Charles Krblich Chuck Krblich works in the insurance and reinsurance industries as a catastrophe manager. brownstone.org I was driving home from a cello lesson when I thought to myself, It is very hazy outside today. I didn’t think much more of it until about an hour later when
Will Jones Will Jones is editor of the Daily Sceptic. brownstone.org In one of the more bizarre moments at the Covid Inquiry so far, Professor Neil Ferguson, the architect of Britain’s lockdown, today denied ever calling for the first national stay-at-home order – in the latest instance of lockdown
Mark Tsagas University of East London theconversation.com AI chatbots are already widely used by businesses to greet customers and answer their questions – either over the phone or on websites. Some companies have found that they can, to some extent, replace humans with machines in call centre roles. However, the
Gary Moller Gary Moller is a Health Practitioner who is focused on addressing the root causes of ill health or poor performance by making use of a key forensic tool – Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis – and administering healthy, natural and sustainable therapies. garymoller.com I’m sharing this message on behalf
Bernard Walker University of Canterbury Danaë Anderson Victoria University of Wellington Julienne Molineaux Auckland University of Technology theconversation.com Whether you are a worker or an employer, the office or factory floor is likely to move under your feet over the next three years. Every change of government sees a
The Ponderer This article is explicitly intended as a reply/followup to Dr Lion Red’s excellent article moving from that balanced view of history to analyse the present and imagine possible futures. There has been a long, complicated and bloody history bringing Israel / Palestine to where it is now.
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Brian Tamaki This is yet another history-defining moment we are living in. Will you be on the right side of history? I strongly believe New Zealand has not gone far enough in condemning the actions of Hamas. Hamas supporters and sympathisers should not be tolerated in New Zealand. I have
Jon Miltimore Jonathan Miltimore is the Editor at Large of FEE.org at the Foundation for Economic Education. fee.org New government data emerged this week showing that food prices in Canada continue to climb. Though year-over-year inflation of consumer prices overall cooled to 3.8% in September, food prices
Daniel Lacalle Daniel Lacalle, PhD, economist and fund manager, is the author of the bestselling books Freedom or Equality (2020), Escape from the Central Bank Trap (2017), The Energy World Is Flat? (2015), and Life in the Financial Markets (2014). mises.org According to the US Treasury, year-end data from
Thorsteinn Siglaugsson Thorsteinn Siglaugsson is an Icelandic consultant, entrepreneur and writer and contributes regularly to The Daily Sceptic as well as various Icelandic publications. He holds a BA degree in philosophy and an MBA from INSEAD. Thorsteinn is a certified expert in the Theory of Constraints and author of From
Tom Harper University of East London theconversation.com The Taliban’s presence at the massive October jamboree in Beijing to celebrate the 10th year of China’s ambitious trade plan, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), is part of Beijing’s regional strategy. This was one of only a handful
Jane O’Connor Birmingham City University theconversation.com Britney Spears’ new memoir, The Woman in Me, illustrates once again the potential lifelong damage that can be caused by being a child star. Like many before her, including Judy Garland and Michael Jackson, Spears was ushered into the dangerous terrain of
Simon Angelo WealthMorning.com This article is editorial content. It is the author’s personal opinion and commentary. It is general in nature and should not be construed as any financial or investment advice. ‘A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.’ Edward R. Murrow Two documentary films
We are a group of parents with children at Mellons Bay School. In Term 3 2023, Mellons Bay School approved their “Inclusive Education” Policy which will require everyone to use preferred pronouns for transgender staff and students. When a parent wrote to ask, “Will children be disciplined for not using
Bryce Edwards I am a Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington, where I run the Democracy Project, and am a full-time researcher in the School of Government. democracyproject.substack.com In recent decades the New Zealand Parliament has become more representative of some of the historically neglected
