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Socialism and the Quiet Revolution

Socialism and the Quiet Revolution

Wanjiru Njoya Dr. Wanjiru Njoya is a Scholar-in-Residence for the Mises Institute. She is the author of Economic Freedom and Social Justice (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021), Redressing Historical Injustice (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023, with David Gordon) and “A Critique of Equality Legislation in Liberal Market Economies” (Journal of Libertarian Studies, 2021). mises.

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Zero Seconds for the Biden Family Business

Zero Seconds for the Biden Family Business

Tim Graham Tim Graham is executive editor of NewsBusters and host of the NewsBusters Podcast. His career at the MRC began in February 1989 as associate editor of MediaWatch, the monthly newsletter of the MRC before the internet era. newsbusters.org As Hunter Biden is tried on gun charges in

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US Dedicated to Mass Migration

US Dedicated to Mass Migration

Joe Schaeffer libertynation.com Americans are shocked to learn that an administration that has signed an international pledge to normalize mass migration into the United States is granting “mass amnesty” for hundreds of thousands of foreigners to do just that. “Data show that since 2022, more than 350,000 asylum

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Is Our Way Worth Defending?
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Is Our Way Worth Defending?

Rex Ahdar Is Western Christian Civilisation something to be proud of, something worth defending? I believe so. Let us begin with Samuel P Huntingdon in The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order (1996) at p. 311: All civilizations go through similar processes of emergence, rise and decline.

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The Huge Charter School Need and Opportunity in NZ

The Huge Charter School Need and Opportunity in NZ

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 Years 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 Supreme Court Just Gave Us Hope

The Supreme Court Just Gave Us Hope

brownstone.org The Supreme Court handed down a victory for political freedom last week in National Rifle Association v. Vullo that may lay the groundwork for lawsuits featuring dissidents against the Covid regime, including Berenson v. Biden and Murthy v. Missouri. In Vullo, the Court considered whether the New York

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Is Digital Technology Responsible for Anxious Children?

Margaret Hickey Margaret Hickey is a regular contributor to Position Papers and Mercator. She is a mother of three and lives with her husband in Blarney. mercatornet.com The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt | Allen Lane, 2024,

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Why EV Manufacturing Is Exceeding Demand

Why EV Manufacturing Is Exceeding Demand

John Klar libertynation.com Car manufacturers make little, if any, money on EV sales. A dearth of charging stations discourages new buyers, who are also put off by high sticker prices. Sales of new electric vehicles have dropped off, as have used resale values. Manufacturers nevertheless proclaim these machines are

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Trans Killer’s Diary Highlights Mental Health Issues

Trans Killer’s Diary Highlights Mental Health Issues

Tierin-Rose Mandelburg 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 shortly there after. Her

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The Defence Force Is Allowing Foreign Recruits

The Defence Force Is Allowing Foreign Recruits

Ned Dobos Senior Lecturer in International Ethics, UNSW Sydney From July this year, New Zealand nationals will be eligible to serve in the Australian Defence Force. From January 2025, so will Americans, Canadians and Brits. This raises a number of political and ethical issues that will need to be addressed

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‘Not Even Thinking’ of Using Nuclear Weapons

dailytelegraph.co.nz MOSCOW HAS NEVER SAID IT IS READY TO “PUSH THE RED BUTTON,” THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID. Moscow has never been the first to resort to aggressive nuclear rhetoric, President Vladimir Putin told a question-and-answer panel at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on Friday. The nation’

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The UN Wants No More Fuel Advertising

The UN Wants No More Fuel Advertising

Matt Halliday, Auckland University of Technology Can we imagine a world without fossil fuel advertising, let alone fossil fuels themselves? That was essentially the question posed by United Nations Secretary General António Guterres this week. Calling the coal, oil and gas industries the “godfathers of climate chaos”, who had “shamelessly

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Weaponising the Courts for Political Gain

Weaponising the Courts for Political Gain

Simon O’Connor onpointnz.substack.com Like many with an interest in politics and foreign affairs, I have been following the recent Trump court case in New York. I am now following what I suggest is a ‘counter case’, this time against Hunter Biden. For me, both cases highlight a

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Te Pati Maori Allegations Get Fiery

Te Pati Maori Allegations Get Fiery

Bryce Edwards I am Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington, where I run the Democracy Project, and am a full-time researcher in the School of Government democracyproject.substack.com The Te Pati Maori scandal is becoming much fiercer and more serious. Ever since the allegations emerged on

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Politician First, Influencer Close Second

Politician First, Influencer Close Second

Adeline von Drehle realclearwire.com Donald Trump’s first TikTok video, in which the former president arrives at a UFC fight to the tune of Kid Rock’s “American Bad Ass,” has now been viewed 78.4 million times in two days. If Trump hadn’t already cemented himself as

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The Story of the Ritz Cracker Is the Story of Capitalism

The Story of the Ritz Cracker Is the Story of Capitalism

Joseph (Jake) Klein Joseph (Jake) Klein is the Curriculum Manager and a Content Creator at FEE. In addition to his role at FEE, Jake is the co-founder of The Black Sheep, a publication dedicated to promoting open inquiry on controversial topics. fee.org When you last visited the supermarket, you

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