Bryce Edwards Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz In the last few days the Labour Government has come in for criticism for its panicked pandering to opinion polls. Last week it announced petrol tax cuts and reduced public transport fares. This was in response to pressure from
Simon Angelo wealthmorning.com Simon is the Chief Executive Officer and Publisher at Wealth Morning. He has been investing in the markets since he was 17. He recently spent a couple of years working in the hedge-fund industry in Europe. Radio and social media are littered with an alluring
Emmy Hirst Dear BFD, I enjoy your articles. I just wanted to forward a letter that I wrote to Matt King today following the announcement of his political party. Dear Matt I suggest you are unfortunately a “Johnny-come-lately”. Where were you in March 2020 – when all of us
Gary Moller garymoller.com Gary is a Health Practitioner who is focused on addressing the root causes of ill health or poor performance rather than just treating the symptoms. Information Opinion For three weeks we had the most massive super-spreader event ever: Thousands of mostly unvaccinated Kiwis came together
Lucia Sinatra Joni Ruller McGary brownstone.org Lucia is a recovering corporate securities attorney. After becoming a mother, Lucia turned her attention to fighting inequities in public schools in California for students with learning disabilities. Joni Ruller McGary is co-founder of NoCollegeMandates.com. It is time to end Covid-
Jeffrey A. Tucker brownstone.org Jeffrey A. Tucker is Founder and President of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press and ten books in 5 languages, most recently Liberty or Lockdown. He is also the editor of The Best of
Flavio Macau Edith Cowan University Russia’s first McDonald’s store opened in 1990, just months after the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was a potent symbol that the Cold War was ending and a great ideological wound was healing. Now every McDonald’s in Russia is closed, as
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J M White Information Opinion Who is watching developments unfolding in Eastern Europe with a feeling of deja vu? Haven’t we been here before with Iraq? And Libya? And what’s its name – Afghanistan? Who noticed how just overnight Covid coverage disappeared from television and newspapers and the big
Capitalist Information Opinion The press release issued by National MP Paul Goldsmith was a shock to read. “…The occupation, riots and destruction of property was a significant event in our history. Disorder reigned in central Wellington for an extended period, and the final resolution involved some of the worst rioting
Alia Bland Voices for Freedom I saw this week that you had made a cute post about feeling off-colour with Covid. Poor diddums. Did you really think you and your triple-jabbed status were going to escape the virus? Bless. I know you told the country that by taking
NZDOS nzdsos.com Our colleagues at NZLSOS (New Zealand Lawyers Speaking Out with Science) have taken the baton from Dr Matt Shelton and are seeking a meeting with Andrew Coster, the New Zealand police commissioner. In particular, they are raising concerns about the inaction of the authorities after receiving information
Cynthia Chung strategic-culture.org Cynthia Chung is a lecturer, writer and co-founder and editor of the Rising Tide Foundation (Montreal, Canada). Warning Long Read. 3875 words. Klaus Schwab, the architect of the World Economic Forum (f. 1971), a leading, if not the leading, influencer and funder for what
Lawrence W. Reed fee.org Lawrence W. Reed is FEE’s President Emeritus, Humphreys Family Senior Fellow, and Ron Manners Global Ambassador for Liberty, having served for nearly 11 years as FEE’s president (2008-2019). He is author of the 2020 book, Was Jesus a Socialist? as well as
Tabitha Stanmore theconversation.com As I was scrolling through Twitter recently, a viral tweet caught my attention. It was an image from a book of spells claiming that: “You may fascinate a woman by giving her a piece of cheese.” The spell comes from Kathryn Paulsen’s 1971 book, The
