How Postmodernism Became Posthumanism
If there is one thing we should be clear on today, it’s that the origin of this plague of imbecility is the Enlightenment, a movement of civilizational annihilation in the service of predatory imperialism.
In Praise of Elegance
Elegance matters, not only because it makes the world more aesthetically pleasing, but because it reminds us in these times when obscenely powerful elites are trying for their own nefarious reasons to convince us that we are all pretty interchangeable.
Voter Opinion about the WHO Driven by Party Affiliation
At least 30% of Republicans (65% of Democrats) agree that WHO health professionals aim to help nations improve health and at least a third of Democrats (70% of Republicans) agree that the WHO is too close to nations like China.
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The Trouble with Compulsory Globalism
The balance between national sovereignty and freedom is delicate. To permanently detach governing structures from citizen control, even if only through a periodic plebiscite, courts disaster even on topics like trade, to say nothing of infectious disease and virus research.
America’s Hidden Transformation
What if the America you pledge allegiance to isn’t the one running the show? This investigation examines how America’s governance system fundamentally transformed since 1871 through a documented pattern of legal, financial, and administrative changes.
Covid Bias at the BMJ
This week, Ioannidis and his colleagues published a paper on Covid-19 advocacy bias in the BMJ, concluding that the ‘BMJ had a strong bias in favour of authors advocating an aggressive approach to COVID-19 mitigation.’
Ethical Collapse in the Peer Review of a Leading Vaccine Journal
This article tells the story of one of the most disturbing breaches of scientific ethics we’ve encountered in our academic careers—buried in the peer-review process of one of the world’s leading vaccination journals.
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A First Step Towards Autonomy in Medical Education
Last week a brief was delivered to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon’s Chief of Staff, urging inclusion of medical training schools in the implementation guidance for President Trump’s Executive Order, “Keeping Education Accessible and Ending Covid-19 Vaccine Mandates in Schools.”
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The Limits of Immanent Critique
Immanent critique is the ultimate academic flex. It shows that you understand your opponent’s argument better than they understand it themselves. It disarms your opponent without a clash of swords (metaphorical or literal).
The Hidden Effects of Vaccines
If we want to restore trust in vaccination, we must move beyond the binary thinking of “pro-vaccine” versus “anti-vaccine”. Acknowledging the complexity of vaccines is the only way to ensure that public health policies serve the best interests of all.
The Rule of Efficiency over Truth
The increasing rule of efficiency over truth is a sign of sliding into totalitarianism. And a sign of the decline of one of the key tenets of human dignity: the inner sense of truth.
The First Lady of Bad Ethics
Christine Grady, HHS chief of bioethics (now retired, unless she chooses Alaska), and her husband, Dr. Anthony Fauci at NIAID, were central figures during the Zika virus controversy. Grady helped shape ethical guidelines, underlying those for a potential Zika vaccine.