Originally published on Brownstone Institute In 2015, a viral pandemic from Northeast Brazil exploded into the news, supported by breathless public health alarms that Zika — a flavivirus acknowledged for decades as harmless — was now suddenly responsible for congenital microcephaly (babies with small heads; diminished intellect). WHO-aligned experts within …

Portrait of Marie-Antoinette, Jean-Baptiste André Gautier-Dagoty (1775) Marie Antoinette, France’s last queen before the Revolution, is often remembered more for the scandals and accusations surrounding her than for her true character. From her arrival in France as a young Austrian archduchess to her tragic death at the guillotine, she became the embodiment …

Originally published on The Stream One of the most valuable defectors from the possessed Left is Naomi Wolf. I remember her from college, where as a loudly pro-choice feminist she was pretty much my campus nemesis. She wore a pink triangle, I wore a “Better Dead than Red” T-shirt I’d …

Originally published on the author’s Substack Parents Should Not Expect a Long-Term Benefit In 1991, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) first recommended that all infants in the United States receive the hepatitis B vaccine at birth or within 1–2 months of age. The goal was to prevent maternal transmission …

Originally published on the author’s Substack Why do people root for the rebel resistance in movies but crave paternalistic authority in real life? Whenever I’m in the Mediterranean I’m reminded of the rich lore of piracy. In the popular imagination, piracy is associated with the Golden Age of Piracy in …