Ryan McMaken mises.org Ryan McMaken is a senior editor at the Mises Institute. Ryan has BA degrees in economics and political science, and an MA in political science from the University of Colorado. He was a housing economist for the State of Colorado. The policy response to the covid
Ali A. Olomi Penn State I am a historian of the Middle East and Islam researching, writing, and publishing on medieval and modern Muslim thought. I study how Muslims imagined the “Islamic world” through at the intersection of religion, science, and empire. The rapid takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban
Laura Lopez Laura Lopez holds a graduate degree in psychology and is the mother of two young children. Anyone who wants to understand the harm that our government’s Conversion Practices Bill could cause, needs to know the story of Keira Bell. The Bill has been marketed as a straightforward
Caitjan Gainty King’s College London Caitjan Gainty is a historian of twentieth century medicine and technology. She initially trained in public health and worked for several years in health care research before returning to academia to pursue a PhD in the history of medicine, which she received in 2012.
Graham Adams democracyproject.nz Mothers are aggrieved by what some say is a racist policy instituted by New Zealand’s most cherished parenting organisation. Graham Adams argues it is just one example of growing dissatisfaction over preference granted on grounds of ethnicity. Graham Adams is a journalist, columnist and reviewer
Mark Finkelstein newsbusters.org You might have expected President Biden’s speech of yesterday defending his disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal to be CNN’s lead story on this morning’s New Day. But it’s a mark of just how central to liberal dogma is the right to abortion that New
John Maunder sunlive.co.nz Some of the answers to the complexities of the climate system are given in my recently published book Fifteen shades of climate… the fall of the weather dice and the butterfly effect. The following are extracts are from pages 96-98.. Blocking patterns occur when
Jon Miltimore fee.org Oscar Stark recently was warming up leftover vegetarian pasta in his flat, a red-brick 1960s tower outside Stockholm. Reheated veggie pasta isn’t exactly a gourmet meal, but it’s all the 20-year-old Swede said he can afford, because the majority of his
John Quiggin The University of Queensland John Quiggin is an Australian economist, a Professor at the University of Queensland, and a fomer member of the Climate Change Authority of the Australian Government. You may have already downloaded to your phone a digital certificate proving you have received one or two
Giada Ferrucci Western University Giada ferrucci is a Ph.D. Candidate in Media Studies at Western University. She holds a BA in Economic Development and International Cooperation from the University of Florence, Italy, where her research focused on the opium trade in Afghanistan and alternative economic development reforms, and an
Leesa K. Donner libertynation.com Leesa K. Donner is Editor-in-Chief of LibertyNation.com. A widely published columnist, Leesa previously worked in the broadcast news industry as a television news anchor, reporter, and producer at NBC, CBS and Fox affiliates in Charlotte, Pittsburgh, and Washington, DC. She is the
Alwyn Poole The default mode of children and young people is to look to the grown ups in the room for inspiration, comfort and guidance. As Carl Jung said: “Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially on their children than the unlived life of the parent.
Alexander Gillespie University of Waikato Alexander gillespie works primarily in international law, with specialties in international environmental; and the laws of war/international humanitarian law. As New Zealand grapples to bring a Delta outbreak under control and to accelerate the vaccination rollout, social cohesion is vital for a successful elimination
David Wojick cfact.org David Wojick, Ph.D. is an independent analyst working at the intersection of science, technology and policy. The “climate emergency” appears to have died, far out on the scientific frontier. Word of this death has yet to reach the mainstream. Professors William van Wijngaarden (Canada) and
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. However slick, however glib, however metronomic, governments do need effective public relations teams. As the video below shows, the Taliban’s image management could do with a bit of polishing. A newsreader for Afghan TV reads a script about
Lotte Silverman Information Opinion I really believe there is something that needs looking into here. At the first sitting of the House after 2 weeks, I heard the PM say, once again, that the first community case was not known until Monday the 16th of August. I also heard Ashely
