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Policy articles analyzing social and public policy including impacts on economics, open dialog, and social life. Articles on the topic of policy at Brownstone Institute are translated into multiple languages.

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Trump Calls Time on Self-Flagellation

Trump Calls Time on Self-Flagellation

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Western democracies have been pouring highly inflammable fuels on the bonfire of progressive vanities. Acts of self-flagellation include affirmative action policies that have morphed into DEI mandates, net-zero death wishes, political correctness, gender self-ID, and other proliferating examples of wokery-pokery.

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The State of Pandemic Preparedness, the WHO, and the US Withdrawal

The State of Pandemic Preparedness, the WHO, and the US Withdrawal

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On January 20th, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order “withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization.” The US will “cease” negotiations on the WHO Pandemic Agreement and the International Health Regulations.

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Wildfires and the Hoary Hoax of a Burning Planet

Wildfires and the Hoary Hoax of a Burning Planet

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The current raging California fires are largely a function of misguided government policies. Officials have essentially curtailed the supply of water available to firefighters, even as they have increased the supply of combustible kindling and vegetation which feeds these wildfires.

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