Bretigne Shaffer's Blog, page 12

Update: I'm Taking a Short Break

Just a quick update: A couple of days after Christmas, we had to take our daughter into the hospital because she was having non-stop seizures. I'll have more to say about that, but for now I'll just say this: It...

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What Then Must We Do? Protest? ...or Something Better?

Image: Public Domain I am heartened to see all of the massive protests that have been going on over the past year. But I agree with Don Cooper, below, that protesting itself is not going to change what needs changing....

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WTMWD #54: Does America need to break up? With Mises Institute President Jeff Deist

"We deserve to live peaceably as neighbors," says Jeff Deist, "even if that means breaking up and creating new political entities." The divisions in our society are undeniable. Is it possible that making them official is the best way forward?...

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WTMWD #53: Dr. Paul Thomas on the suspension of his medical license 5 days after publishing a "vaxxed vs. unvaxxed" study

According to the Oregon Medical Board, pediatrician Dr. Paul Thomas is "...a serious danger to the public health..." Oddly, they only discovered this after he published a peer-reviewed study comparing health outcomes of patients who had been vaccinated to those...

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Dr. Paul Thomas on the suspension of his medical license 5 days after publishing a "vaxxed vs. unvaxxed" study

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WTMWD #52: Empowering patients, and fighting medical authoritarianism, with Charles Frohman

I speak with long-time health freedom advocate Charlie Frohman, about his cash pay alternative to health insurance, how medicine is becoming even more authoritarian, and about some practical ways to combat that. Charlie's organization, the National Health Federation, is here,...

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WTMWD #51: The Centralized Economy Up Close - A Personal Story

I talk a lot about the evils of centralized control, and have had several guests on to talk about it too. But I think that unless you've experienced it firsthand, it's hard to fully appreciate what that means. In this...

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No Madonna, We Are Not "All in this Together"

From Susan Lang: Holding hands, hugs and Vitamin C, Hikes in sunshine and coffee shops with friends, Strangers who dance cheek to cheek. Don't tell me it's subversive to be a person, There's nothing worse than Being human all alone...

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Comedian Yogi Weirdo Produces Better Analysis of our Situation than Any Mainstream Journalist's

Here he is again:

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"Together, we can reimagine a braver tomorrow"

JP hits another one out of the ballpark: