Frankly I like to see things ahead of the pack when I can but earlier this year a friend explained something more clearly than I had figured out at that stage. He pointed out there is something very critical that most people have missed, but which voters in the US,
Zero Alpha Unless you’ve been living under a rock this year (or you’re already wrapped in tinfoil and sitting in a bunker, in which case you can probably skip this instalment) you’ll know that 2020 has been a bit of a prepper’s wet dream. First off,
John Rofe Private Investigator New Zealand is a land bordered by sea, sand and surf so it is no wonder we have some of the best sailors and surfers to be found anywhere. Surfers know that as soon as the sun rises in the East, the wind gets up and
Eliora “Despite a deadly plague, people writhe around her, not caring that they may die, because just a second in her presence will be worth the silent midnight of the Reapers embrace.” Martyn Bradbury The Daily Blog 10 October 20. The above quote from Martyn Bradbury is cringeworthy. Writhing for
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com “I have never understood why it is ‘greed’ to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else’s money.” US Economist Thomas Sowell The election that started out as the Labour Party sleepwalking to victory on
Thornton Blackmore During an electoral debate recently broadcast by Maori Television, guest panellist Ella Henry, who is an Associate Professor at the Auckland University of Technology, referred to communism as a “badge of pride”. Her comments, which were made toward the end of the debate, were directed toward criticism which
OAP The rests. Having dealt with the choice of scope, it is time to consider the rests. If you can’t see it, you can’t hit it. If you haven’t got a steady rest, you cant hit it either. In the photo above, you will notice the foreground
Jeffrey A. Tucker aier.org Every political ideology has three elements: a vision of hell with an enemy that needs to be crushed, a vision of a more perfect world, and a plan for transitioning from one to the other. The means of transition usually involve the takeover and deployment
Barbara McKenzie stovouno.org At a meeting in Ohariu last night I directed a question at the representatives from the parties in government, thus NZ First’s Tracey Martin, Labour local MP Greg O’Connor and the Green candidate, John Ranta. ‘The New Zealand sex education curriculum turns small children
John Tamny aier.org It’s long been a proper article of faith among members of the right that the free flow of goods within countries isn’t just brilliant because it expands the global division of labour. There’s also a world peace angle to trade. An open market
Chris Wilson Sanjal Shastri University of Auckland What is the relationship between hate crimes and terrorism? Could we have predicted the terror attacks at Masjid Al Noor and the Linwood Islamic Centre on March 15 last year if we had been able to identify a rising number of verbal and
Grant Duncan Massey University New Zealand’s election is coming down to a simple contest between the Labour-Green bloc on the left and the National-ACT bloc on the right. Although the right is behind in the polls, if it were to gain the majority, ACT Party leader David
Danielle van Dalen maxim.org.nz The conversation around the End of Life Choice Act has often focused on a desire to be compassionate at the end of life, which is an excellent place to start. But it is important to consider what compassion at the end of life looks
Stacey Rudin aier.org Carl Sagan famously said, “the cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.” This wisdom has been sadly forsaken during the COVID-19 pandemic, when one powerful narrative has taken not only the public but the scientific community, by storm.
Reem Wasay asiamediacentre.org.nz Auckland-based Reem Wasay is a journalist and former op-ed editor of Pakistani newspaper Daily Times. She has also worked as a programme coordinator in the non-profit sector in NZ. Something is spurring Pakistan’s women into action. A rising demand for accountability
IINZ News israelinstitute.nz A guest post from New Zealand Friends of Israel When it comes to Israel, vote for the major party that can stand up to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In many minds, antisemitism has disguised itself as advocacy for Palestinian Arabs and opposition to Israel’s
