Confused Why isn’t testing enough? I thought I was a logical person but my ability to understand what is driving decisions here in NZ has disappeared. The UK has just been through 20 months of having Covid widespread in the community. Essential workers were carrying out their tasks before
Michael J. Socolow University of Maine Michael J. Socolow is the director of the McGillicuddy Humanities Center at the University of Maine and is a media historian whose research centers upon America’s original radio networks in the 1920s and 1930s. His scholarship on media history has appeared in Journalism
righttolife.org.uk As New Zealand’s euthanasia legislation comes into effect, anti-euthanasia campaigners have launched an initiative to begin the path towards repealing the legislation and protecting the vulnerable. After becoming the first country in the world to introduce assisted suicide and euthanasia by popular vote in a
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. Earlier this year, Harvard professor Carole Hooven found herself in hot water. An expert in evolutionary biology and the author of the recent book, Testosterone, she criticised the use of phrases like “pregnant people” in a media interview. Wrong,
Simon Black sovereignman.com Simon Black, as James Hickman is more commonly known, is the Founder of Sovereign Man. He is an international investor, entrepreneur, and a free man. His daily e-letter, Notes from the Field, draws on his life, business and travel experiences to help readers gain more
Alwyn Poole Things have been trending very badly in our education system for the last twenty years. Through an increasingly simplistic and low bar NCEA system we have been able to pretend that progress is being made. However, the gaps between low decile, Maori and Pasifika students as compared to
taxpayers.org.nz We can reveal the results of the third monthly Taxpayers’ Union Curia Poll that shows a 6 point drop in support for Labour, while National and the Greens are up. Here are the headline results: In short, the gap between the centre-left and centre-right has
Suit and Tie Sports can sometimes be such a great analogy for life, which is why sports movies often make compelling watching. This week Jacinda Ardern decided to treat us to her very own spin on a much-loved classic. There is that famous scene in the 1996 movie Jerry
R. M. Huffman rt.com Information Op-Ed R. M. Huffman is a physician, author, and observer of culture. One undeniable outcome of the pandemic is that the public’s faith in scientific and medical authorities is perhaps at its lowest point in living memory – and no objective observer can
Craig Rucker cfact.org Craig Rucker is a co-founder of CFACT and currently serves as its president. (Glasgow, Scotland) Before COP 26 began, Greta Thunberg grabbed headlines by saying UN climate conferences were full of “Blah, Blah, Blah.” Ironically CFACT found itself — for perhaps the first time ever — in
Forestqueen How do I know that Jacinda is a bully? I researched the bullying literature to see whether this is in fact the case and quickly confirmed that, yes, I am being bullied by Ardern and her government. I do not feel free to express my opinions. I do not
Paul Heyward University of Auckland Paul Heyward’s Research areas include: How teachers make ethically challenging decisions, The ethical nature of teaching, Teacher professionalism, The place of a Code of Ethics/Conduct in the lives of professionals, Drama as a pedagogical approach in tertiary education settings, Critical reflection, Gender dynamics
rt.com NHS chief Amanda Pritchard claimed that 14 times as many Covid-19 patients are in Britain’s hospitals as this time last year. However, even the NHS itself has admitted that Pritchard’s claim uses misleading figures. Multiple news reports on Monday told the same story: Britain’s
Simon Black sovereignman.com Simon Black, as James Hickman is more commonly known, is the Founder of Sovereign Man. He is an international investor, entrepreneur, and a free man. His daily e-letter, Notes from the Field, draws on his life, business and travel experiences to help readers gain more
Kylie Quinn RMIT University Dr Kylie Quinn is an RMIT University Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow and leads the new Ageing and Immunotherapies Group. Her group is developing ways to improve immune responses in older individuals during infection, vaccination, and new cell-based therapies such as chimeric antigen receptor T
Grant Duncan Massey University Grant Duncan completed a PhD at the University of Auckland, and has worked at Massey University’s Albany campus (Auckland) since 1993. He teaches in the politics program, primarily in the areas of political theory and New Zealand politics. Might Jacinda Ardern stand down? Despite a
