Darroch Ball Sensible Sentencing Trust. Stuart Nash, the ‘renewed’ Minister of Police, says he doesn’t think dairies should sell tobacco. Call me old fashioned, but maybe Nash as the Minister of Police needs to focus on ensuring these criminal thugs are caught and held to account, instead of waxing
Louis T. March mercatornet.com Louis T. March has a background in government, business and philanthropy. A former talk show host, author and public speaker, he is a dedicated student of history and genealogy. Louis lives with his family in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Ever heard of Tórshavn?
Jay Maxson newsbusters.org Wednesday was National Girls and Women in Sports Day, and University of Kentucky All-American swimmer Riley Gaines is campaigning against the annihilation of female athletics. In a Fox News op-ed, she renewed calls to protect the integrity of women’s sports. Gaines and other
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. He lives in Sydney, Australia. Last year an Oxford expert in transhumanism published “Future Superhuman: Our transhuman lives in a make-or-break century”. Elise Bohan, an Australian, argued that “ape-brained meat sacks” (aka human beings) need to
Andrew Stumpf Assistant Professor of Philosophy University of Waterloo As a philosophy professor and researcher of end-of-life ethics, I ask the students in my ethics class who should be eligible to receive Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). Should it be open only to people actively dying from a
Voices for Freedom voicesforfreedom.co.nz Recently Westpac New Zealand had a technical issue Which resulted in some Mastercard credit and debit card payments not being processed correctly. This is another example of why we don’t want to live in a cashless society. We all know that tech issues
Olivia Boyd familyfirst.org.nz Olivia Boyd is our teenage guest writer who is very passionate about supporting the pro-life movement and ending human trafficking. Upon completion of her High School education, she intends to study law and psychology. She has an interest in human rights and social psychology
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Newly elected Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has a monumental task ahead of him, to restore and regenerate our country after his predecessor’s abrupt resignation and leaving him the parting gift of a country divided and a laundry list of problems.
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. New Zealand is the second least corrupt country on earth according to the latest Corruption Perception Index published yesterday by Transparency International. But how much
Rosemary Abbott whakatakitimes.nz A journalist is slightly worse for wear this afternoon after getting a backhand of sorts from Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown. Brown, who enjoys his tennis, was his grumpy old self as journalists gathered at his local tennis club, seeking more comment from him about his response
David Wojick cfact.org David Wojick, Ph.D. is an independent analyst working at the intersection of science, technology and policy. For origins see stemed.info/engineer_tackles_confusion.html For over 100 prior articles for CFACT see cfact.org/author/david-wojick-ph-d/ Available for confidential research and
Guy Hatchard PhD GLOBE.GLOBAL. HatchardReport.com The democratic Governor of New York Kathy Hochul has announced that hospitals and care facilities will not be allowed to employ unvaccinated staff because according to her they can transmit Covid to others (presumably to the virtuously vaccinated). A similar rule has been
Aaron Kheriaty brownstone.org Aaron Kheriaty, Senior Brownstone Scholar and 2023 Brownstone Fellow, is a psychiatrist working with the Unity Project. He is a former Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California at Irvine School of Medicine, where he was the director of Medical Ethics. First, by way of
Danny Kingsley Visiting Fellow, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science Australian National University Unless you’ve spent your summer on a digital detox, you’ve probably heard of ChatGPT: the latest AI chatbot taking the world by storm. Recent discussion about ChatGPT has focused on the risk
Michael Naylor Senior Lecturer in Economics Massey University The clean-up from Auckland’s devastating floods last week is just beginning but insurance companies will need to start thinking about what the record-breaking weather event will mean for future coverage. Over 24 hours, 249mm of rain fell across the
Richard Shaw Professor of Politics Massey University With a cabinet reshuffle just a day after two polls showing Labour ahead again – in which he promoted more Maori MPs to the front bench, created a new Minister for Auckland portfolio and drew a line under the previous administration by demoting several
