David Brown, a journalist and a physician, was a staff writer for The Washington Post from 1991 to 2013.
David Brown
Future Fears
How a 19th-century writer and polymath anticipated the modern world
by David Brown | Tuesday, July 06, 2021
The Rollout We Deserve
Our tolerance for piecemeal health care has led to the Covid-19 vaccination mess
by David Brown | Saturday, February 20, 2021
Pandemic Preparation
How ready was the government for what everyone knew was coming?
by David Brown | Friday, June 12, 2020
Mysterious Inheritance
A new biography of the founder of population genetics
by David Brown | Tuesday, June 02, 2020
Orwell’s Last Neighborhood
While envisioning the darkest of futures and grappling with mortality, the English writer retreated to an idyllic Scottish isle to write Nineteen Eighty-Four
by David Brown | Monday, March 04, 2019
Opioids and Paternalism
To help end the crisis, both doctors and patients need to find a new way to think about pain
by David Brown | Tuesday, September 05, 2017
What’s Wrong (and Right) with Science Journalism
Remarks to the University of Iowa on October 8, 2008, for the Project on Rhetoric of Inquiry
by David Brown | Tuesday, September 01, 2009
