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  • Fear Is the Enemy We Must Defeat

    Fear Is the Enemy We Must Defeat12

    In the last six months, five people I’ve approached about bringing the story of who they are and what they do to a wider public have turned down my request for an interview. A farming and homeschooling family out West, for example, would have made a wonderful article about work ethic, education, and values. In

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  • Fear and Mass Surveillance: Our Constitutionally Toxic Political Cocktail

    Fear and Mass Surveillance: Our Constitutionally Toxic Political Cocktail0

    • January 18, 2018

    At 12:51pm on January 18, 2018–just a day before it was set to expire–the Senate followed the House’s lead and reauthorized the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act (FAA) Section 702 mass surveillance program for another six years by a vote of 65-34. Writing for JustSecurity.org in October 2017, I made this prediction about the then-looming

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  • Fear and Freedom Are Always Enemies

    Fear and Freedom Are Always Enemies0

    The motto of the state of Virginia is Sic Semper Tyrannis, or “Thus always to tyrants.” The great seal of this state depicts a prostrate tyrant under the heel of Virtus, the goddess of virtue. Given our present situation, I propose we adapt a new motto and seal: a pen-waving politician crushing Virtus with the words Sic

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  • FDR On How to Find ‘Peace on Earth’ Amid War and Despair

    FDR On How to Find ‘Peace on Earth’ Amid War and Despair0

    Over the weekend, my attention was drawn to an old Christmas carol whose words were composed by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. I was particularly struck by the air of hopelessness which comes near the end of the carol, I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day: “And in despair I bowed my head; ‘There is no peace

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  • FDA Warns of Brain Swelling and Permanent Vision Loss in Kids Taking Puberty Blockers

    FDA Warns of Brain Swelling and Permanent Vision Loss in Kids Taking Puberty Blockers2

    The FDA recently added a warning to the puberty blockers used by transgender children, reports The Post-Millennial. The warning was added after the FDA identified “a serious potential side effect” that can “cause cause a dangerous surge of spinal fluid pressure in the brain,” as well as “headaches, nausea, double vision, and even permanent vision

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  • FDA Violated Own Safety and Efficacy Standards in Approving COVID Vaccines for Children

    FDA Violated Own Safety and Efficacy Standards in Approving COVID Vaccines for Children0

    The FDA recently authorized Pfizer’s and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as six months. Troublingly, the evidence the FDA used for those decisions violates at least three safety and efficacy standards from earlier FDA publications about COVID-19 vaccines: In 2021, the FDA warned that “antibody tests should not be used to evaluate a

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