Beginning on March 16, 2020, nearly every state imposed “stay-at-home” orders. This totalitarianism was not reserved for brash political celebrities like Andrew Cuomo or Gavin Newsom. Supposedly moderate figures like Maryland’s Larry Hogan unleashed their authoritarian impulses.
Covid Response at Five Years: Lockdowns Continue Reading
In 2020, Kentucky State Police arrived at an Easter service to issue notices that attendance was criminal. In Mississippi, police issued citations to a church congregation that hosted a drive-in service despite attendees remaining in their vehicles for the service.
Covid Response at Five Years: Religion Continue Reading
Below I rank and list the top 137 Substack newsletters that meet my subjective labels of newsletters produced by “Covid Contrarian” and/or “Freedom” authors. From this “leaderboard,” readers can identify writers who have become noteworthy critics of myriad Status-Quo narratives.
The Top 137 ‘Covid Contrarian/Freedom’ Substack Newsletters Continue Reading
So many things have changed in the past five years, and yet, so much is the same as it was 16 centuries ago when ideology allowed the last remnant of the Great Library to be destroyed.
The Destruction of the Great Library of Alexandria Continue Reading
The initial prediction for Africa was that there may be up to 3.3 million deaths. Africa had two main issues that prevented full blown tyranny like in Europe – lack of enough resources/infrastructure to enforce tyranny and the poverty level.
A Tale of Two Continental Tyrannies Continue Reading
While public officials touted party lines, a more insidious censorship operation worked to eradicate dissent from the marketplace of ideas. As Judge Terry Doughty wrote, Covid censorship sparked arguably “the most massive attack against free speech in United States’ history.”
Covid Response at Five Years: The First Amendment Versus the U.S. Security State Continue Reading
A unique feature of OWS was that it was used by Trump’s supporters and detractors to laud or denigrate the initiative. This bifurcation extended to the healthcare establishment, a clear indication that medical science had been eclipsed by political science.
Operation Warp Speed: The Good, the Bad, and the Deadly Continue Reading
This series is meant to outline the freedoms that we sacrificed, and the people and institutions that benefited from the erosion of our liberties. The bedrocks of liberty enshrined in the Bill of Rights disappeared while the nation panicked.
Covid Response at Five Years: Introduction Continue Reading
The self-styled “Medical Freedom Movement” is turning its guns on yet another of its heroes, HHS Secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Circular firing squads are a chronic cultural feature of Washington DC bureaucracy.
“Medical Freedom Movement” Circular Firing Squad Continue Reading
Seeing public health institutions as the neocolonialist instruments they have become, and understanding what drives those within them, is essential for progress. A future world that is healthier is still possible, but the public health momentum is clearly pointed elsewhere.
International Public Health: Revival of the Colonialist Agenda Continue Reading
I believe that politicians and the political process pose less of an institutionalised threat to people’s freedoms, liberties, and speech than unelected judges who often, in the guise of interpreting laws, don’t hesitate to make – and make up – laws.
Judicial Adventurism Can Imperil Democracy Continue Reading
We recommend a ‘create chaos in the establishment while planting the seeds of new organisations’ strategy for reform. We hope for example to see reform efforts in the media sector before Trump’s presidential term ends.
What Will the Trump Wrecking Ball Hit Next? Continue Reading
