Ivermectin and the mainstream media

Ivermectin has little proof as a Covid treatment. The first study was found to be falsified, and it’s basically been downhill from there. It is now part of a larger problem, though. Ivermectin was made famous not because there are animal formulations for...

How the Self-Esteem Craze Took Over America

The self-esteem movement of the ‘80s and ‘90s meant well, which is probably the best one can say about it.  But it was based on the falsehood that everyone is special and should feel great about themselves regardless of character or effort. Decoupling...

A defense of America and of Free Speech

I saw author Garry Kasparov, then world chess champion, speak at Stanford University in the ‘90s. He’s a brilliant mind with interests far beyond the chessboard.  America’s Mission – Persuasion: From the very beginning, that nation was rife with...