“freedom is good” blog archive
The Deeper Dive: Lies, Damned Lies, and Government Statistics
l Photo by Jametlene Reskp on Unsplash According to Wolf Richter, the major factor driving the surge in real GDP…
The Biden Debacle
After weeks of speculation that President Biden would step down, an apparent internal coup has stopped his reelection bid. The…
VSRF LIVE: Episode 136 – Pfizer Whistleblowers
On this week’s VSRF Live, Dr. Pierre Kory, M.D. is kind enough to sit in for me as I continue…
The Apprentices
Since his eye injury, we are all concerned with how Steve Kirsch is doing. Let me report he is doing…
Biden and the Media’s ‘Anti-Disinformation Campaign
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”…
Immutable Rules Made Mutable in the New Age
Even just a few years ago, there was a certain certainty about the world, about society. Now there is only…
The Stock Market Is More Concentrated Than Ever… Here’s Why We’re in a Relative Bear Market
Disbursement. And disbursement leads to concentration. Eb and flow. Yin and yang. You can’t breathe in without at some point…
Manly Conservatism
We open each day at NatCon, and preface each meal, with a benediction. Let me go forth and do likewise….
Bidenomics Kicks in, Economy is on a tear, Inflation plunges and Unemployment Falls!
Photo by Andrej Lišakov on Unsplash I’ve had, one might say, a great run for all of my predictions this…
Kamala’s Mask
America knows Kamala Harris as a race-mongering soft-on-crime radical. At the height of the Black Lives Matter movement, then vice…
How Those Using “Useful Idiots” Become “Useful Idiots”
Useful Idiots describes those who support or encourage movements of mayhem in the misguided belief that these movements are positive…
From Science Chief to Minister of Controversy
Yesterday, it was announced that the former Government Chief Scientific Adviser (2018-2023), Sir Patrick Vallance has been appointed as Minister…
NIH’s Latest Desperate Attempt to Incite Fear
The response to the Covid-19 pandemic revealed many concerning aspects of how government functions and how committed individuals and institutions are to…
Why Denial Persists
We recently returned from a conference in Lisbon, Portugal, where we spent several days after the event’s conclusion exploring this…
The American Mind Podcast: The Roundtable Episode #229
The American Mind’s ‘Editorial Roundtable’ podcast is a weekly conversation with Ryan Williams, James Poulos, Seth Barron, and Spencer Klavan…
The Great Renunciation
The bipartisan Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement recently urged immediate preparations for a united Ireland. But can Ireland…
Stock Market Chaos Engulfs the Mightiest
“Cleanup on aise five in the stock exchange, please!” Today was a big ugly one for the stock market. Stocks…
The Conservative Dilemma
Conservative pundits laud Donald Trump for catapulting right-wing populism to the forefront of American politics. But how does zeal for…
While working on the Czech Republic data I went blind in my right eye
My vision was fine at 3pm today. This was my right eye at 4:30pm July 23, 2024. Most of my…
The Desecration of Australia’s Icons
In the last 6 weeks, my wife and I enjoyed a touring holiday through Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland,…
Death Gods and the Attack on President Trump
Have the powers of gods of death been unleashed in our relatively peaceable nation? I’m in a hip, storied, deep-blue…
Doug Casey on the Trump Assassination Attempt and What Comes Next
International Man: On July 13, there was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump. What’s your take on what really happened?…
Disrupting the Right
Two weeks before I was doxxed—before my real name was revealed to the world—I got a nasty shock at a…
Times, They Are a Changin’
Photo by Kunj Parekh on Unsplash Well, that didn’t take long. Yesterday, I wrote … Several Republicans and a few…
The Home Depot Lady Must Be Canceled
In an era of liberal political and social dominance, it is not shocking that “cancel culture” has taken another victim—but…
Only Half Gone
“Life imitates art,” Oscar Wilde was fond of saying. And so, all of a sudden on Sunday, the USA…
Two Tidbits of Timeless Political Wisdom from Machiavelli
Now that the air is thick with the burned-rubber stench of politics, let’s consider two tidbits of timeless political wisdom…
Jon Meacham and the Launch of the Biden Hagiography
As a student in Jon Meacham’s class at Vanderbilt University in 2016, I witnessed how sycophancy can delude bright minds….
Will Debt Sink the American Empire?
Will Debt Sink the American Empire? So asks the Wall Street Journal, in an uncharacteristically gloomy article for the bull market’s…
Palestine Endgame
The Palestine Liberation movement is heading toward its endgame. Within the next few years, it will either succeed or fail—placing…
World War 3: The Catalyst for a New World Order
The F-22 Raptor is the best air dominance warplane in the world. It’s the top dog fighter jet. The F-22’s…
The Year of Chaos Roars!
One comedian asked today if his audience was getting bored from slow-news days. Let’s consider the tumult: Over the weekend,…
Democrats Flunk Democracy
In this election cycle, as in the last two, the Democrats have presented themselves as the champions of imperiled democracy….
The French Right: Defeat Snatched from the Jaws of Victory
So, what happened in the French legislative elections last weekend? How did Marine Le Pen’s National Rally, the big winner…
The Pandemic Response Was the Turning Point
Post-publication note: this piece was written before President Biden used his uncensored access to his X account to post a…
Going the Way of the Denarius
History repeats. (Or it rhymes, depending on your choice of words.) Throughout history, there has been an extraordinary tendency for…
Optimized for Fragility
Correspondent Tom D. summed up my work in one compact line: “The real risk of maximum optimization is profound fragility.”…
A Historical View of Today’s Political Theater
A few weeks ago, we woke to various bloviating regarding last night’s first presidential debate. Depending on which side you…
The Deeper Dive: Largest Global Computer Crash in History Reveals the Fragility of Efficiency
The stock market continued its dump on Friday, and the two-year Treasury yield saw its largest rise in nearly two…
Slowly, Then All at Once
There was a lot of talk about divine intervention at the Republican Convention this week. The country has witnessed a…
Twisters on the Horizon: Is This Decade a Re-Make of ‘That 70s Show’?
I’ve often written about the 1970s, as it is a profoundly misunderstood decade in so many ways. As one example,…
The Media’s Latest Pathetic Blame Game
By late 2020, the media and public health establishment had two obsessions. One of their obsessions involved forcing the public…
Anatomy of Money and the State
A couple of weeks ago, a slim brown paper-wrapped package arrived in my rural postbox. Clearly, a small paperback had…
Russia and Richard Cobden 1836
Russia and America each seem “called by a secret design of Providence to hold the destinies of half the world…
An Angry, Cranky Liar
President Biden is under intense pressure from Democrats to withdraw from the race. Some news reports say he is on…
Unholy Alliance
How did the Democratic Party come to make America the chief backer of Iran—the world’s leading state sponsor of jihad?…
MAGA’s Future
Three years ago, in my first year of college, my friend Austin, who was much more politically involved than me,…
Censorship and the Corruption of Advertising
The most powerful companies in the world have united against free speech, and they’ve deployed your tax dollars to fund…
Imagine Life without Fossil Fuels
At 4 am on Tuesday 9th July in Seville (Spain), I woke up alerted by a text to my phone….
Peace in Ukraine
Joe Biden and NATO are in many ways mirror images of one another: geriatric, immobile, taken advantage of by those…
Eff Bee Why
The nation remains on edge, awaiting more information regarding the motive of Donald Trump’s would-be assassin, 20-year-old Pennsylvania man Thomas…
The American Mind Podcast: The Roundtable Episode #228
The American Mind’s ‘Editorial Roundtable’ podcast is a weekly conversation with Ryan Williams, James Poulos, Seth Barron, and Spencer Klavan…
The Triumph of Red States
Forget the presidential election. The real contest about the future direction of the country has already taken place, and it’s…
Equality Properly Understood
My fellow Americans, show me a “house divided” problem, where “We, the People” are losing ground, where we are failing—and…
Driving the Future
Your driving habits might be secretly influencing more than just your road safety—they could be impacting your wallet, too. While…
No Rotten Miracles
Toward the end of the classic movie The Princess Bride, the body of the hero Westley, who has apparently been…
This Stabby Isle
The number of knife-related deaths in England and Wales in 2022 was the highest since records began 77 years ago….
Turning Point, 2024
The attempted assassination of President Donald J. Trump is a turning point—not just in the 2024 presidential campaign but in…
No Going Back
The 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, suffered a near-death experience on Saturday night at the Farm…
Blame to Go Around
The last few years have witnessed the rise of the notion of “stochastic terrorism.” The idea is that bad actors…
Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Man
In 1865, Abraham Lincoln concluded his Second Inaugural Address with an appeal to mercy. “With malice toward none, with charity…
All Too Real
The horrible assassination attempt on the life of Donald Trump at a rally outside Pittsburgh wounded but failed to kill the former…
The Shot Heard ‘Round the World
On Saturday, July 13, Donald Trump escaped being murdered on live television by maybe half an inch. And thank God…
Only For a Moral and Religious People
The short clip from The New Norm Show that’s been circulating almost seems perfectly timed to prove Spencer Klavan’s point:…
David Stockman on the Fed’s Fake Victory Over Inflation
If you don’t think the Fed has become an abject handmaid of the Wall Street gamblers, take a gander at…
The Bloom is off the Rose for this Economy (and the Sunflower Ain’t so Sunny either)
Photo by Jennifer Uppendahl on Unsplash Here’s a quick rundown on the economy from today’s news. Stocks take a bath…
Attempts to debunk my “Moderna and Pfizer are kill shots” post fail badly
Executive summary Three attacks have surfaced attempting to find a flaw in my Moderna/Pfizer analysis that I published yesterday. I’ll…
The Censorship Boomerang
Madness is rare in individuals; but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule. Friedrich Nietzsche They fooled…
The Ultimate Monument to Journalism
An assassin took several shots at Donald Trump. A poor debate performance exposed the senility of President Biden. Some of…
My Professional Journey through Infectious Disease
In previous Brownstone Journal posts, I provided a view of American healthcare from the 30,000-foot level, and an experience I…
Is Today’s Market Mania a Mega Meltdown?
Photo by Alejo Reinoso on Unsplash Yesterday, the Dow roared and soared, and today the Nasdaq screams and falls as…
The Roots of American Populism: Are Trump and Vance Populists?
What does it mean to say a politician is a populist? Over 30 years ago, Christopher Lasch observed in his…
BREAKING: Record-level data from Czech Republic FOIA proves that the Moderna vaccines increased all-cause mortality by over 50% (and the Pfizer vaccines weren’t safe either)
This shows the mortality rate (MR) of Moderna relative to Pfizer for each age for those who got 2 shots…
Voters Take Vengeance on the Tories
Two weeks ago, I wrote about the rise of the New Right and its challenge to the liberal consensus on…
SCOTUS Delivers a Victory for the People
The past few years, our Independence Day has taken on even more importance. Our way of life, the American way,…
The Ascendance of Sociopaths in U.S. Governance
An International Man lives and does business wherever he finds conditions most advantageous, regardless of arbitrary borders. He’s diversified globally,…
Stocks Soar for Economy in Doldrums
rec Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash Traders are now betting 100% odds that Powell & Co. will lower interest…
Shocks to the System
“Trump is brushing off assassin’s bullets like dirt off his shoulder, racking up a mile long rap sheet of the…
Medical Education: A Critical Crossroads
Twenty years ago, as Director of Resident Education for the Department of Ophthalmology of a midwestern medical school, I was…
During the Crisis, Free Speech Worked Brilliantly
There is only one major social media platform that is relatively free of censorship. That is X, once known as…
The REPO Act: A Precursor to the Dollar’s Downfall
In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the US government has launched its most aggressive sanctions campaign…
In Powell our Nation Trusts
Everyone has been talking, of course, about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump all day, and I don’t think I…
I Fear for Our Nation
I fear for our nation, and I am not alone. The echoes of the past are becoming louder, and I…
VAERS data shows Moderna causes 30% more deaths per dose than Pfizer
We FINALLY have the gold-standard official state government data that proves the mRNA vaccines increased all-cause mortality. The younger were…
Are We Already in Recession?
Have we already entered a recession? Worse, have we been in a recession for years now? Recently I joined Jeff Tucker of…
The Writing on the Wall
When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing—when you see…
Every Society Needs a Pressure Relief Valve
Every society needs a pressure relief valve for those who don’t fit into society’s approved slots or those who can…
Former CDC Director now admits that the COVID “vaccines” NEVER should have been mandated
Take just 40 seconds and listen to the last 40 seconds of this clip. Then repost it. In the clip,…
The Deeper Dive: Summer pressures on inflation are still building; unemployment, not so much.
Photo by Daniel Seßler on Unsplash Since jobs and inflation are back on the menu today, I’m going to lead…
Here’s Our Big Problem: The Ratchet Only Moves Us Closer to the Cliff
It’s tempting to personalize our problems, as those in power tend to possess all the traits that qualify one for…
David Stockman on Why the Federal Reserve is Running Out of Monetary Oxygen
What passes for central banking today is really a perverse form of Wall Street-pleasing monetary manipulation. It employs the vocabulary…
Still Tumbling Down
Photo by the blowup on Unsplash Payroll moves down (in new jobs) are looking a little less like head fakes…
How To Obtain REAL Independence… Minimizing the State’s Ability To Coerce You
Every July 4, Americans have less independence to celebrate. Although the country’s original principles enshrined sovereignty for the individual, those…
“Fear for Democracy”
While I never fully bought the Democrats’ claim that Trump is a threat to democracy, that was because I always…
The Deeper Dive: Nine Major Signs we’re Already in a Deepening Recession Plus Seven Minor Signs
Photo by Sonder Quest on Unsplash Just a walk through this past week’s news in the stories I didn’t cover…
The Year of Chaos Shifts up to Second Gear as President Joe Steps Down off the Stage
The US presidential campaign turned into a mad national scramble on Thursday night as current president Joe Biden stepped off…
Housing to Remain Locked in Deep Freeze
Photo by Jessica Anderson on Unsplash Bank of America stated today that the housing market will remain locked in its…