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Why Didn’t We Learn From Nuremberg, 1947?

Why Didn’t We Learn From Nuremberg, 1947?

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 the 1930s, German medicine and German healthcare institutions were widely considered the most advanced in the world. However,

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How the CDC Buries the Truth about Natural Immunity

How the CDC Buries the Truth about Natural Immunity

Joe Wang brownstone.org Joe Wang, Ph.D., was a lead scientist for Sanofi Pasteur’s SARS vaccine project in 2003. He is now the president of New Tang Dynasty TV (Canada), a media partner of The Epoch Times. Warning Long read. 1424 words. The Centers for Disease Control and

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A Lone Voice in Lockdown Australia

Brownstone Institute brownstone.org The Brownstone Institute for Social and Economic Research is a nonprofit organization conceived of in May 2021 in support of a society that minimizes the role of violence in public life. Adam Creighton is economics editor at The Australian, and served as a leading voice for

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Nothing New under the Sun

Nothing New under the Sun

Steven Taylor Steven Taylor is a professor and clinical psychologist at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Information Opinion In early 2019, months before the world had heard of Covid-19, I finished writing a book titled “ The Psychology of Pandemics: Preparing for the Next Global Outbreak of Infectious Disease.

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Minimum Wage Rise Gives but Inflation Takes

Murat Ungor University of Otago Today’s minimum wage increase to NZ$21.20 an hour should help a significant number of New Zealand’s lowest paid workers and their families – 300,000 people, according to the government. Just how much it will help, however, is less certain. At 6%

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Both Left and Right Open up Deep Wounds of Division

Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz An important opinion poll was released back in January by Curia Research, showing the country is increasingly divided. The survey asked: “Thinking now about the state of New Zealand and our society, do you think New Zealand and New Zealanders are less divided, or more divided

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She Wasn’t a Team Player

She Wasn’t a Team Player

Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Warning Long Read. 1590 words. Since announcing her retirement on Tuesday, MP Louisa Wall has been heralded as a great maverick who progressed important social legislation by operating outside of the usual Labour Party structures. Her failure to be elevated to the rank of Cabinet Minister,

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BFD April 2022 Political Poll

BFD April 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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What John Galt Would Say to Will Smith

What John Galt Would Say to Will Smith

Dan Sanchez fee.org Dan Sanchez is the Director of Content at the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) and the editor-in chief of FEE.org. I’m not an avid follower of celebrity news, but there was an altercation at the Academy Awards last night that is not only

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Where Is the Bio-Fascist State Headed?

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. California has been the tip of the spear for novel pandemic policies. My home state’s failures are legion,

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What Can We Take Home from the Politics of the Pandemic
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What Can We Take Home from the Politics of the Pandemic

Dr 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 Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a

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Change Is Not Always for the Better

The Blonde Occasionally something crops up that sets your thought processes in action. Yesterday morning an item on television discussing the high number of breast cancer cases recorded nowadays had that effect on me. It set me thinking about the differences in lifestyle when comparing today with 1960(-ish) when

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A BFD Short Story by Rose Tyler
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A BFD Short Story by Rose Tyler

Rose Tyler Stalemate Rain hits my face like tiny darts as I stand under the blazing intrusive lights. I stare at the line of police guarding a symbol that has no value to the people standing here. Trevor Mallard’s voice booms, “You are not welcome here. Parliament Grounds are

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The Party Paradigm Can Be Changed
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The Party Paradigm Can Be Changed

Kevin Bird Information Opinion How do I make my vote count? How do I cast my vote so that it has meaning? How do I battle the status quo ‘inevitability’ and inertia that the two biggest parties represent? Together with their lapdog party comrades (ACT and Greens), the status quo

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Many New Zealanders Face a Perfect Storm at Retirement

Many New Zealanders Face a Perfect Storm at Retirement

Claire Dale University of Auckland Claire Dale’s research interests are economic theory and policy development, with an emphasis on seeking solutions to New Zealand’s economic and social problems, including the ageing population and the associated escalation of pension, health and care costs. A large number of New Zealanders

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