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The most enraging piece you will read this year
Alex Berenson - Mar 23rd 2026 12:17pm EDT
This weekend, X lit up over a plea deal in a murder case in Seattle. In 2023, Cordell Goosby killed Elina Kwon and her unborn child in a random shooting in Seattle. On Friday, Goosby, who has a history of mental illness and drug abuse, pled not guilty by reason of insanity. Prosecutors accepted the […]
Open marriages with young kids: yet another symptom of the infantile misery of the urban creative class
Alex Berenson - Mar 20th 2026 12:16pm EDT
Every so often a friend sends me articles about woke culture — usually from New York magazine — he knows will enrage me. This time the piece was called “Could Opening Your Marriage Lighten Your Mental Load?” It purported to describe the virtues of “poly parenting” for women: For these moms, non-monogamy seems to offer […]
Yes, liberal hypocrisy has an actual face
Alex Berenson - Mar 19th 2026 2:28pm EDT
Sean Wilentz thinks all the good thinks! Wilentz, a history professor at Princeton University, hates Donald Trump. He likes progressivism (if it’s not too progressive). He likes both Clintons. No doubt he believes in science. Of course he believes in science. Wilentz thinks all these good thinks from his house on Edgehill Road in the […]
The final humiliation for everyone who pushed Covid jabs on kids
Alex Berenson - Mar 18th 2026 4:15pm EDT
Since Covid, public health bureaucrats and the legacy media have complained about falling parental trust in vaccines. They blame influencers. Or Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Or social media. They do anything but admit reality: parents who saw mRNA shots fail after massive hype cannot help but wonder about other jabs. Now a peer-reviewed British study […]
Israel (and America) are fighting a new kind of war in Iran
Alex Berenson - Mar 18th 2026 11:38am EDT
Israel (with the help of the United States) is attacking Iran from the top down. Literally and figuratively. And it is worth discussing just how radical this strategy really is. Everything old is new again. — (Radical strategies, radical insights. For pennies a day.) Subscribe now Or to make a one-time donation — Back in […]
URGENT: A Biden-appointed federal judge has ruled the Trump administration may not change the childhood vaccine schedule or appoint new members of the vaccine advisory committee
Alex Berenson - Mar 16th 2026 6:23pm EDT
BREAKING: Federal judge Brian E. Murphy this afternoon issued a preliminary injunction effectively finding that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Secretary of Health and Human Services, may not lighten the childhood vaccine schedule. Murphy, appointed by President Biden in 2024, also essentially stopped Kennedy from appointing his own preferred members to the federal vaccine advisory […]
Why the Iran war is so tricky
Alex Berenson - Mar 16th 2026 11:36am EDT
It’s not just about the Strait of Hormuz. Here’s a slightly more detailed version of a thread I just posted on X. URGENT: What they’re not telling you (because they don’t want to scare you). Iran can ALREADY make a nuke with its current uranium stock. Depending on its engineering skill, this would explode either […]
No, “tactical surprise” is not a good reason to ignore the Constitution, Congress, or the American people before starting a war (ANY war, not just the one we’re in now)
Alex Berenson - Mar 15th 2026 4:18pm EDT
The Constitution matters more than having the chance to attack first. Since the Trump Administration struck Iran two weeks ago, its backers have explained its unwillingness to consult or ask approval from Congress beforehand by suggesting doing so would have cost the United States tactical advantage. This is the worst of reasons for not properly […]
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Open thread and poll: what live interviews and podcasts would you like to see going forward?
Alex Berenson - Mar 13th 2026 5:28pm EDT
For years, some UT readers have pushed me for more podcasts and live interviews. I have mostly held off – writing is my passion, after all. But the success of last Saturday’s discussion about the Food and Drug Agency with Emily Kopp has convinced me to take another look. The fact Substack makes these videos […]
Live with Alex Berenson and Jim Haslam
Alex Berenson - Mar 13th 2026 4:04pm EDT
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Coming at 3 p.m.: I talk live to Jim Haslam, who has investigated Covid’s origins for years, about Ralph Baric, Tony Fauci, and the Rocky Mountain National Lab
Alex Berenson - Mar 13th 2026 9:15am EDT
Jim has a theory that draws on evidence I had not previously seen. Given what we already know about Baric, it’s worth airing – and scrutinizing. (I told Jim I will not go easy on him.) That’s 3 p.m. Eastern, 2 p.m. Central, noon Pacific. Hope you can make it! — Yesterday’s article about Baric, […]
On the HPV vaccine
Alex Berenson - Mar 12th 2026 2:20pm EDT
I get asked about the HPV vaccine a lot these days. Not just online, in the real world. Partly this is because people know my older daughter is now 13. At her last checkup, her pediatrician asked if she’d be getting it. We said we’d think about it. Okay. I’ve thought about it. I’ve read […]
The greatest trick Ralph Baric ever played was convincing the world he didn’t exist
Alex Berenson - Mar 12th 2026 10:48am EDT
Remember Ralph Baric? Baric is the University of North Carolina virologist who has spent the last 30 years working with coronaviruses. He’s especially good at making “chimeric” coronaviruses. That’s a fancy way of saying he jams pieces of different natural viruses together, often to see if the new artificial one will be good at infecting […]
The Wall Street Journal follows my scoop on autism therapy providers taking billions from Medicaid
Alex Berenson - Mar 11th 2026 4:44pm EDT
This is the kind of plagiarism I like. Two months ago, I wrote a piece called “Medicaid fraud and abuse are hitting unthinkable levels.” It focused on soaring spending on behavioral therapy for autistic kids — and led with Indiana, where spending rose 20-fold in four years. By 2023, Indiana Medicaid was shelling out $600 […]
Live with Alex Berenson and Emily Kopp
Alex Berenson - Mar 7th 2026 5:26pm EST
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URGENT: Poll, reader thread, and podcast discussion today on what the ouster of Vinay Prasad means for the FDA and the future of medical reform in the United States
Alex Berenson - Mar 7th 2026 1:20pm EST
MAHA (Make America Healthy Again, if you’ve been under a rock) is not a term I like. It means too many things to too many people. Is MAHA about healthy foods and lifestyle changes? Or the hidden incentives in medicine that can lead to bad outcomes for patients? Are its goals primarily cultural, political, or […]
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URGENT: Big Pharma wins again
Alex Berenson - Mar 6th 2026 8:46pm EST
The end was inevitable. Just today, I wrote about Dr. Vinay Prasad’s decision to challenge Moderna last month over its (worthless) mRNA flu shot. Prasad is the chief medical officer of the Food and Drug Administration. His job is to ensure medicines are safe and effective. Moderna, lest you’ve forgotten, is an mRNA biotechnology company […]
Why would anyone want the FDA to approve drugs without real evidence they work?
Alex Berenson - Mar 6th 2026 12:28pm EST
Dr. Vinay Prasad is in trouble again. Prasad is the chief medical and scientific officer for the Food and Drug Administration. He and his boss, Dr. Marty Makary, who runs the FDA, are supposed to make sure new medicines work and are reasonably safe. But Prasad has a problem. He takes his job too seriously. […]
URGENT: Kristi Noem is out as Secretary of Homeland Security
Alex Berenson - Mar 5th 2026 2:58pm EST
Looks like Kristi Noem will have more time to spend with Corey Lewandowski. President Trump just announced Noem is out as head of the Department of Homeland Security. Oklahoma senator Markwayne Mullin will replace her. The move comes two months after Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers killed two American protestors during a disastrous deployment to […]
A (highly visual) follow-up to yesterday’s piece on the death of climate change hysteria
Alex Berenson - Mar 4th 2026 2:03pm EST
I like a good kicker. I don’t mean Brandon Aubrey (of Dallas Cowboys fame). Kickers are what reporters call an article’s last line or two, ideally offering a punchy end to reward readers who’ve stuck with them. Lots of you seemed to enjoy the kicker to yesterday’s piece on President Trump’s decision to stop pretending […]
Decarbonization and climate change hysteria died this winter
Alex Berenson - Mar 3rd 2026 2:54pm EST
Last month, President Trump ended the left’s efforts to decarbonize the United States. Notice the massive protests in the streets? Or any protests? Me neither. In December 2009, the Obama administration’s Environmental Protection Agency issued its so-called “endangerment finding,” a ruling that carbon dioxide threatened “current and future generations.” The fact that every human being […]
Poll and open thread on the Iran war
Alex Berenson - Mar 2nd 2026 4:14pm EST
So far, so good. Whatever one thinks of the Trump administration’s decision to attack Iran without Congressional approval, the war’s first days have gone almost perfectly, aside from the death of four American troops. Any conflict that begins with the obliteration of the enemy’s top leaders is off to a good start. Iran appears unable […]
On 1984, part 2: How digital surveillance, cheap propaganda, and AI are making totalitarianism great again
Alex Berenson - Mar 1st 2026 2:59pm EST
(SECOND OF TWO PARTS. For the first, on what China’s rise says about 1984, click here.) Information wants to be free. Hard to believe now, but in the Internet’s first days, people believed that slogan. The world’s truths, neatly organized, would be freely and anonymously available to all. Too bad not enough of us asked […]
Why you need to (re)read 1984 — ASAP
Alex Berenson - Feb 27th 2026 11:44am EST
(FIRST OF TWO PARTS) You’ve read 1984. Even if you haven’t, you think you have. Everyone knows its most famous slogans, testimony to the power of propaganda to warp minds. Big Brother Is Watching. Two Plus Two Equals Five. Freedom Is Slavery. War is Peace. So why take the time to read George Orwell’s novel […]
The Talented Mr. Newsom
Alex Berenson - Feb 25th 2026 6:15pm EST
California has every natural and economic advantage: a long, beautiful coast, great weather, a generations-long stranglehold on cultural production in Los Angeles and advanced technology in Silicon Valley. Yet years of Democratic misrule have made the state so unlivable its taxpaying residents are fleeing en masse. Building houses, or high-speed rail, or anything else in […]

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The most enraging piece you will read this year

Open marriages with young kids: yet another symptom of the infantile misery of the urban creative class

Yes, liberal hypocrisy has an actual face

The final humiliation for everyone who pushed Covid jabs on kids

Israel (and America) are fighting a new kind of war in Iran

URGENT: A Biden-appointed federal judge has ruled the Trump administration may not change the childhood vaccine schedule or appoint new members of the vaccine advisory committee

Why the Iran war is so tricky

No, “tactical surprise” is not a good reason to ignore the Constitution, Congress, or the American people before starting a war (ANY war, not just the one we’re in now)

Open thread and poll: what live interviews and podcasts would you like to see going forward?

Live with Alex Berenson and Jim Haslam

Coming at 3 p.m.: I talk live to Jim Haslam, who has investigated Covid’s origins for years, about Ralph Baric, Tony Fauci, and the Rocky Mountain National Lab

On the HPV vaccine

The greatest trick Ralph Baric ever played was convincing the world he didn’t exist

The Wall Street Journal follows my scoop on autism therapy providers taking billions from Medicaid

Live with Alex Berenson and Emily Kopp

URGENT: Poll, reader thread, and podcast discussion today on what the ouster of Vinay Prasad means for the FDA and the future of medical reform in the United States

URGENT: Big Pharma wins again

Why would anyone want the FDA to approve drugs without real evidence they work?

URGENT: Kristi Noem is out as Secretary of Homeland Security

A (highly visual) follow-up to yesterday’s piece on the death of climate change hysteria

Decarbonization and climate change hysteria died this winter

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