Such proposed reforms do seem like legitimate recommendations that would allow for the progression of science and the continuation of worthwhile work while also serving as important first steps in cleaning the Augean stable that science in academia has become.
Cleaning the Augean Stable of University-Based Scientific Research Read Journal Article
The vote on whether to continue the universal newborn hepatitis B vaccination policy was postponed, but the discussion at ACIP exposed how the directive to vaccinate infants rested on assumptions and partial data rather than on a scientific foundation.
There will be no shortage of economists and policy apparatchiks offering very legitimate and serious questions centered over that portion of the population that is not young and healthy. The more pressing problem is unburdening wage earners from economic insanity.
Congress Is Focused on Healthcare…Again Read Journal Article
The experts have not been quick to assess, let alone apologize for, their performance during Covid. I took note, therefore, when two elite institutions that led the pandemic response co-hosted a retrospective event on Thursday, November 6.
AEI and Johns Hopkins Attempt a Covid Redo Read Journal Article
With the release of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, now’s a good time to look at the state of play with regard to all things Covid, and the public health establishment, in general, in the United States.
Will the Walls of Jericho Finally Come Tumbling Down? Read Journal Article
The Hallett inquiry into the UK Covid experience published its 800-page Module 2 report. An inquiry of, by, and for lawyers, it is a carefully curated political whitewash with no forensic exploration of the truth and no hope of any accountability.
Hallett Inquiry Report: Of, by, and for Lawyers Read Journal Article
Restoring trust in medicine requires a return to fundamental principles: seeing clearly without filtering evidence through institutional or political preferences; admitting what is truly seen, even when it conflicts with established narratives; protecting patients rather than defending systems.
Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus and the Modern Medical Crisis Read Journal Article
The cost of this evasion will be paid for decades, not by those who designed the strategy, but by those who must live with its consequences: higher debt, diminished trust, and a political culture that has learned all the wrong lessons.
How the Covid Inquiry Protected the Establishment Read Journal Article
Harm reduction works. The people who claim otherwise know it. And until the FCTC is willing to grapple honestly with that fact, its biennial gatherings will continue to be political theater rather than genuine public-health leadership.
The WHO’s Campaign Against Safe Nicotine Read Journal Article
For years, people have been calling for a reckoning, some decisive way in which an official voice speaks to the outrages society experienced over the Covid years, the consequences of which are all around us. What would that look like?
What the US Senate Should Say Read Journal Article
The expansion of the role of the state in regulating an increasing range of individuals’ and private entities’ behaviour has led to a proliferation of lawfare that can frustrate the ability of governments to govern and, in turn, lessen their legitimacy.
Weaponised Lawfare as Domestic and International Threat to Western Democracies Read Journal Article
“The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.” Orwell’s 1984 warns we must resist this descent into digital authoritarianism—through petitions, protests, and demands for transparency—before a Western Great Firewall is erected, replicating China’s stranglehold that polices every keystroke and thought.
The UK and Canada Lead the West’s Descent into Digital Authoritarianism Read Journal Article
