Yesterday something occurred that warmed my heart; it really did. I was chatting online with my half-brother who lives in Los Angeles and he showed me his “concealed carry permit” which he had collected from the Sheriff’s department. I was overjoyed at this example of freedom in action. Then
In the classic movie The Usual Suspects there is the line “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was to convince the world he didn’t exist“. A variation on that theme was after the collapse of communism in Russia and Europe; most freedom lovers thought, “Oh that’s that
One of the unfortunate realities of 2022 has been rampant inflation and its effect on the ability to make ends meet for so many folk. Even I am rather glad my New Hope Coal dividend arrived last month (God I love fossil fuels!) for me to live on for a
There is a marvellous line in the movie Wall Street where Gordon Gekko is referring to fund managers and says, “They are sheep – and sheep get slaughtered”. But in much the same way as the mainstream media follows a specific narrative and ignores alternative opinions, so the financial community portrays
One of the amusing aspects of the last three years has been the rise in real estate values and the chucklesome perceptions which have arisen by so many folk as to how much their house is worth. But could the dam finally be starting to crack? In the nearby town
One of the great things about American politics at the federal level is the US Constitution. There are several components which are vaguely known as “checks and balances” which prevent – and have prevented – extremism from breaking out, which history shows has occurred in other countries from time to time. Boiled
In 1989 Sony, the Japanese electronics company was looking to purchase Columbia Pictures. The head of Sony met with the head of Columbia where the movie mogul described how the studio operates. He said that each year they had a slate of about 20 movies they would make and have
Watch the latest video at foxbusiness.com In recent years we have seen the rise in left-wing extremism turbocharging the demonisation of basically everything and using brainwashed young people who don’t know any better as stormtroopers to enforce their lunacy. Words, statutes, history books, real events that we have
On Saturday was the long-awaited Hamilton West by-election. The final result was much in line with what had been forecast but which many of us didn’t dare to hope would actually eventuate! A swing of 21 per cent from Labour to National: annihilation territory for the socialists. Whereas an
According to the inflation calculator on the Reserve Bank website, the $1 on “decimal currency day” in 1967 is now $20.85. To put that another way, our currency has been devalued by 95% since its creation a mere 55 years ago, causing huge damage to our economy and nation
On the day I started high school I was plonked in a desk beside a person who has turned out to be my closest lifelong friend. We hit it off immediately: email twice a day, speak on the telephone several times per week, and they pop down here once a
As I have said numerous times I am a country boy. I grew up in the country near Mosgiel (where I still live), and also spent several years in rural Southland. I prefer the company of rural landowners and other rich country folk who have a similar view of the
A couple of weeks back I had written an essay on the US elections saying I was being very cautious, not buying into the “red wave” stuff, and waiting for the votes to be counted before proclaiming victory. There seem to have been unfulfilled expectations and a consequent sense of
Information Opinion You gotta love Mosgiel; my home town. It has had its fair share of characters over the years; even the founder of the town – Arthur Burns – was an oddball sort of chap (all that poetry, puritanism, and blanket manufacturing). Fortunately, the occasional world war cropped up and various
The latest economic data have been released and it is not good news. There is basically full employment, incomes are soaring, interest rates are about to skyrocket, and inflation is out of control; the New Zealand economy has many difficult years ahead. All of this was preventable, and there is
Information Opinion We are one week away from the US midterm elections which will see one third of the US Senate, all of the House of Representatives, numerous governorships and state legislatures up for election. As a US citizen, I sent off my ballot a couple of weeks back, having
