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China’s COVID story is not being told

China has just ended it’s “zero-COVID” policy. After nearly three years of being an isolated behemoth, demonstrating a singular alternative…

Jan 3, 2023

Police guarding the entrance of a funeral home in Miyun, in Beijing, in late December. They reportedly turned away reporters who went to talk to relatives of people who died of Covid.

Jan 3, 2023

Elon Musk’s Satellites Will (Probably) Not Trigger a War in Space

Over the last five years, Elon Musk’s company, SpaceX, has put thousands of satellites into orbit — with the goal of creating a network of…

Apr 4, 2022

Apr 4, 2022

Why are Afghans asking me for help on Twitter?

America has failed so completely that Afghans are asking strangers online for help

Nov 16, 2021

Why are Afghans asking me for help on Twitter?

Nov 16, 2021

Vaccine mandates are not worth civil unrest

The science is clear: vaccines work. The sociology is equally clear: vaccine mandates are creating civil unrest.

Nov 7, 2021

Nov 7, 2021

Six weeks in Tijuana

Observations from a remote worker

Sep 28, 2021

Six weeks in Tijuana

Sep 28, 2021

Our failure in Afghanistan is everything wrong with America

America has failed in Afghanistan. After twenty years, we have been defeated and the country has fallen to the Taliban in a largely…

Aug 16, 2021

Aug 16, 2021

The 20th century ended in 2020

Decades of declining poverty, illiteracy, malnutrition, and more were all reversed last year.

Jul 28, 2021

The 20th century ended in 2020

Jul 28, 2021

The “Lab-Leak” hypothesis is a waste of time

China will never agree to an an investigation — which just distracts from our own failures in managing the pandemic

Jun 24, 2021

The “Lab-Leak” hypothesis is a waste of time

Jun 24, 2021

My scammer’s story

I tried to get to know the people trying to rob me

Jun 7, 2021

My scammer’s story

Jun 7, 2021

Do Americans vote too much?

America’s “omnibus ballot” is an outlier among democracies and may be driving down voter participation

May 7, 2021

Do Americans vote too much?

May 7, 2021

Thomas Brown

Thomas Brown

Recovering political consultant, cynic. https://www.patreon.com/ThomasBrown https://www.amazon.com/Honest-Man-0-Thomas-Brown/dp/1664137084

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