HeyJaredDr Brian’s Substack
My personal Substack. I am a physician and columnist for American Thinker and Rasmussen Reports. Hope you enjoy my writings!
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ADHD, Nazis, And Climate Change (opens the original)
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No, this article title is not an IQ test where you have to explain which one doesn’t belong and why. These three terms seem to have nothing to do with each other.Unless perhaps they do.<img alt="ADHD montage" class="sizing-normal" height="426" src="https
Do COVID And AI Rhyme? (opens the original)
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History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes, is a maxim commonly attributed to Mark Twain.COVID and artificial intelligence don’t rhyme in the traditional sense. But listen closely to the political cadence and the similarities become difficult to ignore.Both arrived as potentially existential threats. Both generated remarkably coordinated warnings from politicians, government officials, experts, and industry leaders. And both quickly produced the familiar prescription: We are facing catas
Politics and Mental Health: Cause, Effect, or Coincidence? (opens the original)
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Baby boomers grew up in a different mental-health culture. Anxiety, depression, and emotional struggles certainly existed, but they weren’t routine topics of conversation. The prevailing advice was often some variation of “suck it up and keep moving.”That wasn’t necessarily healthy. Genuine psychiatric illness went untreated, and stigma kept many people from seeking help. Fortunately, much of that stigma has disappeared. But has the pendulum swung too far?Today, mental health is everywhere. Ther
The Transgender Mirage Is Cracking (opens the original)
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For nearly a decade, Americans were told to deny what biology, common sense, and their own eyes made plain.Men could become women.Women could become men.Children were fully capable of choosing sterilizing hormones.Puberty blockers were “reversible.”And anyone who questioned any of it was a bigot.It was one of the most aggressive campaigns of magical thinking in modern public life.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0BKA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,f
We Do Need Some Education – In Western Civilization (opens the original)
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Pink Floyd told listeners, “We don’t need no education. We don’t need no thought control.” Yet maybe schoolchildren do need some education – specifically about Western civilization and the values that sustain it.A recent Rasmussen Reports survey of American adults found that 71% believe it is important for schools to teach the traditional values of Western civilization. That’s up from 67% a year ago, with 42% saying it is “very important.R
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