In 2001, the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) published a paper declaring that the antidepressant paroxetine (Paxil) was “generally well tolerated and effective” for adolescent depression. That conclusion was false.
Study 329: The Big Fraud Is Finally Under Review Read Journal Article
One of the pernicious conceits of our age is the idea that by declaring oneself irreligious, one is immediately freed from the longings for transcendence that have fueled religious practice among humans since the beginning of our experience here on earth.
The Sacramental Underpinnings of Vaccine Culture Read Journal Article
Once advocacy and industry are financially interdependent, neither has reason to question the other’s assumptions. Funding circulates between the same actors; criticism is treated as heresy; and innovation that arises outside the sanctioned ecosystem is dismissed as industry propaganda.
Who Funds the Room Where It Happens? Read Journal Article
There are some areas of human activity where one need not fear AI, and then there are others where such fears are legitimate, sometimes because of the manner in which unscrupulous people harness AI against other people.
Who’s Afraid of the AI Boogeyman? Read Journal Article
We must systematically educate lawyers and judges so that they can rule fairly in lawsuits related to psychiatry. Judge Picard’s biases and lack of courage in this verdict were one of the causal factors that led to Nathalie’s suicide.
Why Lawsuits about Psychiatric Malpractice Are Difficult to Win Read Journal Article
Long-term, population-level studies will be essential to reveal whether certain cancer types occur more frequently in vaccinated compared to unvaccinated individuals. It is imperative for public health that the scientific community and regulatory agencies commit to rigorous investigation of these questions.
The Third Rail: Covid-19 Vaccines and Cancer Read Journal Article
My search of PubMed did not find any article on the mRNA vaccine and asymptomatic infection in the Pfizer trial. Were they reluctant to publicize 50% effectiveness, or were they worried that a post like mine might show up?
A Hidden Result of the Pfizer Trial Read Journal Article
A century of American prosperity has rested on predictable trade policy. Doubling the cost of handmade cigars would not revive US manufacturing, defend workers, or punish tyranny abroad. It would raise prices, destroy jobs, and invite adversaries to fill the gap.
Tariffs, Tobacco, and Policy Whiplash Read Journal Article
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.
Brownstone Prize Winners 2025 Read Journal Article
At Brownstone, I had been scheduled for a thirty-minute on-stage interview, but at the last minute, it was decided that I should just speak directly to the audience. Below is the text I prepared on short notice.
The MAHA Movement: A View from Within Read Journal Article
In my own field of anesthesiology, the best way to avoid risk is to do nothing at all. I suppose this makes me a walking contradiction: a physician who prescribes medicine while also being somewhat wary of medicine.
A Doctor in Full Read Journal Article
The old world of captured medicine is collapsing under its own weight. The new one is already being born — in every honest conversation, every uncensored study, every act of compassion unmediated by permission.
Why the Healers Had to Rebel Read Journal Article
