Jeffrey A. Tucker is Founder and President of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press and 10 books in five languages, most recently Liberty or Lockdown. He is also the editor of The Best of Mises. He speaks widely on
Dr Guy Hatchard is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. HatchardReport.com Warning Long read: 1,457 words Almost every day the Ministry of Health holds a live press briefing at 1 pm to announce the daily Covid statistics. [Thursday] was the 300th briefing of the pandemic,
You may not have heard of the ‘Nudge Unit’, but I can assure you that it exists and I believe our own government has one. The original ‘Nudge Unit’ was set up in the UK and called the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT), also known unofficially as the “Nudge Unit“. Described
We are running another fantastic giveaway for our members. The prizes are three copies of A Jab in the Dark: Covid Vaccines and the new Health Dictatorship by Ron Asher. On the 1st of May, we will give away three copies to three lucky BFD members. We will use an
Warning Opinion If you’re anything like me, you’ll look at people wearing masks when walking down the street or driving in their cars and wonder why they are doing it. Well, I have the answer for you. It’s because they genuinely believe that Covid is “in the
Richie Poulton University of Otago Avshalom Caspi Duke University Terrie Moffitt Duke University Most people welcomed the opportunity to get vaccinated against COVID-19, yet a non-trivial minority did not. Vaccine-resistant people tend to hold strong views and assertively reject conventional medical or public health recommendations. This is
Dan Sanchez fee.org Dan Sanchez is the Director of Content at the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) and the editor-in-chief of FEE.org. The virus that locked down the world has returned to China in full force. And I don’t mean the Wuhan coronavirus. Nearly every
For more than two years New Zealanders have been told they are in a health emergency. In fact, a worldwide crisis. Kiwis have been living in fear of catching a virus, being put on a ventilator or even dying an awful death. They were told 80,000 could perish. It
We are running another fantastic giveaway for our members. The prizes are three copies of A Jab in the Dark: Covid Vaccines and the new Health Dictatorship by Ron Asher. On the 1st of May, we will give away three copies to three lucky BFD members. We will use an
Australians rate New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern as the most believable politician, a new poll shows. Newshub Conspiracy theorists have claimed a COVID-19 vaccine, when available, will be “forced” on everyone – including Kiwis. The Government has rubbished those claims, made most notably by Jami-Lee Ross and Billy
Jacinda is caught lying openly, watch Ashley’s face closely. Getting this information required persistent digging and the Government held back the details for 4 months. By the time the OIA details were released they were acting illegally. If you have a great Youtube, Rumble, Odysee or Vimeo video to
Hasn’t lockdown been just the greatest thing ever? Staying at home on full pay, sitting on the couch in your pyjamas with your laptop, waiting for the latest Uber Eats or Amazon delivery. Sure, the kids got underfoot, but that’s nothing an iPad or Nintendo Switch can’t
Debbie Lerman brownstone.org Debbie Lerman has a degree in English from Harvard. She is a retired science writer and a practicing artist in Philadelphia, PA. When the Covid vaccines first came out, I thought everyone should get at least one shot. My belief was based on evidence that the
New Conservative New Conservative asks, “Two years on from the first lockdown, how well have lockdowns served us?” The initial Covid elimination policy had the goal of limiting pressure on our hospital system from covid patients. This has been successful. Even now with high numbers of Omicron cases we are
From the earliest days of the pandemic, I noted a curious and deplorable phenomenon: the young were being sacrificed to save almost solely the very, very old. I called it “the Moloch Option”. Not long after, I wrote that we had moved from Moloch to Tlaloc — the Aztec deity who
Guy Hatchard Dear David We haven’t met, but a letter from yourself to the editor of the Daily Telegraph has been forwarded to me. In this letter, you say you are writing about “disinformation and misinformation relating to Covid-19”. You mention me as “someone who commonly misrepresents facts”
