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
Alwyn Poole Alwyn Poole founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is now an in person private school for Year 11-13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1-13. alwynpoole.substack.
Jeffrey A Tucker Jeffrey A Tucker is Founder and President of the Brownstone Institute. He is also Senior Economics Columnist for Epoch Times, author of 10 books, including Liberty or Lockdown, and thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press. He speaks widely on topics of economics, technology, social
Mel Marquis Mel is an internationally recognised scholar in the field of competition law and policy. Prior to joining Monash he taught law for 10 years at universities in Italy. He has lectured and taught law courses in many countries, including Europe and Asia. Neerav Srivastava Neerav’s thesis investigates
Jeremy Powell Jeremy Powell is a blogger on Substack. His X (formerly Twitter) handle is @jpowell145. mises.org It was a laughable moment when President Joe Biden said at a press conference during his visit to Hanoi that the United States wasn’t seeking to contain China. Despite efforts by
Caitlin Johnstone ronpaulinstitute.org There’s a heartbreaking graphic going around right now showing the almost microscopic changes that have occurred to the frontline of the war in Ukraine this year despite nonstop death and destruction of unfathomable horror the entire time. The graphic comes from a New York Times
dailytelegraph.co.nz “ACT WILL TAKE THE POLITICS OUT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION INTO THE GOVERNMENT’S COVID-19 RESPONSE BY ALLOWING ALL NEW ZEALANDERS TO HAVE THEIR SAY ON WHAT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED THROUGH A NEW CROWDSOURCED TERMS OF REFERENCE,” SAYS ACT LEADER DAVID SEYMOUR. “There is always a
