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Voters United: for Informed Voting Options

Voters United: for Informed Voting Options

Mark Freeman Collective, strategic voting is the way to get a minor party into Parliament in the upcoming general election, says a group that’s offering to advise voters on how to do that. Voters United are a Wellington-based group concerned about government overreach and the direction the elected

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Free Speech or Transphobia?

Free Speech or Transphobia?

Cranmer cranmer.substack.com Lawyer with over 25 years’ experience in some of the world’s biggest law firms. I divide my time between the UK and NZ. This Substack explores issues facing NZ at present under my nom du plume, Cranmer. Kellie-Jay Keen is yet to land in

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Biden Turns Gun Owners into Felons

Biden Turns Gun Owners into Felons

Olivia Rondeau fee.org Olivia is a 21-year-old political commentator, strategist, and journalist hailing from the Washington, DC area, and currently based in Los Angeles. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has followed through on their plan to turn millions of lawful gun owners into

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Bones Like Aero Chocolate

Bones Like Aero Chocolate

Sally Christine Reynolds Principal Academic in Hominin Palaeoecology Bournemouth University It’s sometimes difficult to imagine how the planet we call home, with its megalopolis cities and serene farmlands, was once dominated by dinosaurs as big as buses and five-storey buildings. But recent research has helped deepen our understanding

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The New King

Justin Vovk PhD Candidate, Early Modern History McMaster University On May 6, 2023, eyes around the world will be on Westminster Abbey in London as King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla are crowned. The coronation comes at a critical time for the monarchy. Fourteen Commonwealth countries, including Canada, still have

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Why the Mandates Made No Sense
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Why the Mandates Made No Sense

Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Just to clarify things in view of this RNZ article on 21 March 2023, NZTSOS will be in the Court of Appeal in Wellington on 19 April 2023 (i.e. ‘later this year’).  Their appeal will challenge the outcome of the Judicial Review

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The OCR Doesn’t Affect Banks as Much as You Think

Peter J Morgan Peter J Morgan  BE (Mech.), Dip. Teaching – professional forensic engineer, retired economics, mathematics and physics teacher PART 4 of 18 When an EFTPOS payment or a cheque from a customer of one bank is deposited with a competing bank, not only is money transferred from the payer’

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Is ‘Woke’ Just a Slur to Describe ‘Stuff I Don’t Like’?

Is ‘Woke’ Just a Slur to Describe ‘Stuff I Don’t Like’?

Kurt Mahlburg mercatornet.com Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary, and a young

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UK School Fails to Keep Girls Safe

Family First familyfirst.org.nz This story highlights one of the many dangers resulting from gender ideology in schools. A traumatised girl of 13 says she dreads returning to school after being attacked by a boy in a gender-neutral toilet. She was left battered and bruised after he tried

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Is Wikipedia a Good Source?

Is Wikipedia a Good Source?

Bridget Retzloff, Assistant Professor and Digital Pedagogy Librarian Katy Kelly, Professor of Marketing and Engagement University of Dayton What comes to mind when you think of Wikipedia? Maybe you think of clicking link after link to learn about a topic, followed by another topic and then another. Or maybe you’

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Tennis Star Forced to Withdraw

Tennis Star Forced to Withdraw

Marianna Davidovich fee.org Marianna is the Chief External Affairs Officer at the Foundation for Economic Education aimed at teaching the humane value and ethical principles of free markets and entrepreneurship to FEE’s student audience. The world’s top tennis player—currently ranked #1—Novak Djokovic of Serbia was

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Wearing Masks Made Little or No Difference

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Less than a month since we reported on the Cochrane Library’s Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses, the conflicts of interest which we wrote about have taken centre stage again. Public health is a diverse

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Banks Are Money Creators, Not Money Lenders

Peter J Morgan Peter J Morgan  BE (Mech.), Dip. Teaching – professional forensic engineer, retired economics, mathematics and physics teacher PART 3 of 18 Economic booms and bubbles are caused by the fact that the money supply expands when banks create new loans faster than old loans are being repaid. The

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Is Australia and New Zealand Safe from ‘Bank Run’ Contagion?
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Is Australia and New Zealand Safe from ‘Bank Run’ Contagion?

John Hawkins Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society University of Canberra There has been a lot of talk about the risk of financial contagion following the collapse of California’s Silicon Valley Bank. Perhaps too much talk. While the frequency of bank runs in the past shows

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It Is Worse than We Think

It Is Worse than We Think

Justin Hart brownstone.org Justin Hart is an executive consultant with over 25 years experience creating data-driven solutions for Fortune 500 companies and Presidential campaigns alike. Mr. Hart is the Chief Data Analyst and founder of RationalGround.com which helps companies, public policy officials, and even parents gauge the

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World Down Syndrome Day

World Down Syndrome Day

Right To Life News righttolife.org.uk A woman has given an extended interview with the Times in which she explains what life is like for her son who has Down’s syndrome and who happens to be Brentford FC’s biggest fan. Tuesday, 21 March, was World Down Syndrome

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