Original article (via Brownstone Institute) The most dramatic narrative shift in this post-lockdown period has been the flip in the perceptions of government itself. For decades and even centuries, government was seen as the essential bulwark to defend the poor, empower the marginalized, realize justice, even the playing field in […]
“Exclusive With Jeffrey Tucker – Trump Inc. Incoming! Is There Reason For Optimism?”
“As Americans prepare for Donald Trump’s inauguration, conservative influencers and the medical freedom movement largely anticipate a “New Golden Era.” However, some express concern over recent developments, such as key vaccine truth advocates being removed from HHS, and the introduction of a new agency, the ERS, rumored to enforce a […]
“SHOCK STUDY: America in a Deep Recession for Four Years! Live with Economist Jeffrey Tucker”
Today Jeffrey Tucker, Founder and President of The Brownstone Institute SHATTERS the illusion of a “booming economy” with a bombshell report written by EJ Antoni and Peter St. Onge which settles, once and for all, the dispute about the real state of the economy and the challenges it creates for […]
France’s Parliament Adopts Controversial “Pfizer Amendment” Bill
Originally posted on the author’s Substack. Recently, I was alerted to France’s parliament passing the contentious draft legislation aimed at tackling “sectarian abuses,” commonly known as the “Pfizer Amendment” among critics, on Tuesday, April 9th. My initial coverage of the draft bill’s progression through France’s National Assembly was reported in […]
“The Meltdown of Commercial Real Estate”
In case you’ve still got money in a bank, Bloomberg is warning that defaults in commercial real estate loans could “topple” hundreds of US banks. Leaving taxpayers on the hook for trillions in losses. The note, by Senior Editor James Crombie, walks us through the festering hellscape that is commercial […]
“Perverse Incentives”
I. Introduction We live in a world awash in perverse incentives. A perverse incentive is when the rules, structures, or practices of any system reward bad behavior or sociopathic outcomes. I had to come up with my own definition because all of the official definitions claim that perverse incentives are unintended. […]
The Truth Business Leaders Need to Face
Originally published at Brownstone Institute Silent disruption of population health and human potential is causing a decline in economic growth and increased poverty worldwide. The number of citizens losing trust in leaders from public-private partnerships that ruled and mandated public health and climate policies and are responsible for eroding human […]
A Victory for Free Speech
Ready for some good news? We are too. Fortunately there is some: the injunction against agency intimidation is back. As a result, some of the rights we lost have been clawed back. Some. For now. But it’s good news, and we’ll take it. Brownstone Institute is now coming out of […]
CDC Now Refusing New COVID Vaccine Adverse Event Reports in Its V-Safe Program
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) V-safe website quietly stopped collecting adverse event reports with no reason or explanation. The V-safe website simply states: “Thank you for your participation. Data collection for COVID-19 vaccines concluded on June 30, 2023.” If you go there today, V-safe directs users to […]
Rutgers Set to Disenroll Students on August 15th if Not Compliant with COVID Vaccine Mandates
On March 25, 2021, Rutgers University became the first university in the nation to announce it would require students to take COVID vaccines for fall 2021 enrollment, retracting its January 8, 2021 announcement that “…with our stance of human liberties and our history of protecting that, the vaccine is not mandatory.” What happened […]
A Crumbling Regime: Lessons for the Social Sciences and Humanities
Recent revelations from the “Twitter Files” in the United States and the “Lockdown Files” in the United Kingdom revealed a troubling relationship between prominent scientific institutions, the state, social media companies, and traditional media that shaped our COVID-19 response. The fallout on democratic institutions will have political and social consequences […]
The Morality of Language in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
The expression “artificial intelligence” seems fitting for any entity that does not take responsibility for its words. ChatGPT and the like remind us that machines are not human beings and human beings are not machines. Machines do not approve and disapprove as human being do. Machines do not have sentiments. […]
How They Convinced Trump to Lock Down
Originally Published at Brownstone Institute An enduring mystery for three years is how Donald Trump came to be the president who shut down American society for what turned out to be a manageable respiratory virus, setting off an unspeakable crisis with waves of destructive fallout that continue to this day. […]
Three Years to Slow the Spread Marked the Advent of Push-Button Tyranny
Originally Published at The Dossier This week marks the three-year anniversary of the infamous “15 Days To Slow The Spread” campaign. By March 16, yours truly was already pretty fed up with both the governmental and societal “response” to what was being baselessly categorized as the worst pandemic in 100 […]
Conspiracy Theories Become Conspiracy Facts
Originally Published at Brownstone Institute At first slowly but in recent weeks with seemingly gathering pace, two trends have emerged. On the one hand, many of the core claims behind lockdowns, masks, and vaccines are unravelling and the prevailing narrative has been in retreat on all three fronts. But there […]
Monkeypox: Same Players, Same Playbook
Is history repeating? Only recently the world has witnessed a rise in monkeypox cases outside of Africa. Health advisors who saw their influence and power rise when the world was confronted by the COVID-19 crisis, are now jumping on the monkeypox bandwagon, already calling the recent monkeypox outbreak an epidemic. […]