Craig Pirrong brownstone.org Dr Pirrong is Professor of Finance, and Energy Markets Director for the Global Energy Management Institute at the Bauer College of Business of the University of Houston. He was previously Watson Family Professor of Commodity and Financial Risk Management at Oklahoma State University, and a faculty
Alpha Whiskey Good morning I write to you from my desk in the UAE. It’s been a thoroughly wonderful winter with temperatures between 22 and 30°C, but I fear that that will change soon as we start the climb into the late 40s over summer. As a major
Workers of the world, unite! goes the Communist song. Wait, not like that! gasp the Marxists. Because the workers of the world are uniting. They are standing up against an oppressive ruling class. The only problem for the Marxists is that the workers of the world have twigged that it’
Guy Hatchard PhD was formerly a senior manager at Genetic ID a global food safety testing and certification company (now known as FoodChain ID) Information Opinion Yesterday the World Health Organisation issued an Interim Statement on COVID-19 vaccines in the context of the circulation of the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 Variant from
Vinay Prasad brownstone.org Vinay Prasad MD MPH is a hematologist-oncologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California San Francisco. He runs the VKPrasad lab at UCSF, which studies cancer drugs, health policy, clinical trials and better decision making. He is author
There are some things you’re just not allowed to do on Facebook, no matter what your intentions. Posting images of certain German leaders from the 1930s, for instance, will immediately bring down the Hammer of the Bots. Even if your intention was purely editorial. Using certain words is strictly
Larry Bell cfact.org CFACT Advisor Larry Bell heads the graduate program in space architecture at the University of Houston. He founded and directs the Sasakawa International Center for Space Architecture. He is also the author of “Climate of Corruption: Politics and Power Behind the Global Warming Hoax.” Western Europe’
righttolife.org.uk Spanish legislators in the Congress of Deputies have approved legislation that will make offers of assistance, practical support and prayer outside abortion clinics punishable by imprisonment. The Congress of Deputies voted by 204 to 144 in favour of an amendment to the country’s penal code. The
While Sleepy Joe Biden was mumbling about “a pound of Ukrainian people”, and “the Iranian people” in Kiev, his Press Secretary was drawing peoples’ attention to something the Democrats would probably rather she didn’t. Which is that Vladimir Putin only ever invades the Ukraine when Joe Biden is in
March 6th, 2022. The events in Ukraine have caused the UK to examine its relationships with Russian Oligarchs. In part, this is only because investigative journalism still exists in the UK and daylight is being shone on the Oligarchs. Roman Abramovich is attempting to divest himself of the ownership of
Information Satire THOUGHTS ARE FREE Klouse (the K is silent) Swab, supreme leader of the World Ectoparasitic Floor’em, sat at his computer reading emails. As he did so, he softly sang (to the tune of ‘Oh Mein Papa’), “Oh mein reset, to me you are so beautiful Deep in
The dominant media-political narrative is that Vladimir Putin is a mentally-crazed loon who is getting a well-deserved bloody nose from plucky little Ukraine. According to Bill Roggio, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, this is all so much much wishful thinking. As the humiliating defeats of Iraq
Jon Murphy brownstone.org Jon Murphy is currently an economics PhD student at George Mason University specializing in Law & Economics and Smithian Political Economy. He has previously worked as an economic consultant in New Hampshire. Mr. Murphy’s interests include environmental issues, international trade, political economy, and sports economics.
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. The shock invasion of the
In the first part of this post, I looked at how French president Immanuel Macron responded to near-fortnightly Islamic terror attacks in his country by proposing an ambitious reform program. While Macron is to be lauded for finally admitting that France — and the rest of the West — really does have
