Dave Parry Auckland University of Technology The Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) has issued a warning to all New Zealand businesses to be prepared for cyber attacks, following almost a week of daily attacks on the New Zealand stock exchange (NZX). The attacks have caused outages, sometimes for hours, of
Lewis Andrew sojournal.co.nz As a conservative Christian parent, I’ve always known that schools, in general, are not places that will support me as I attempt to impart my values and worldview to my children. Teaching tends to attract liberals and leftists who understand the power of moulding
Peter Murphy papundits.wordpress.com Peter Murphy is a CFACT analyst, and he has researched and advocated for a variety of policy issues, including education reform and fiscal policy. He previously wrote and edited The Chalkboard weblog for the New York Charter Schools Association, and has been published in numerous
Geoff Corfield Geoffrey Corfield has been active in Conservative politics in Canada since 1976, both federally and provincially. But he won’t always write about politics because he has more experience with writing history and humour. He lives in London, Ontario, frequents used book shops, swims lengths, drinks beer, plays
Jeffrey A. Tucker aier.org Why watch COVID press conferences and briefings by politicians? They are just upsetting. These people seem to have no clue about why the virus is ignoring them. They keep issuing strange and arbitrary rules that they make up, change by the day, all enforced by
Plan B While New Zealand commentators remain enamoured with lockdown, the rest of the world is thinking again… A member of the UK’s Sage group advising the government says lockdowns were a mistake. “Lockdown was a panic measure and I believe history will say trying to control Covid-19
Aimee Huff Michelle Barnhart Oregon State University Americans have been on a record gun-buying spree in recent months. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and protests for racial justice, the gun industry’s trade association, the National Shooting Sports Foundation, estimates that gun sales from March through July were 8.
righttolife.org.uk A coalition of 434 human rights organisations have backed an International Manifesto for the Right to Life in response to abortion provision sections in the United Nations Population Fund’s (UNFPA) Global Humanitarian Response Plan: COVID-19. The plan calls for increased funding and prioritisation of abortion
Jeffrey A. Tucker aier.org For so many months, it’s been nonstop bad news on business closures, arts trashed, museum shuttering, unemployment, missed surgeries and diagnostics, plus rising loneliness, drug overdoses, depression, and suicide. Every day has been as dark or darker than the previous one. And yet here
Jennifer Mercieca Texas A&M University Donald Trump delivered his second Republican Party acceptance speech from the White House on Aug. 27, shattering the norm that presidents do not campaign at the public’s expense, and describing a nation in crisis. Trump spoke of internal enemies intent on destroying
Jeffrey A. Tucker aier.org It’s happened to quite a number of us. We write against the lockdowns for all the incredible economic, psychological, and institutional carnage they have caused, and how they have shattered our expectations of our rights and freedoms, and our presumptions about what government has
Humphrey nzinitiative.org.nz Hey there, humans! It’s no wonder you’re dog’s best friend. You always have tasty treats on hand, know the best places for walkies and you’re pretty smart too. It doesn’t take long to teach you to play fetch or give a
righttolife.org.uk Billboards across New Zealand urging Kiwis to question whether the introduction of assisted suicide legislation would be safe have been vandalised by activists. A major advertising campaign, launched by grassroots campaign group VoteSafe.nz, has seen hundreds of signs put up across the country in prominent and
LH Dear NZ Politicians and NZ Media, You keep telling us that we have to continue with the policy of elimination. That we have to continue to make sacrifices because it’s best for the economy. You tell us that it’s because the virus is so dangerous and we’
Talk of private property rights is usually the stuff of law journals and academics and receives little public attention. Like many things in life, it is only when something is taken away that you really come to appreciate it. New Zealand has seen a worrying erosion of private property rights
Tim Graham papundits.wordpress.com Tim Graham is the Executive Editor at NewsBusters, and he is the Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center. His career at the MRC began in February 1989 as associate editor of MediaWatch, the monthly newsletter of the MRC before the Internet era.
