Al Johnson nzcovidresponse.substack.com This week the seven-day isolation and mask mandates in healthcare were extended. When we started getting hammered by Covid in 2022 (ah, the memories of those 20k+ cases a day), it was after existing community mask mandates were ‘strengthened’ to beat the spread back
[This piece is an excerpt from The Great Reset and the Struggle for Liberty.] The notion that the world can be replicated and replaced by a simulated reality says a great deal about the beliefs of those who promote the metaverse [treated in the previous chapter]. The conception is materialist
Republished from lens.monash.edu. A major international report says the “disciplinary climate” in Australian schools is among the “least favourable” in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). On Tuesday, the OECD released a profile on education in Australia. Its findings follow headlines about student behaviour and
It was enforced in Western countries with the same ferocity, meticulousness and categorical unforgivingness with which the hijab is forced upon women in Islamic countries. Never before had the government induced a trend in society so invasive and so disruptive to human life, and never had such an intrusion been
PA Pundits – International The battle is raging across the land. God has something to say about this. I walked past my twin brother’s hospital bed to the end of the ward, not recognizing anyone I had passed. I had asked the nurse at the entrance of the ward for
You may not know it if you rely solely on American media, but there is a growing revolt across much of Europe against Net Zero mandates in general and electric vehicle mandates in particular. It seems that, led by luxury carmakers, the future may be bright for the venerable internal
Corina Shields There has been a lot of talk about race-based policies in New Zealand. And why wouldn’t there be? The Maori Health Authority, the rebranded Three Waters reform, compulsory Te Reo Maori education for children… These are just some issues for many and rightfully so. Not everyone
Rod Kane This week it was announced by the PM Mr Chumpy Schitkins (Slippery Chumpy) that news would be forthcoming imminently on the final solution to the taxpayer question… with regard to water anyway. Mr Schitkens and the MP for the Wairarapa, Mr Karen McAnally flew in one day and
Daniel Hirst It doesn’t take an encyclopaedic knowledge of history and politics to know humanity tends to scapegoat individuals or groups to water the thirst for collective violence or to resolve tensions and angst. The scapegoating mechanism is at the heart of the Western canon: both Socrates and Jesus
Louise M Diack kiwi-chronicle.ghost.io Recently I’ve found myself longing for another era of not too long ago. A less complicated time when people knew what a woman was and this was celebrated. Women had carved out their place in the world – as entrepreneurs, mothers, corporate leaders,
Bruce W. Davidson brownstone.org Bruce Davidson is professor of humanities at Hokusei Gakuen University in Sapporo, Japan. After three full years of public masking, Japanese government officials recently declared that people are now allowed to uncover their faces, if they so wish. An international school teacher I know told
Jeffrey A. Tucker brownstone.org 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,
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com To access the detailed arguments in the NZTSOS appeal directly, click here or scroll down. This series was compiled by members of NZTSOS and NZDSOS in collaboration. Introduction to NZTSOS & NZDSOS Grounds for Appeal This series of six articles looks
Family First familyfirst.org.nz Why is Christopher Luxon so keen to change our Easter trading laws? Public holidays are a social good, especially when shops are closed, allowing everyone a well-deserved break from the frenzy of modern life. As it currently stands, there are only 3.5 non-
Mark Freeman A major review of the health effects of fluoride by a US government agency has confirmed a link between high fluoride exposure and lower IQs in children. The report’s findings also confirm that New Zealand children are being exposed to fluoride at levels which can reduce their
Thomas Cranmer commonroomnz.com 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. This article was first
