Articles by Jayanta Bhattacharya via Brownstone Institute

About Jayanta Bhattacharya via Brownstone Institute
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is a physician, epidemiologist and health economist. He is Professor at Stanford Medical School, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economics Research, a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, a Faculty Member at the Stanford Freeman Spogli Institute, and a Fellow at the Academy of Science and Freedom. His research focuses on the economics of health care around the world with a particular emphasis on the health and well-being of vulnerable populations. Co-Author of the Great Barrington Declaration.
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Free Speech

Red Alert: Free Speech Is Dead In Europe With Arrest Of Telegram Founder In France. Is Musk Next?

August 25, 2024 Tyler Durden via ZeroHedge 0
The swan dive into tyranny is complete in Europe with France’s arrest of the billionaire founder of Telegram, Pavel Durov.  Telegram is used by 900 million people around the world, but Macron thinks he can bring Telegram to its knees. It’s open season for tech entrepreneurs who dare to defy the anti-free speech tyrants in Europe and Britain.

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Free Speech

Trilateral Commission’s Plan To Crush Free Speech And Sovereignty In England

August 15, 2024 Leo Hohmann via LeoHohmann.com 1
Ernest Hemingway answered the question, “How do you go bankrupt?” “Two ways,” he said, “gradually, then suddenly.” Free Speech in the UK has “died suddenly,” and the resulting chaos is giving way to tyranny. Immigration was the catalyst. Immigration policies were singly-handily introduced (in 2006) and enforced by Trilateral Commission member Peter Sutherland (1946-2018) as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration.

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Censorship

Egregious: Supreme Court Fails Free Speech

July 8, 2024 Thomas Buckley via Brownstone Instutute 2
Is the Supreme Court tone-deaf to citizens’ rights to Free Speech? We expect Justices to do their homework, accurately determine the facts and uphold the Contestation. Without considering or ruling on the merits of  Murthy V. Missouri, the court threw the case out for lack of “standing,” even though it “involves two states and a number of private plaintiffs, all claiming that they were improperly censored – and thus damaged – by federal agencies and/or the dubious “cut out” front groups they created.”

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Free Speech

Oh, You Naughty First Amendment

July 3, 2024 Stephen Green via PJ Media 0
The First Amendment’s job is to forbid Congress from making any law abridging, among other rights, our freedom of speech. And it’s up to the courts to knock down any attempt — by Congress or by executive fiat — to do so. Tomorrow is America’s 248th birthday. The First Amendment is nearly as old, coming into force 233 years ago this December, and thanks to the wisdom of the Supreme Court, looks just as good today as it did in 1791.

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