Brownstone Institute

Governments have managed simultaneously to be increasingly out of touch with people’s real concerns and meddlesome busybodies interfering in people’s daily lives. The result is that the liberal democratic order is being stress-tested domestically just like the liberal international order. ~Ramesh Thakur The Progressive Authoritarian Tide Retreats https://lnkd.in/eXG7gfmU

Why was the very existence of the RKI’s staff member from Wuhan redacted in the original official release of the “RKI Files”? ~Robert Kogon Who Is Wei Cai, German Public Health’s ‘Hidden’ Scientist from Wuhan? https://lnkd.in/eTZVAe-t

We should celebrate our local merchants. They connect the community through hard work, great risk, tremendous creativity, and service, and yet too often, they do not get the appreciation they deserve. ~Jeffrey Tucker Merry Christmas to the Merchants! https://lnkd.in/eUe4_gK9

Brownstone's top article of the week: The current criticism of Kennedy is an endeavor to make him look dangerously ignorant and irresponsible to sway members of the Senate. ~David Marks RFK Jr. and the Samoan Measles Outbreak https://lnkd.in/eRNUew7D

There is at last a case for hope. Maybe. Regardless, there is proof that our voices matter, that our loss of faith can turn toward rebuilding, that perhaps the people can take back power and get their lives back. ~Brownstone Institute A Time of Hope https://lnkd.in/eVG7tAae

The credibility of Public Health institutions has been squandered. It will be regained by untangling the influence of Big Pharma on public policy and reform in organized medicine. ~Russ Gonnering Medicine Needs Critical Thinking, not Critical Theory https://lnkd.in/eMg2TRC6

The following short guidebook will provide the aspiring propagandist, WEF lackey, Communist Apparatchik, Woke Marxist, and seasoned government bureaucrat alike with the tools and knowledge necessary to develop their promising talent into full-bloom mastery of the art of propaganda. ~Aaron Hertzberg Idiot’s Guide to Cooking Data for Aspiring Propagandists https://lnkd.in/e8FG8kPU

What I find striking post-Covid is the toll the Covid era took on holiday traditions. Upon asking others about their plans, they give some answer before adding how things aren’t like before. ~Daniel Nuccio Bowling Alone on Christmas in Bedford Falls https://lnkd.in/e88dzcb6

Working within the classic canons of liberal reformism, we can surely institute changes that will slightly improve the educational experience of students. But it seems incremental reforms no longer suffice. ~Thomas Harrington The Banalization of Education https://lnkd.in/em2hYcXY

Fear of a Microbial Planet offers desperately needed clarity and science on the organization and management of individual social life in the presence of pathogenic infection. ~Steve Templeton Fear of a Microbial Planet https://a.co/d/1inT8vF