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A School Tied a Mask onto a Disabled Girl’s Face

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

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Irony or Tragedy?

Ross Meurant hobsonspledge.nz Ross Meurant, graduate in politics both at university and as a Member of Parliament; formerly police inspector in charge of Auckland spies; currently Honorary Consul for an African state, Trustee and CEO of Russian owned commercial assets in New Zealand and has international business interests. As

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The Lasting Relevance of Confucius

The Lasting Relevance of Confucius

Yu Tao mercatornet.com Yu Tao is a Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Western Australia (UWA), where he teaches contemporary Chinese society, politics, language, and culture. Trained as a political sociologist, Yu’s primary academic mission is to make sense of the social foundations and mechanisms

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Keeping Kids off Porn

Alysse ElHage mercatornet.com Alysse ElHage is Editor of the IFS Blog, Family Studies, and a freelance writer. Prior to joining the Institute for Family Studies, she served as associate director of research at the North Carolina Family Policy Council, and as associate editor of Family North Carolina magazine. Children’

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The Rise of Dark Web Design: How Sites Manipulate You into Clicking

Daniel Fitton University of Central Lancashire Daniel Fitton is a Reader in User Experience Design at the University of Central Lancashire where he leads the User Experience Design MSc and MRes courses in addition teaching a range of technical and HCI-related modules. He work within the Child-Computer Interaction

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We Need to Develop an Anti-euthanasia Vaccine – At Warp Speed
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We Need to Develop an Anti-euthanasia Vaccine – At Warp Speed

Margaret Somerville mercatornet.com Margaret Somerville 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, Ethics and Law Emerita

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Why Squid Game Is Actually a Critique of Meritocracy

Why Squid Game Is Actually a Critique of Meritocracy

Matt Bennett University of Essex Matt Bennett is a Senior Research Officer with the Leverhulme Competition and Competitiveness project at the University of Essex. Squid Game, Netflix’s latest runaway success, has set new records for views and generated a flurry of comment pieces, memes, and moral panic about screen

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On the Government’s Latest COVID Plan

On the Government’s Latest COVID Plan

Alwyn Poole In the House, while answering a question the Prime Minister said something that filled me with deep concern: “We have always taken our own approach on Covid” This is close to the equal of her ridiculous earlier statement. “Do feel free to visit covid19.govt.nz – otherwise dismiss

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A Request from the Moderation Team

A Request from the Moderation Team

HR Hi everyone. The BFD is humming even more than usual with 1.7 million or so people being in lockdown until recently and highly likely to be locked down again. The hot topics are, of course, covid, the government and the media. Emotions are high and commenters obviously want

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Sunday Sermon

Logan Hagoort Minister at Covenant Presbyterian Church Editor of Founded in Grace

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Succession: How True to Life Is the TV Series?

Succession: How True to Life Is the TV Series?

Bingbing Ge Lancaster University Bingbing Ge is a Teaching Fellow at Lancaster University Management School and a researcher at the Centre for Family Business. Her research focuses on family business management, entrepreneurship, and strategy. This article contains spoilers for season three of Succession. Succession is back for another series of

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Why You Should Write for the BFD

Harry Hunt If you’re like the rest of us, you are sick and tired of reading the same load of self-congratulatory drivel every day that you open social media. If you are a professionally-minded writer this could be your opportunity to get your voice heard. With audience

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Who Are We?

Who Are We?

Tom O’Connor MNZM, JP. SEPARATISM This is the first of a series of articles on inter-ethnic relationships in New Zealand in the early 21st century and the development of an informal duality of citizenship, the acceptance of that duality by community leaders and the long-term potential for

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Stop Your Unlawful Land Grab

Barbara McKenzie Wellington SNA Committee You mortgage yourself to the hilt for your dream home – the large section, the mix of garden, lawns and native bush. You delay putting in a drive because you like the feeling of being in the woods. You mull over how to eventually develop the

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