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Brain Fog During Menopause is Real

Caroline Gurvich Chen Zhu Shalini Arunogiri Monash University Caroline is an Associate Professor and a Clinical Neuropsychologist within the Department of Psychiatry at Monash University. Dr. Shalini Arunogiri is a clinical addiction psychiatrist. She is Deputy Head of the Department of Psychiatry (Central Clinical School, Monash University) and Deputy Clinical

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Our Fourth Most Popular article from 2022
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Our Fourth Most Popular article from 2022

The BFD’s fourth most popular article of 2022 was BREAKING – Police and Armed Forces Mandate ILLEGAL by Cam Slater. So far this article has been read 20,778  times. You can read it here. If you enjoyed this article please share it using the share buttons at the top

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From Republic to Democracy to Kakistocracy

From Republic to Democracy to Kakistocracy

Gary M. Galles aier.org Dr. Gary Galles is a Professor of Economics at Pepperdine. His research focuses on public finance, public choice, the theory of the firm, the organization of industry and the role of liberty including the views of many classical liberals and America’s founders­. At the

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3 Real-Life Inspirations for George Orwell’s 1984

Jon Miltimore fee.org Jonathan Miltimore is the Managing Editor of FEE.org. His writing/reporting has been the subject of articles in TIME magazine, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes, Fox News, and the Star Tribune. Bylines: Newsweek, The Washington Times, MSN.com, The Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller,

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The West’s Grand Abdication

Fr Gavan Jennings mercatornet.com Rev. Gavan Jennings studied philosophy at University College Dublin, Ireland and the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome. He is co-editor of the monthly journal Position Papers. He teaches occasional courses on Thomistic philosophy and theology. The Dumbest Generation Grows Up: From Stupefied

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Our Third Most Popular article from 2022

The BFD’s third most popular article of 2022 was Wonder What Baker Would Say About This? by Cam Slater. So far this article has been read  21,596 times. You can read it here. If you enjoyed this article please share it using the share buttons at the top

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Why Does Love Feel Magical?

Why Does Love Feel Magical?

Benjamin Kaveladze University of California, Irvine Jonathan Schooler University of California Santa Barbara Oliver Sng University of California, Irvine Benji Kaveladze is a PhD student in Psychological Science at UC Irvine studying the roles of online communities and technologies in well-being. He works with Dr. Stephen Schueller and the

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How We Have Been Misled about Antidepressants

How We Have Been Misled about Antidepressants

Joanna Moncrieff brownstone.org Joanna Moncrieff is a Professor of Critical and Social Psychiatry at University College London, and works as a consultant psychiatrist in the NHS. She researchers and writes about the over-use and misrepresentation of psychiatric drugs and about the history, politics and philosophy of psychiatry more

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When Intelligence Is Stupid

When Intelligence Is Stupid

R.J. Snell mercatornet.com R.J. Snell is Editor-in-Chief of Public Discourse and Director of Academic Programs at the Witherspoon Institute. Previously, he was for many years Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Philosophy Program at Eastern University and the Templeton Honors College, where he founded

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Our Second Most Popular article from 2022
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Our Second Most Popular article from 2022

The BFD’s second most popular article of 2022 was New Zealand’s Tragedy: The Ardern Government by guest writer Jim Cable. So far this article has been read 23,949 times. You can read it here. If you enjoyed this article please share it using the share buttons at

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What You Need to Know About Vaping Vitamins and Other Supplements

What You Need to Know About Vaping Vitamins and Other Supplements

Aaron Scott Alice Jasper University of Birmingham Aaron Scott is an Associate Professor in Respiratory Science, within the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing at the University of Birmingham. His research focuses in respiratory inflammation mainly in the chronic setting (COPD, IPF) and particularly in smoking related disease. Alice Jasper’s

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The Finale of Better Call Saul

The Finale of Better Call Saul

Laszlo Erdodi University of Windsor Dr. Erdodi is a clinical neuropsychologist and associate professor of psychology. His scientific research focuses on objective measures of the credibility of a given clinical presentation during neuropsychological assessment. Warning This story contains spoilers about ‘Better Call Saul,’ although it doesn’t reveal details of

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Learning Styles Don’t Actually Exist, Studies Show

Learning Styles Don’t Actually Exist, Studies Show

Patrick Carroll fee.org Patrick Carroll has a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo and is an Editorial Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education. Are you a visual, auditory, reading/writing, or kinesthetic learner? For millions of students, this question has become so familiar that they

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Our Most Popular article from 2022
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Our Most Popular article from 2022

The BFD’s most popular article of 2022 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly was written at the tail end of 2021 by Cam Slater on the 16th of  December. As I type it has been read 82,515 times so far. You can read it here. If you

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The Nazis and Private Property

The Nazis and Private Property

John Kennedy mises.org John Kennedy is a recent graduate of Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy. Economists such as Murray Rothbard, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, and Ludwig von Mises have captured his interest in Austrian economics and inspired him to start writing. When the average person thinks of the Nazis, what

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Should Social Media Be for Adults Only?

Should Social Media Be for Adults Only?

Karl D. Stephan mercatornet.com Karl D Stephan received the BS in Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1976. Following a year of graduate study at Cornell, he received the Master of Engineering degree in 1977 and was employed by Motorola, Inc and Scientific-Atlanta as an RF

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