Phil Green Today (Monday 2nd) I listened to David Seymour on the NewstalkZB segment with Jamie MacKay, where Jamie does a brilliant bi-partisan job each week giving time for politicians to say their piece. He gives airtime to Chris Hipkins, Damien O’Connor, Chris Luxon, Seymour, Winston Peters and
Bryce Edwards Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz The Labour Government was elected with 50 per cent of the vote three years ago, but current opinion polls show
Jon Miltimore Jonathan Miltimore is the Editor at Large of FEE.org at the Foundation for Economic Education. fee.org YouTube initiated a ban on commentator Russell Brand last week that prohibits the celebrity from making money on its platform following accusations of sexual assault against the British comedian. “If
Paul Malvern Paul Malvern writes from Canada. He is President of The Malvern Consulting Group Ltd., which provides public and private sector clients with advice and assistance in the areas of strategic communication and social marketing. He is also an author and social critic, whose second book, Persuaders: Lobbying, Influence
Trevor Stammers Trevor Stammers was a GP and a clinical teacher for over twenty years. He has worked in academia for the last fifteen years and was the editor of The New Bioethics from 2011 to 2022. He currently volunteers as a Public Policy Associate with CMF. mercatornet.com The
Dr. Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior
David Rennie It seems as if yet another social contagion is sweeping the Western world. The way this normally happens is someone in the US starts something that is considered wonderfully woke and administrators, corporations, politicians and educators all jump on the bandwagon in order to let everyone know that
Carolyn Moynihan Carolyn Moynihan is the former deputy editor of Mercator. mercatornet.com If you thought that Russell Brand’s problems were the biggest story in the UK right now, think again. Think about a revolt brewing in the British Civil Service against gender ideology and a warning from within
Alexander Gillespie University of Waikato theconversation.com Tax cuts, crime, the cost of living, potholes and co-governance … these and various other issues are now familiar to most voters. But there has been one major election area missing the serious debate it needs: foreign policy. Whichever parties form the next
Phil Green I don’t know about David Seymour’s wish for a four-year parliamentary cycle because considering the excitement and fuss generated within the past month, this is something I haven’t experienced since I was ten. Every three years is good enough for me, thank you very
Aaron Kheriaty Aaron Kheriaty, Senior Brownstone Scholar and 2023 Brownstone Fellow, is a psychiatrist working with the Unity Project. He is a former Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California at Irvine School of Medicine, where he was the director of Medical Ethics. brownstone.org I am one of
Vijay Raj Jayaraj Vijay Jayaraj is a research associate at the CO2 Coalition, Arlington, VA and a contributor to CFACT. He holds a master’s degree in environmental sciences from the University of East Anglia, UK, and resides in India. cfact.org In Memoriam: Dr M.S. Swaminathan – The Visionary
Gavin O’Reilly ronpaulinstitute.org On Thursday it was announced that the southern Irish state would roll out flu jabs to all schoolchildren under its jurisdiction, despite the fact that children are an age group at absolute minute risk of becoming seriously ill from seasonal illnesses such as flu and
Mark Freeman Fifty people braved a wintery southerly wind to take part in Wellington’s first Stop Co-Governance street march on Saturday. The number was down on attendance at the Christchurch and Auckland marches, which had been more than 200 and more than 300 respectively. Escorted by police, marchers
Antonio Graceffo Antonio Graceffo, PhD, has spent more than 20 years in Asia. He earned a PhD at Shanghai University of Sport, holds a China-MBA from Shanghai Jiaotong University, and studied national defense at American Military University. mises.org At the conclusion of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg on
Steven Tucker mercatornet.com Would you like to be paid for sitting at home all day doing nothing? If so, you could try getting in touch with Autonomy, a British-based think-tank currently seeking £1.6m in funding to give away £1,600 per month over the course of
