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“Ministry of Truth” Trends on Twitter

Jon Miltimore fee.org Jonathan Miltimore is the Managing Editor of FEE.org. His writing/reporting has been the subject of articles in TIME magazine, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes, Fox News, and the Star Tribune. Bylines: Newsweek, The Washington Times, MSN.com, The Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller,

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Russian Masterpiece Anticipated the War in Ukraine

Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. He lives in Sydney, Australia. The best-known 20th century Ukrainian novelist is … ? No, not Marina Lewycka, author of the prize-winning British novel A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, which won a clutch of prizes in 2005

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On the Threats to Free Speech

On the Threats to Free Speech

Karl du Fresne karldufresne.blogspot.com Warning Long read: 4795 words I delivered the following speech (little of which would be new to regular readers of this blog) at a meeting of the Free Speech Union at Victoria University last night. Most of the approximately 80 people who attended were

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Government’s “Kindness” Rubs Salt into Wounds

Alwyn Poole founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is an in-person private school for years 11 – 13, with a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected, for years 1 – 13. Alwyn Poole New Zealanders should never forget

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The Cost of Manipulating the Truth

The Cost of Manipulating the Truth

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce president, her background is in business and education. Warning Long read: 2077 words

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How AI Impacts the Future of Agriculture

Robert Sparrow Mark Howard lens.monash.edu Robert Sparrow is a Professor of Philosophy, Monash Data Futures Institute Mark Howard is a Research Fellow, Philosophy, Monash Data Futures Institute, ARC Centre of Excellence in Electromaterial Science “The world is not data,” states a new Monash-led paper on the future

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Critics Raise Alarm over New DHS ‘Speech Police’

Casey Harper (The Center Square) thecentersquare.com Casey Harper is a Senior Reporter for the Washington, D.C. Bureau. He previously worked for The Daily Caller, The Hill and Sinclair Broadcast Group. A graduate of Hillsdale College, Casey’s work has also appeared in Fox News, Fox Business and USA

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The Battle for Control of Your Mind

The Battle for Control of Your Mind

Aaron Kheriaty brownstone.org Aaron Kheriaty, former Professor of Psychiatry at the UCI School of Medicine and Director, Medical Ethics at UCI Health, is a Senior Scholar of the Brownstone Institute. In his classic dystopian novel 1984, George Orwell famously wrote, “If you want a picture of the future, imagine

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The Viral Spread of Panic

The Viral Spread of Panic

Scott Atlas brownstone.org Scott W. Atlas, M.D., is the Robert Wesson Senior Fellow in health care policy at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University and a fellow at Hillsdale College’s Academy for Science and Freedom. It was February 2020 and news accounts had been describing increasingly alarming

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BFD May 2022 Political Poll
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BFD May 2022 Political Poll

Take our Monthly Political Poll and then share the poll on social media. By sharing the poll you will help even more readers to discover The BFD. If you enjoyed this poll please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would

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You Can’t Make an Omelette Without Breaking an Egg

You Can’t Make an Omelette Without Breaking an Egg

Margaret Somerville mercatornet.com Margaret Somerville AM, DSG, FRSC, DCL is Professor of Bioethics at the University of Notre Dame Australia School of Medicine (Sydney campus). She is also Samuel Gale Professor of Law Emerita, Professor Emerita in the Faculty of Medicine, and Founding Director of the Centre for Medicine,

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The Curse of Hay Fever

The Curse of Hay Fever

Scarlet Davis particle.scitech.org.au Lover of all thing’s science and theatre, Scarlet combines her two passions across her freelance work. From science writing to script writing, they enjoy putting pen to paper to share their enthusiasm with the world. Also, a trained performer and theatre maker, you

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Fear and Loathing of the Unvaccinated Gets Another Boost

Fear and Loathing of the Unvaccinated Gets Another Boost

Bhaskaran Raman brownstone.org Bhaskaran Raman is a faculty in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Bombay. Views expressed here are his personal opinion. He maintains the site: “Understand, Unclog, Unpanic, Unscare, Unlock (U5) India” https://tinyurl.com/u5india . A study was published in the Canadian Medical

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Critical Thinking Is More Important Than Ever

Guy Hatchard hatchardreport.com Dr Guy Hatchard is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his PhD in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. Information Opinion We are fools for

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Will Inflation Lead to a Voter Backlash?
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Will Inflation Lead to a Voter Backlash?

Bryce Edwards Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Warning Long read. 1530 words. The current cost of living crisis in the New Zealand economy could yet have severe political consequences. Warning signs could be seen in Monday’s French presidential election result – in which the nationalist-populist

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Mask Mandate Supporters Should Blame the CDC

Mask Mandate Supporters Should Blame the CDC

Jon Miltimore fee.org Jonathan Miltimore is the Managing Editor of FEE.org. His writing/reporting has been the subject of articles in TIME magazine, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes, Fox News, and the Star Tribune. Bylines: Newsweek, The Washington Times, MSN.com, The Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller,

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