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Climate Change and the Con Goes On
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Climate Change and the Con Goes On

The Grampus I recently received a lengthy questionnaire from the Christchurch City Council (CCC) about what the council and individuals could do to mitigate climate change and reduce our emissions and so forth. I was aware the CCC did have an investment in reducing climate change and that significant monies

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Why Are RSE Worker Numbers in Decline?

Why Are RSE Worker Numbers in Decline?

Dan Dempsey The first thing you experience while shopping in New Zealand supermarkets is the fruit and vegetable department (unless you shop at Pak’nSave where you are bombarded with stacked cartons of the week’s discounted items). Consider that most of what you see there, handled and placed in

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Could New Zealand Be Collapsing?

Could New Zealand Be Collapsing?

Was Paul Henry correct when he questioned whether New Zealand is on the skids? It’s something we need to ask now that our migration figures show we lost huge numbers of people last year who have gone overseas for greener pastures.

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The Dollar and Its Domestic Enemies

Peter C Earle Peter C Earle, PhD, is a Senior Research Fellow who joined AIER in 2018. He holds a PhD in Economics from l’Universite d’Angers, an MA in Applied Economics from American University, an MBA (Finance), and a BS in Engineering from the United States Military Academy

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‘Teflon Tony’ Survives the Hot Seat

‘Teflon Tony’ Survives the Hot Seat

Maryanne Demasi Maryanne Demasi, 2023 Brownstone Fellow, is an investigative medical reporter with a PhD in rheumatology, who writes for online media and top tiered medical journals. For over a decade, she produced TV documentaries for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and has worked as a speechwriter and political advisor

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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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