Help Make “The Rash” by Walter Kirn
Brownstone Institute is well-positioned to be a fiscal sponsor of this effort. This is why Brownstone is stepping up to help with raising the necessary capital to see this project to fruition.
The Information War Over Antidepressants
Kennedy is correct that it is harder to quit antidepressants than heroin. The abstinence symptoms are short-lived for heroin but not for antidepressants, and psychiatrists who have worked with both types of patients consistently say that heroin is the easier one.
Scott Adams and Intellectual Courage
Adams was an early dissident and among the most famous. He showed the way. To make sure that he is not an example for others, reliable ruling-class venues made sure to attempt to humiliate him in death.
Five Years in the Defense of Freedom, Critical Thinking, and Human Dignity
Brownstone is an organization dedicated to the unfiltered observation of the reality that surrounds us. We took note and learned a great deal, always keeping alive our faith in the essential value of freedom and human dignity.
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The Fraud Industrial Complex
But Shirley has set off a nationwide movement by citizen journalists to expose fraud. Incentivized by the fact whistleblowers get 15-30% of recoveries. Unless we see a lot of people in handcuffs, we’re this close to a taxpayer revolt.
Washington Post Won’t Say Why Trust in Vaccines Is Gone
Until public health authorities—and the media that defend them—are willing to acknowledge Covid-era failures openly, trust will not be restored. And without trust, even the best vaccines will struggle to achieve the coverage they deserve.
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Hepatitis B Vaccination of Newborns: Seriously Misleading Media Reports
They gave undue prominence and praise to the three dissenting ACIP voices and outsiders, who were depicted as experts or scientists. They didn’t check if what the critics of the policy change claimed was correct.
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Has Orwell’s 1984 Become Reality?
It may seem like a rhetorical question to ask whether the narrative of Nineteen Eighty-Four (or 1984), has somehow left its pages and settled, like an ominous miasma, over the contours of social reality. Closer inspection discloses a disquieting state of affairs.
The Pandemic Revealed the Most Cowardly Society of All Time
In terms of importance, the Covid-19 pandemic was the biggest event in human history since World War II. Since that time, nothing has caused as much fear across the entire planet as what began in 2020.
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The NY Times Acknowledges That Autism Is Not Primarily Genetic
For the last several decades, the official autism narrative was that ‘autism is genetic, a GIFT, and anyone who says otherwise is a NUTTER who must be banned from polite society.’ The mainstream media pounded this message into the public consciousness.
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The Weaponisation of Science
If we can’t test claims, challenge data, or ask uncomfortable questions without fear of retribution, then we no longer have science — we have marketing. The weaponisation of science ends only when truth becomes more valuable than profit.
Brownstone Prize Winners 2025
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.