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It’s not just about this one crisis but past and future ones as well. Above all, this lesson concerns the desperate need for a new outlook that rejects the power of the legally privileged few to rule over the many under any pretext. https://brownstone.org
Looking back to former times is a good way to learn and understand, and a person ignorant of history is like a scrap of paper blown in the wind. But history was written by the literate elite and should not be confused with a destination. brownstone.org/articles/we-...
We Need to Do Better Than Another Enlightenment ⋆ Brownstone Institute
We won’t throw off our new and different shackles by romanticizing the oppressive societies in which these masterpieces were born.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Looking back to former times is a good way to learn and understand, and a person ignorant of history is like a scrap of paper blown in the wind. But history was written by the literate elite and should not be confused with a destination. brownstone.org/articles/we-...
When illiberal states that were brought inside the international institutional fold grew powerful, instead of experiencing an efflorescence of liberalisation in their own domestic domains they effectively sabotaged the international liberal enterprise.
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Weaponised Lawfare as Domestic and International Threat to Western Democracies ⋆ Brownstone Institute
The expansion of state in regulating range of individuals’ and private entities’ behaviour has led to a proliferation of lawfare.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
When illiberal states that were brought inside the international institutional fold grew powerful, instead of experiencing an efflorescence of liberalisation in their own domestic domains they effectively sabotaged the international liberal enterprise.
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The UK did not simply lock down too late. It locked down unnecessarily. The Inquiry should have been a reckoning. Instead, it became a shield—protecting institutions rather than illuminating truth.
Britain deserved better. The world deserved better.
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Britain deserved better. The world deserved better.
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They’ve Learned Nothing — Because That Would Expose Too Much ⋆ Brownstone Institute
The UK Covid-19 Inquiry has released the political chapters of its long-awaited report. After nearly three years, the conclusion is clear.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The UK did not simply lock down too late. It locked down unnecessarily. The Inquiry should have been a reckoning. Instead, it became a shield—protecting institutions rather than illuminating truth.
Britain deserved better. The world deserved better.
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Britain deserved better. The world deserved better.
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“I would think it represents a kind of integrity and courage in public life,” Tucker said, “and stand up for what you believe is the truth, even at some degree of personal risk.”
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
“I would think it represents a kind of integrity and courage in public life,” Tucker said, “and stand up for what you believe is the truth, even at some degree of personal risk.”
For the last several decades, the official autism narrative was that ‘autism is genetic, a GIFT, and anyone who says otherwise is a NUTTER who must be banned from polite society.’ The mainstream media pounded this message into the public consciousness.
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The NY Times Acknowledges That Autism Is Not Primarily Genetic ⋆ Brownstone Institute
For the last several decades, the official autism narrative was that ‘autism is genetic, a GIFT, and anyone who says otherwise is a NUTTER.'
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November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
For the last several decades, the official autism narrative was that ‘autism is genetic, a GIFT, and anyone who says otherwise is a NUTTER who must be banned from polite society.’ The mainstream media pounded this message into the public consciousness.
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We know very little about the harms of vaccines because most of the data come from substandard & flawed trials performed by drug companies, which leave out important adverse events from their publications & avoid to compare their vaccines with a placebo.
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How CDC and FDA Defrauded the American Public about Serious Vaccine Harms ⋆ Brownstone Institute
Lawyer Aaron Siri explains how the American public was systematically misled by the very institutions they are supposed to trust.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
We know very little about the harms of vaccines because most of the data come from substandard & flawed trials performed by drug companies, which leave out important adverse events from their publications & avoid to compare their vaccines with a placebo.
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Grateful our detractors act and speak like 12 year olds. Ad hominems, baseless attacks, zero due diligence, toddler fits, out in public in their pajamas, et al.
Keep it up though ;)
Keep it up though ;)
November 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Grateful our detractors act and speak like 12 year olds. Ad hominems, baseless attacks, zero due diligence, toddler fits, out in public in their pajamas, et al.
Keep it up though ;)
Keep it up though ;)
The usual story of the nation’s first major food safety regulation posits a corrupt industry cleaned up by government. The deeper history offers a different story of an industry in trouble with consumers that went to government to shore up its market share.
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Murray Rothbard Unpacks the Meatpacking Myth ⋆ Brownstone Institute
The usual story of the nation’s first major food safety regulation posits a corrupt industry cleaned up by government. The deeper history offers a different story of an industry in trouble with consum...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The usual story of the nation’s first major food safety regulation posits a corrupt industry cleaned up by government. The deeper history offers a different story of an industry in trouble with consumers that went to government to shore up its market share.
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brownstone.org/articles/mur...
Their scam is now exposed but there is a lesson here for anyone who dares stand up to such powerful forces. Threatened industries are against you. They are daily scheming to humiliate you.
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Exposed: The Hoax That Targeted Health Freedom ⋆ Brownstone Institute
It’s a dangerous world. No question that Brownstone Institute was on the target list, maybe at the top of the list.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Their scam is now exposed but there is a lesson here for anyone who dares stand up to such powerful forces. Threatened industries are against you. They are daily scheming to humiliate you.
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Totalitarianism, with its frenetic will to order and its excess of bureaucracy, is ultimately a campaign against the Soul. It represents a law elevated to absurdity, a rule that has lost all touch with love. It forces life into servitude. brownstone.org/articles/ris...
Rise and Fall of the Neuralink Society ⋆ Brownstone Institute
Totalitarianism is a campaign against the Soul. It represents a law elevated to absurdity, a rule that has lost all touch with love.
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November 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Totalitarianism, with its frenetic will to order and its excess of bureaucracy, is ultimately a campaign against the Soul. It represents a law elevated to absurdity, a rule that has lost all touch with love. It forces life into servitude. brownstone.org/articles/ris...
Could the appropriation of sacramental language and sacramental thinking to justify the enactment of a wholly secular political program with evident hostility to the ideas of moral discernment and individual human dignity be made any clearer?
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The Sacramental Underpinnings of Vaccine Culture ⋆ Brownstone Institute
One of pernicious conceits is the idea that by declaring oneself irreligious, one is immediately freed from longings for transcendence.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Could the appropriation of sacramental language and sacramental thinking to justify the enactment of a wholly secular political program with evident hostility to the ideas of moral discernment and individual human dignity be made any clearer?
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This year, Brownstone Institute awarded its prize for outstanding achievement to three exceptional individuals who have been brilliant servants of society and truth in times of great upheaval.
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Brownstone Prize Winners 2025 ⋆ Brownstone Institute
Brownstone Institute awarded its prize for outstanding achievement to three exceptional individuals who have been servants of society.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This year, Brownstone Institute awarded its prize for outstanding achievement to three exceptional individuals who have been brilliant servants of society and truth in times of great upheaval.
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If you’re doing good science, it may lead you into politically incorrect areas. If you’re a good scientist, you will follow them. brownstone.org/articles/the...
The Crisis of Pseudoscience, by John F. Clauser ⋆ Brownstone Institute
What follows is a transcript of Dr. John Clauser's remarks that prompted the International Monetary Fund to cancel his appearance this week.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
If you’re doing good science, it may lead you into politically incorrect areas. If you’re a good scientist, you will follow them. brownstone.org/articles/the...
You can spend a half-day on a small edit and see it reversed by the nameless editorial oligarchs who guard every entry that is even slightly controversial. Instead of broadening and including voices, it has narrowed and excluded them.
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The Rise and Fall of Wikipedia ⋆ Brownstone Institute
As it turns out, machines do a better job than anonymous oligarchs at getting us close to the truth. Welcome to the post-Wikipedia age.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
You can spend a half-day on a small edit and see it reversed by the nameless editorial oligarchs who guard every entry that is even slightly controversial. Instead of broadening and including voices, it has narrowed and excluded them.
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Informed Consent is non-negotiable
October 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Informed Consent is non-negotiable
All models are wrong, but some are useful“ goes a famous saying. Perhaps it should say that all models are wrong, and some are dangerous.
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The Covid Re-Review Project: All Models Are Wrong, and Some Are Dangerous ⋆ Brownstone Institute
This, in our opinion, is the case for the study “Inferring the effectiveness of government interventions against COVID-19”.
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October 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
All models are wrong, but some are useful“ goes a famous saying. Perhaps it should say that all models are wrong, and some are dangerous.
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Nursing at the government teat will never bring you independence or satisfaction. I challenge you to rip up the subsidy paperwork and wean yourself. You can do it.
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Don’t Bail out Soybeans ⋆ Brownstone Institute
What kind of economic gymnastics makes soybean farmers think they deserve taxpayer subsidies? Where is the farmer who dares to pivot?
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October 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Nursing at the government teat will never bring you independence or satisfaction. I challenge you to rip up the subsidy paperwork and wean yourself. You can do it.
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That imposed-from-above carnage was pretty much unimpeded by courts that supposedly protect us. Those who forced lockdowns in kingly fashion continue to evade responsibility.
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The Triumph of DIY ⋆ Brownstone Institute
Thanks to survival on the planet, I now know how to do more things around the house than I used to. Maybe add in YouTube for a few things, and there is a lot of learning available.
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October 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
That imposed-from-above carnage was pretty much unimpeded by courts that supposedly protect us. Those who forced lockdowns in kingly fashion continue to evade responsibility.
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By pitting America’s free-speech roar against Europe’s muffle, a First Amendment diplomacy would not just help France — it would spark a global revolution against officialdom. Media freedom isn’t bureaucrat-boxed; it’s people-powered.
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Does France Have Independent Media? ⋆ Brownstone Institute
By pitting America's free-speech roar against Europe's muffle, a First Amendment diplomacy would not just help France.
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October 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
By pitting America’s free-speech roar against Europe’s muffle, a First Amendment diplomacy would not just help France — it would spark a global revolution against officialdom. Media freedom isn’t bureaucrat-boxed; it’s people-powered.
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The FDA’s inaction has created a black market dominated by unregulated imports, many from China. According to my own research, roughly 85 percent of pouches now sold in convenience stores are technically illegal.
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FDA’s War on Commonsense Nicotine Regulation ⋆ Brownstone Institute
Sweden’s evidence shows the results of a pragmatic approach: a near-smoke-free society achieved through consumer choice, not coercion.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The FDA’s inaction has created a black market dominated by unregulated imports, many from China. According to my own research, roughly 85 percent of pouches now sold in convenience stores are technically illegal.
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Hegel valorized the state as god marching on earth, a force of social firmament bending history to inevitable conquest of rightful victors. Adopted by the right (national socialism) & left (international socialism) to infuse the state with an air of inevitability.
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What Is the State and Who Controls It? ⋆ Brownstone Institute
What is the state, from whence does it come, and who controls it? One might suppose these questions have obvious answers.
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October 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Hegel valorized the state as god marching on earth, a force of social firmament bending history to inevitable conquest of rightful victors. Adopted by the right (national socialism) & left (international socialism) to infuse the state with an air of inevitability.
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What we blame as capitalism is often not capitalism at all. It’s the result of government overreach, unchecked money printing, massive deficit spending, and collusion between the state and mega-corporations.
That’s not a free market.
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That’s not a free market.
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We Stopped Practicing Capitalism ⋆ Brownstone Institute
We must ask ourselves honestly: have we started mimicking a machine, a top-down system built on control, not connection?
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October 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
What we blame as capitalism is often not capitalism at all. It’s the result of government overreach, unchecked money printing, massive deficit spending, and collusion between the state and mega-corporations.
That’s not a free market.
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That’s not a free market.
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In the triumph of luxury politics, the costs of the rich suffused in the golden glow of virtue are borne by the poor. Should a billion more Chinese and Indians have stayed poor and destitute over the last four decades, so Westerners could feel virtuous-green?
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Beware Catastrophizing Climate Models and Activists ⋆ Brownstone Institute
The dedicated international bureaucracy will have a powerful vested interest in ongoing climate crises and serially repeating pandemics.
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October 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
In the triumph of luxury politics, the costs of the rich suffused in the golden glow of virtue are borne by the poor. Should a billion more Chinese and Indians have stayed poor and destitute over the last four decades, so Westerners could feel virtuous-green?
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brownstone.org/articles/bew...
May all your carrots grow long and straight. May tomato blossom end rot affect your Monsanto neighbor's tomatoes. May the coyotes be struck blind at your pasture chickens. May all of your culinary experiments be delectably palatable.
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The Food Emancipation Proclamation ⋆ Brownstone Institute
May all your carrots grow long and straight. May tomato blossom end rot affect your Monsanto neighbor's tomatoes.
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October 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
May all your carrots grow long and straight. May tomato blossom end rot affect your Monsanto neighbor's tomatoes. May the coyotes be struck blind at your pasture chickens. May all of your culinary experiments be delectably palatable.
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This is not about partisanship or ideology. It is about human life and if society can survive this onslaught of violence whether private or public. We must expose those who fund the unraveling of our society and see that they are stopped by legal means.
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Charlie Kirk: May He Rest in Peace ⋆ Brownstone Institute
Charlie Kirk had a gift for embracing critics, for refuting their arguments, for harnessing their hatred. He loved debate and he loved ideas.
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October 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This is not about partisanship or ideology. It is about human life and if society can survive this onslaught of violence whether private or public. We must expose those who fund the unraveling of our society and see that they are stopped by legal means.
brownstone.org/articles/cha...
brownstone.org/articles/cha...