the inevitable costume parties.
This year my wife chose a Ghostbusters theme. In our front yard, …
Vaccine Mandates and Employee Termination: Arbitrary and Capricious
I was recently engaged to develop documentation that could be used in support of unjust termination prosecution of US employers who had required COVID-19 vaccination of their employee(s) under threat of termination for non-compliance.
On October 25, 2022 (one year …