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We Approach State Singularity
We Approach State Singularity Many citizens of the West believe that they live in free societies, or something close. But as time goes on, public authorities increasingly insist on having a say in everything. People cannot build things on their own land without permits. They cannot run businesses without approvals and inspections. They cannot give […]
What Really Happened: Lockdown Until Vaccination
What Really Happened: Lockdown Until Vaccination “…in April of 2020, I got a call from Rajeev Venkayya…he told me on the phone to stop writing about lockdowns…” Four years later, many people are investigating how our lives were completely upended by a pandemic response. Over my time on the case, I’ve heard countless theories. It […]
Medical Elites’ Disgrace Over Ivermectin
Medical Elites’ Disgrace Over Ivermectin “We know there is an important (but untransparent) list of who is responsible for misrepresenting published data, but will anyone be held accountable?” In the wake of the FDA settling a lawsuit brought against it for wantonly and aggressively smearing ivermectin, the agency has deleted its postings. That’s good, but […]
Money’s Grim Future
Money’s Grim Future Prepare for total control of your economic life. That is the message from Brownstone Fellow Aaron Day at his 4-hour workshop in San Jose, California last Saturday, May 11th. Day has written the excellent book The Final Countdown, which carefully describes the increasingly aggressive assaults on our freedoms by our government and by the global elites. […]
Did Lockdowns Set a Global Revolt in Motion?
Did Lockdowns Set a Global Revolt in Motion? “The intellectual parlor game is over. This is a real-life struggle for freedom itself. It’s resist and rebuild or doom.” My first article on the coming backlash – admittedly wildly optimistic – went to print April 24, 2020. After 6 weeks of lockdown, I confidently predicted a political revolt, a movement […]
We Can’t Ban Our Way to a Better World
We Can’t Ban Our Way to a Better World Henry, Diana Mara. Police dragging a smiling woman, November 1980. Diana Mara Henry Papers (PH 51). Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries Il nous faut de l’audace, encore de l’audace, toujours de l’audace! (We need audacity, more audacity, always audacity!) Georges Jacques Danton […]
How Can We Trust Institutions That Lied?
How Can We Trust Institutions That Lied? Trust the Authorities, trust the Experts, and trust the Science, we were told. Public health messaging during the Covid-19 pandemic was only credible if it originated from government health authorities, the World Health Organization, and pharmaceutical companies, as well as scientists who parroted their lines with little critical […]
Othering Unvaccinated Persons
Othering Unvaccinated Persons In my teaching, I prepare undergraduate students to become high school history teachers. In one course, teacher candidates prepare and deliver mock lessons. Their peers play the role of high school students, and I observe and give feedback following these practice lessons. Whether coincidence or a reflection of the times, this fall […]
