John Moremon Senior Lecturer in Defence Studies Massey University New Zealanders have been put on notice that defence and security are among the bigger challenges the country faces this century. The assessment earlier this year by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Navigating a Shifting World-Te whakatere i tetahi ao hurihuri,
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com One of our occasional writers, a mandated-out nurse of many years experience now lost to the health system, picked up the speech of a proper politician, Senator Gerard Rennick in Australia, and hopes it might inspire our own. She emailed the
Michael Toscano Wendy Wang Wendy Wang (PhD, University of Maryland) is director of research at the Institute for Family Studies. Dr Wang is a former senior researcher at Pew Research Center, where she conducted research on marriage, gender, work, and family life in the United States. She was the lead
Ronald Stein cfact.org Ronald Stein is an engineer, senior policy advisor on energy literacy for CFACT, and co-author of the Pulitzer Prize nominated book “Clean Energy Exploitations.” Wind turbines and solar panels that can generate electricity intermittently, are themselves totally dependent on fossil fuels for all their components. Renewables
Robert Malone brownstone.org Robert W. Malone is a physician and biochemist. His work focuses on mRNA technology, pharmaceuticals, and drug repurposing research. You can find him at Substack and Gettr The title of US Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new book, The Wuhan Cover Up, does not
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com There has been an outcry in recent weeks about the race-based differentiation of access to, and allocation of, health services. The spotlight on health came from the confirmation that identifying as Maori is a factor in determining a patient’s position on surgical waiting lists. This
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
The psychopathic path to success Psychopathic tendencies may be present to some extent in all of us. New research is reframing this often sensationalized and maligned set of traits and finding some positive twists. By David Adam 7.19.2023 Think of a psychopath and any number of Hollywood villains
Right To Life News righttolife.org.uk A quadriplegic Canadian woman is considering euthanasia because she says it is more readily available than state disability support, even though she does not want to die. Rose Finlay is a 33-year-old quadriplegic mother of two children who have disabilities. She has released
Nicholas Schau newsbusters.org Musk, in yet another win for free speech, offered to stand behind employees of various companies who were mistreated for exercising free speech on his social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter). Musk, in an Aug. 5 post on X, said, “If you were unfairly
Michelle Wheeler Freelance Science Journalist Michelle is a former science and environment reporter for The West Australian. Her work has seen her visit a snake-infested island dubbed the most dangerous in the world, test great white shark detectors in a tinny and meet isolated tribes in the Malaysian jungle. Michelle
Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll Senior Lecturer Above the Bar University of Canterbury It seems clear that adoption law reform won’t be a priority before the October general election. This will be bitterly disappointing for many New Zealanders. Despite some significant progress, the Ministry of Justice has revised its timeline for delivering
Kevin B Fear is a powerful natural human emotion. It is “the unpleasant feeling you have when you think that you are in danger” (Collins Dictionary). Sadly, the wicked in society know how to generate and manipulate fear as a weapon against society in order to sell books, manipulate election
Tracy Clelland Lecturer in Health Education University of Canterbury Relationship and sexuality education has, yet again, become a political talking point ahead of this year’s election. National Party deputy leader Nicola Willis recently told a public meeting that sex education was a job for her and her husband, “based
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com In November 2021, just as the mandates came down on health and education workers, NZDSOS arranged for a brief advertisement to be aired on Newstalk ZB to let people know about our organisation and our website. New Zealanders were keen for
Brownstone Institute brownstone.org The Brownstone Institute for Social and Economic Research is a nonprofit organization conceived of in May 2021 in support of a society that minimizes the role of violence in public life. The ongoing release of the Facebook Files reveals the target of the White House’s
