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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… mettle (noun): 1a : vigor and strength of spirit or temperament b : staying quality : stamina 2 : quality of temperament or disposition Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Originally, mettle was simply a variant spelling of the word metal (which dates to at least the 13th century), and it

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Seven Theories of Why the Lockdowns Happened

Edward Hadas brownstone.org Edward Hadas is a Research Fellow at Blackfriars, Oxford. His book on Catholic Social Teaching appeared in 2020 1. First Level of Explanation: Panic Over a few weeks of March 2020, the collective consciousness of Western nations moved from curiosity about the new virus in China

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What Have We Become?

I am becoming increasingly horrified at the state of our society. While we do not yet have the draconian rules for travel and vaccines that they have in Germany and Austria, somehow we seem to have become a totally divided nation. These divisions are not along racial lines, although the

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The Despicable Defamation of a Lifesaving Doctor

Joyce Kamen rescue.substack.com Joyce Kamen is the VP of public information at the Frontline Covid19 Critical Care Alliance (flccc.net). She is an Emmy award-winning writer, publicist, journalist, columnist, and producer of documentary films. My husband Fred and I had dinner recently at the home of good friends,

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… sentient (adjective): 1 : responsive to or conscious of sense impressions – sentient beings 2 : aware 3 : finely sensitive in perception or feeling Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : You may have guessed that sentient has something to do with the senses. The initial spelling sent- or sens- is

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Medicine Should Be Non-violent

Medicine Should Be Non-violent

Scott Morefield brownstone.org Scott Morefield spent three years as a media & politics reporter with the Daily Caller, another two years with BizPac Review, and has been a weekly columnist here at Townhall since 2018. As a thought experiment, I posted the following statement to Twitter last week: “Unless

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Choose Kindness

Choose Kindness

Circulating on Facebook The Vaccinated People Are Scared. They’re scared to get COVID. They’re scared someone they love might get it and possibly die from it. They were worried they might not get to travel again or see their international families. They’re not ignorant or ‘sheeple’ – they

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… culminate (verb): 1 of a celestial body : to reach its highest altitude 2a : to rise to or form a summit b : to reach the highest or a climactic or decisive point 3 to bring to a head or to the highest point Source : Merriam -Webster

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Join Us This Friday, 12 Noon

Join Us This Friday, 12 Noon

Last Friday, on the day when New Zealand embarked on a segregated society, Voices for Freedom held a Silent Vigil at the Bridge of Remembrance in Christchurch. It was a very special and emotional event. There is nothing more beautiful than individuals standing up for freedom in such a peaceful

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… genius (noun): 1 : a very smart or talented person : a person who has a level of talent or intelligence that is very rare or remarkable 2 : a person who is very good at doing something 3 : great natural ability Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The belief

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Question the ‘Lab Leak’ Theory. But Don’t Call It a Conspiracy

Ivan Oransky mercatornet.com Ivan Oransky, MD, is a cofounder of Retraction Watch, editor in chief of Spectrum and a distinguished writer in residence at New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute.He is a member of Knowable’s Magazine Advisory Group. A warning: This article will not

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UK Life Goes On

December 6th, 2021. One of the advantages of living in a small town 450 km from London is that sometimes things pass us by. So it is with Covid. Now that the tourists have gone home the town is quiet and peaceful. Everyone just gets on with things in a

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… vestige (noun): 1a : a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost b : the smallest quantity or trace 2 : a bodily part or organ that is small and degenerate or imperfectly developed

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Biden’s Throat Frog Hints at the Coming Normalcy

Biden’s Throat Frog Hints at the Coming Normalcy

Jeffrey A. Tucker brownstone.org 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 ten books in 5 languages, most recently Liberty or Lockdown. He is also the editor of The Best of

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