Jon Pike Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, The Open University World sport has been convulsed over the past few months – indeed years – by questions about trans athletes, especially trans women, competing in their acquired gender. Most recently, World Athletics announced its “preferred option” of a reduced 2.5nmol testosterone limit for
Michael Cook Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. He lives in Sydney, Australia. Voluntary assisted dying in the Australian state of Victoria was legalised in 2017 and the first legal euthanasia took place on July 15, 2019. The legislation had succeeded despite bitter opposition. Perhaps MPs believed assurances from
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Wealthy vested interests have an oversized influence on political decisions in New Zealand. Partly that’s due to their use of corporate lobbyists. Fortunately, the
Peter J Morgan Peter J Morgan BE (Mech.), Dip. Teaching – professional forensic engineer, retired economics, mathematics and physics teacher PART 2 of 18 In PART 1 readers learnt that there is a widespread – but false – belief that banks are financial intermediaries that take in money from savers, aggregate it, and
Ann Farmer mercatornet.com Ann Farmer, mother of three, grandmother of five and permanently disabled, is based in Woodford Green, Essex. She is a poet, illustrator, writer and pro-life feminist devoted to defending the natural family and the weakest in society from abortion and euthanasia. She has published a
Tierin-Rose Mandelburg newsbusters.org Tierin-Rose grew up in a large Christian family on the coast of Connecticut. After high school she moved to Alabama to dance with a professional ballet company while attending Liberty University. She served as an MRC Culture intern in Spring 2021 and became staff
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.” The reality is that all the mineral products and metals needed to make wind turbines, solar panels, and EV batteries are
Lynne Chepulis Associate Professor Health Sciences University of Waikato The controversial 2021 decision by the government drug-buying agency Pharmac to prioritise Maori and Pacific patients in its funding of two game-changing new diabetes drugs appears to have paid off. At the time, Pharmac wanted to restrict funding to
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Having shared some thoughts on the basis of a newspaper article, we are now privy to the written Coroner’s Decision in the case of Divya Simon. A few pertinent details were missing from the newspaper reports. Coroner’s Report Detail
Clare Medical Journalist www.excessdeathstats.com On February 24th the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) issued a release saying that there had been 15.1% more deaths than usual in Australia in 2022. Here’s what they said: “In 2022, there were 174,717 deaths that occurred by 30 November
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Four out of the five people who have held the top role of Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff since 2017 have been lobbyists. That’
Peter J. Morgan Peter J. Morgan BE (Mech.), Dip. Teaching – professional forensic engineer, retired economics, mathematics and physics teacher PART 1 of 18 This is my attempt at a simplified, brief explanation of how the present debt-based money and banking system actually works, with some relevant history, and a
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com First Applicant = NZDSOS (New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science) Second Applicant = NZTSOS (New Zealand Teachers Speaking Out with Science) First Respondent = Minister for Covid-19 Response Second Respondent = Director-General of Health Third Respondent = Attorney-General NZTSOS Appeal Vaccine Mandate
Patrick Carroll fee.org Patrick Carroll has a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo and is an Editorial Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education. A Singapore-based webcomic called The Woke Salaryman recently posted a comic extolling the virtues of taxation and encouraging people to pay
Kevin Tober newsbusters.org Kevin Tober is a News Analyst & Staff Writer at NewsBusters, as well as a Daily Caller contributor. His work has also been featured in Fox News, TownHall, The Daily Wire, Red State, Twitchy, The Western Journal, and many others. Prior to his current post, Kevin
Sonia Elijah brownstone.org Sonia Elijah has a background in Economics. She’s a former BBC researcher and now works as an investigative journalist. The Telegraph recently reported that the public have been told to stop taking cough and cold medicines over safety fears concerning the drug, pholcodine, an opioid
