Ben Terangi Ben Terangi is a freelance journalist writing from Milwaukee. mercatornet.com “We are flagging problematic posts for Facebook that spread disinformation.” So said Jen Psaki, then-White House press secretary, in July 2021. They were words that would return to haunt the Biden administration and its sprawling network
Rav Arora Rav Arora is an independent journalist based in Vancouver, Canada. brownstone.org One’s commitment to the foundational, noble ideals of Western, liberal society is most revealingly tested in times of emergency and mortal danger. Core principles such as individualism, bodily autonomy, tolerance, pluralism, and informed consent are
Paul Driessen Paul Driessen is senior policy analyst for the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (www.CFACT.org) and author of books and articles on energy, environment, climate and human rights issues. PAUL DRIESSEN is senior policy analyst for the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) and other public policy
bobmccoskrie.com Research published in the BJPsych Open Journal has revealed that people with autism and intellectual disabilities have been legally euthanised in the Netherlands as part of that country’s assisted-dying program. This is setting a very dangerous precedent, not only within the Netherlands but for other countries
Adrian Beaumont The University of Melbourne theconversation.com This Friday at 2 pm (12pm AEDT), New Zealanders will find out the final results of the October 14 election. This tally will include the estimated 567,000 special votes not reported in the preliminary results on election night. Special votes tend
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 Yesterday afternoon, RCR host, Cameron Slater, interviewed
righttolife.org.uk Justin Timberlake has been slammed by fans after revelations that he put pressure on his then girlfriend, Britney Spears, to have an abortion and then went on to publicily campaign for “the right to choose”. In her memoir, The Woman in Me, Spears revealed that Timberlake put
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
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
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,
