Tootoooleaava Dr. Fanaafi Aiono-Le Tagaloa University of Waikato Within minutes of news that crew members of the cargo ship Fesco Askold had tested positive for COVID-19, a social media storm broke across Samoa. COVID-free until then, the island nation’s anxiety was understandable. More so when you
Barbara McKenzie stovouno.org The UK has been on a shopping spree to secure coronavirus vaccines from multiple companies. According to Reuters, in total it has made agreements to buy 362 million vaccine doses in total; the population of the UK is 66 million. At the same time, the Ministry
Kerry Grant banana-boat-boy.com This begins as a tale about Jack and Dianne, not the two American kids doing the best they can, and these are not even their real names but it is a true story and hopefully I have got your attention. They were happily married
Alwyn Poole 1) The New Zealand “housing market” as a construct is a myth that is only useful for banks, real estate agents and NZ Herald’s “One Roof” to create FOMO. * For those unable to afford to rent or buy – through circumstances or choice – they are not in a
Jeff Deist mises.org YouTube, the dominant video platform owned by Google, decided yesterday to remove a Mises Institute video. This decision apparently lasts for all eternity, cannot be appealed to an actual human, and comes with this friendly admonition: “Because it’s the first time, this is just a
James Higham Hazel Tucker University of Otago Raise your hand if you’ve ever travelled for weeks or months as a backpacker on a limited daily budget. Keep your hand up if you were made welcome in the places you visited on your OE, enjoyed chance encounters and experienced the
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Just as slavery is the Achilles heel of 19th-century institutions, eugenics is the weak point of abortion providers. The Black Lives Matter movement has unearthed links to slavery in public statuary and founders of American universities. Similarly, Planned Parenthood has had to distance itself from
Shannon Roberts mercatornet.com Shannon Roberts is co-editor of MercatorNet’s blog on population issues, Demography is Destiny. While she has a background as a barrister, writing has been a life-long passion and she has contributed to a range of publications. She has regularly written on demographic issues
Kerry Grant banana-boat-boy.com The pack of big Pharma Companies are jostling one another for a position of global preeminence during the Pandemic panic like a mob of underprepared horses at the starting line for the grand steeplechase. We are being flooded with media reports about the predicted
Swati Nagar Auckland University of Technology The COVID border restrictions might be saving lives but they’re also threatening the livelihoods of New Zealand farmers, unless a way can be found to allow Pacific Island seasonal workers to return and pick the crops. Since its inception in 2007, the Recognised
Hong Kong Free Press globalvoices.org “What Animal Crossing represented was not just entertainment […]” The following post was written by Candice Chau and originally published on Hong Kong Free Press on November 21, 2020. This edited version is republished on Global Voices under a content partnership agreement. Japanese video game
Paul C Newsmax has reported that Trump’s legal team are suggesting that the contentious Dominion vote-counting machine, as used in a considerable number of states, is programmed to multiply the number of Biden votes by +1.25 and Trump’s votes by -0.75. (Maybe those figures are
Eliora New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won a landslide second term last month. It was not a surprise, as she had become a TV star. When COVID-19 was allowed onto our shores, Ardern was elevated to rock star status like no other Prime Minister in the history
Danielle van Dalen maxim.org.nz “I remember when President W. Bush was elected and there were protests in the street calling him a war criminal – this is so much worse. People can’t talk to their neighbours anymore.” This was a friend’s response to my question on the
Alison McIntosh Tracy Harkison Auckland University of Technology Maria Gebbels University of Greenwich Prison food and fine dining aren’t usually mentioned together. But various initiatives around the world are changing that, with restaurants located within jails offering both culinary satisfaction and opportunities for positive social change. Prison catering and
Mark A. DeWeaver mises.org Mark A. DeWeaver, PhD, CFA, is a co-founder of the fund management company Ithaca Advisors, LLC, and the author of “Animal Spirits with Chinese Characteristics: Investment Booms and Busts in the World’s Emerging Economic Giant.” On October 29, the nineteenth Central Committee of
