Kerry Grant banana-boat-boy.com On the weekend I read two cleverly written articles by New Zealand’s Pandemic Guru Siouxsie Wiles – “The astonishing, life-saving power of immunisation” and “Koch’s postulates, Covid, and misinformation rabbit holes.” To her credit, she appears to know her stuff, but I
Michael Cook MercatorNet Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet Tomorrow is Trans Day of Remembrance, “an annual observance on November 20 that honours the memory of the trans lives lost to acts of transphobia and discrimination”. It’s an international event. One headline summed up gruesome international figures: “Murdered,
Arthur Ah, the left. There is one hypocrisy of the left in general that is particularly galling. The hate speech hypocrisy. They oppose racism but denigrate one bunch of people by skin colour. They oppose discrimination but discriminate against one group of people by age. They oppose sexism but discriminate
Mary My jaw dropped yesterday morning when reading an item on Stuff that tenants are shocked at the level of rent increases they are facing. The sound of chickens coming home to roost was clearly audible. One of the first things the Ardern government did when coming to power was
Adelisa Masic ‘It has Bosnian nafaka (blind luck)’ For more than 100 years, and throughout Bosnia’s turbulent history, the people of Sarajevo have protected the Sarajevo Haggadah, a written collection of Jewish regulations and traditions. Its home is the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which the Haggadah has
Denis Muller University of Melbourne Joe Biden’s victory in the US presidential election raises a perennial question about what Rupert Murdoch does when the candidate he has opposed wins. Answer: He adapts and he waits. Electoral cycles last three, four or five years. Murdoch has been wielding power for
Anca C. Yallop Auckland University of Technology Most people these days are aware that what they share online is both valuable and vulnerable. Data privacy has become a major concern for consumers and corporations alike. The issue will come to a head when New Zealand’s Privacy Act 2020 comes
Mary History has a way of repeating. My strong gut feeling is that the present hysteria happening with the Auckland property market is a repeat of the hysteria of the late 80s, which led to a massive crash in both property and equities. The common denominator is that in neither
Markus Wagner Associate Professor of Law University of Wollongong The world may have expected the chaos and uncertainty of the US presidential election to end when Joe Biden was declared the winner last weekend. But these are not normal times and Donald Trump is not a conventional president. Concessions that
Jacob G. Hornberger mises.org The mainstream pro-Biden media is poking fun at Donald Trump’s suggestion that there could be fraud involved in the post-election receipt of mail-in ballots. Apparently, they’re not familiar with the election-theft case of Lyndon Johnson, who would go on
James Bradshaw James Bradshaw works for an international consulting firm based in Dublin, and has a background in journalism and public policy. Outside of work, he writes for a number of publications, on topics including politics, history, culture, film and literature. The Mrs. America historical drama series — broadcast on Ireland’
James Patrick Rule Justin W. Adams Monash University Erich Fitzgerald Museums Victoria Felix Georg Marx Te Papa Tongarewa A fossil discovery in New Zealand has revealed a new species of monk seal that once called Australasia home. We introduce the three million-year-old seal, Eomonachus belegaerensis, in a paper
Viv Forbes saltbushclub.com Viv Forbes is a geologist, financial analyst and weather watcher with long experience in Australian rural and mining industries. Green alarmists are fanning a firestorm of fear about man-made global warming. Earth always cycles between warmth and cold. Every recent warm period (Medieval Warming, Roman
Simon Black Bahia Beach, Puerto Rico sovereignman.com In early 1948, a group of US Air Force officers were working on a secret research project in the California desert codenamed MX981. The purpose of MX981 was to test how extreme gravitational forces from fast-moving fighter jets would impact the
Marcus Roberts mercatornet.com Marcus Roberts was two years out of law school when he decided that practising law was no longer for him. He therefore went back to university and did his LLM while tutoring. He now teaches contract and torts law. Aside from law, his passions include reading
righttolife.org.uk/ A mother who adopted a child with Down’s syndrome has shared her inspiring story. The anonymous mother, who adopted Harry, shared her adoption story with the Metro, as part of their ‘Adoption Month’ news coverage. After struggles with infertility and a miscarriage, the mum decided she
