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The Dumbing Down of Intellect

The Dumbing Down of Intellect

Robert E Wright Robert E Wright is a Senior Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research. He is the (co)author or (co)editor of over two dozen major books, book series, and edited collections, including AIER’s The Best of Thomas Paine (2021) and Financial Exclusion (2019)

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Norway’s Wealth Tax Is Backfiring

Jon Miltimore Jonathan Miltimore is the Managing Editor of FEE.org. His writing/reporting has been the subject of articles in TIME magazine, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes, Fox News and the Star Tribune. aier.org In 2022 Norway’s third richest man, Kjell Inge Røkke, announced in an

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Activism Is Taking Over the Classroom

Tony Kinnett Tony Kinnett is an investigative columnist for The Daily Signal at The Heritage Foundation . http://www.heritage.org/ PA Pundits – International papundits.wordpress.com As America’s public education system reports the worst literacy and math performance in decades, its schools dedicate increasingly immense portions of their time

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Swine Flu 2: New Lipstick, Old Pig

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com On 11 June 2009 the WHO Director-General Margaret Chan declared the Swine Flu pandemic. At that time Swine Flu had been associated with 141 deaths and 30,000 cases across 74 countries. It has been noted that until less than

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But Joe Biden Was Right

Nicholas Khoo Nicholas Khoo (PhD, MPhil, Political Science, Columbia University; MA, International Relations, Johns Hopkins University; BA, Economics, University of California, Irvine) is Associate Professor in the Politics Programme, School of Social Sciences, University of Otago in New Zealand. University of Otago theconversation.com It’s not every day that

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Humanity Is Now on the Block

Wera Sager When I studied German at Otago University, I was straight out of school with little life experience. It’s been said that children in a classroom may not remember much about their lessons, but they do remember how they felt. I clearly remember the warmth, tone, and cadence

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The Great Debate That Will Not Happen

The Great Debate That Will Not Happen

Bill Rice Bill Rice, Jr. is a freelance journalist in Troy, Alabama. brownstone.org In south Alabama we have an expression: “If you’re scared, say you’re scared.” Well, Dr. Peter Hotez – one of the best-known vaccine advocates and defenders of all the Covid mitigation measures – is obviously

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The Link between Organ Donation and Euthanasia

righttolife.org.uk A study has found that Canada is the world leading country in organ harvesting from people who end their lives by euthanasia. According to the study, 136 people who were euthanised in Canada have donated their organs since 2019 to 2021. The figure far outweighs the other

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Should We Have Two Types of Degree?

Should We Have Two Types of Degree?

Ananish Chaudhuri Ananish is a Professor of Experimental Economics at the University of Auckland and has served as the Chair of the Department of Economics at Auckland from 2013 till 2019. University of Auckland theconversation.com As recent headlines have made clear, New Zealand universities are in an existential crisis

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NZ Schools Need to Provide High Quality Science Education

NZ Schools Need to Provide High Quality Science Education

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.

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The Era of Complacency Is Over
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The Era of Complacency Is Over

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 – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Michael Wood has become a victim of his own complacency about conflicts of interest. He simply didn’

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Weather Eye with John Maunder

Weather Eye with John Maunder

John Maunder Climate extremes in New Zealand, since instrumental records became available in the 1850s, show a range from the highest temperature of 42.4 degrees Celsius, recorded in Rangiora on February 7, 1973, to the most intense rainfall in 10 minutes: 34 mm, which occurred in Tauranga on April

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Second Term Government, Third Term Problems
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Second Term Government, Third Term Problems

Thomas Cranmer Thomas Cranmer is a lawyer with over 25 years experience in some of the world’s biggest law firms. He divides his time between the UK and NZ. He writes on Substack exploring issues facing NZ under his nom du plume, Cranmer. commonroomnz.com They say a new

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Some Schools Are Allowing Children to What?

Some Schools Are Allowing Children to What?

Michael My name is Michael and my brand new book entitled “End Times” is now available on Amazon.com.  In addition to my new book I have written six other books that are available on Amazon.com including “7 Year Apocalypse”, “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”, “The Beginning

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Climate Fact Check May 2023

Climate Fact Check May 2023

CFACT Ed cfact.org Check out 10 notable fact checks for May 2023. The media would have you believe that drought in Kenya, c0ffee is at risk, birds are hatching fewer chicks and much more are all worse, due to climate. Get the straight facts. Climate-Fact-Check_May-2023-

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