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If You Want to Be Happy Don’t Be Woke

If You Want to Be Happy Don’t Be Woke

Tierin-Rose Mandelburg Tierin-Rose grew up in a large Christian family on the coast of Connecticut. After high school she moved to Alabama to dance with a professional ballet company while attending Liberty University. She served as an MRC Culture intern in Spring 2021 and became staff shortly there

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Google Has Interfered 41 Times in US Elections Since 2008

Google Has Interfered 41 Times in US Elections Since 2008

Gabriela Pariseau Gabriela is an Assistant Editor in the Media Research Center’s Free Speech America division. She is a graduate of Christendom College where she earned a B.A. in History. Gabriela has also contributed to The Catholic Register, Arlington Catholic Herald, Students For Life of America and Iowa

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Both Courts Should Protect Victims

Both Courts Should Protect Victims

Carrie Leonetti Associate Professor of Law, University of Auckland Victims who experience family violence in New Zealand are treated differently, depending on which part of the justice system they turn to for help. But a new member’s bill before parliament could change all that. Currently, our law guarantees special

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The Transgender Agenda Is Built on Sand

bobmccoskrie.com It was a good week for biology, the medical profession and children with gender dysphoria last week. The narrative that children can change their sex with the aid of social transitioning, puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, chest binders and tucking is exploding before our eyes. Around the world,

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Too Many Fingers in Too Many Pies?
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Too Many Fingers in Too Many Pies?

Bryce Edwards Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.substack.com NOTE: Since this column was first published, Simon Bridges has clarified that he resigned immediately from the National Road Carriers and the Northern Infrastructure Forum when he was appointed

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Transcript of an Excerpt From a Censored Video of 2022

Transcript of an Excerpt From a Censored Video of 2022

TRANSCRIBER B transcriberb.dreamwidth.org Transcribing missed information for the historical record since 2021. Transcriber B’s Substack provides updates to and spotlights on the List of Transcriptions (2021-2023) by Transcriber B. I make no apologies for bias. This is part of the historical record. You can view the

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How Not to Spoil Kids

Thomas Lickona Thomas Lickona, PhD, is a developmental psychologist, former SUNY Cortland education professor, and blogger for Psychology Today. mercatornet.com A single mother who works full time says that when she gets home from work and asks her 16- and 14-year-old daughters for help with dinner, they

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A Step Towards a Borg Future?

A Step Towards a Borg Future?

Simon Marvin Director, Urban Institute, University of Sheffield Allan McCay Academic Fellow, University of Sydney Law School, University of Sydney Elon Musk’s company called Neuralink, launched in 2016, aims to implant a piece of technology in people’s brains that would allow them to control a computer or phone

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New York Times’ Trump Derangement Syndrome

New York Times’ Trump Derangement Syndrome

Jeffrey Lord Lord is a former White House political director in the Reagan White House and aide to  HUD Secretary Jack Kemp. After graduating from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania he went on to work for the Pennsylvania State Senate Majority Leader, then going on to serve on

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What Google’s AI Failure Shows

What Google’s AI Failure Shows

Bret Swanson Bret Swanson is president of the technology research firm Entropy Economics LLC, a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and writes the Infonomena Substack. brownstone.org When the stock markets opened last Monday morning, February 26, Google shares promptly fell 4%, by Wednesday were down nearly

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Will China Be Treated as a Friend or Foe of New Zealand?

Will China Be Treated as a Friend or Foe of New Zealand?

Geoffrey Miller Geoffrey Miller is the Democracy Project’s geopolitical analyst and writes on current New Zealand foreign policy and related geopolitical issues. He has lived in Germany and the Middle East and is a learner of Arabic and Russian. He is currently working on a PhD at the University

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NZ Society Is Not Consistent When It Comes to Free Speech

NZ Society Is Not Consistent When It Comes to Free Speech

Simon O’Connor onpointnz.substack.com Husband, step-father, and longtime student of philosophy and history. Also happen to be a former politician, including chairing New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Committee. When it comes to free speech in New Zealand, the hypocrisy (or at best, inconsistency) of

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Dear Royal Commission of Inquiry (2)
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Dear Royal Commission of Inquiry (2)

Tani Newton Two very simple questions: 1. Looking back – what would you like the Inquiry to know about your experiences of the pandemic? 2. Moving forward – what lessons should we learn from your experiences so we can be as prepared as possible for a future pandemic? There’s a limit

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NZ’s Chat With China This Week

NZ’s Chat With China This Week

Simon O’Connor onpointnz.substack.com Husband, step-father, and longtime student of philosophy and history. Also happen to be a former politician, including chairing New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Committee. Dear Winston As we now all know, China’s Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, is visiting New

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They Should Have Done Better

They Should Have Done Better

Rev John F Naugle Reverend John F Naugle is the Parochial Vicar at St. Augustine Parish in Beaver County. BS, Economics and Mathematics, S. Vincent College; MA, Philosophy, Duquesne University; STB, Catholic University of America. brownstone.org In honor of the fourth anniversary of the tyrannical overreaction to a largely

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UK Football Fans Feeding Those in Need

Jack Sugden Christopher Faulkner Liverpool John Moores University theconversation.com It’s 9am in December on Tiber Square, a community space at the centre of one of Liverpool’s most diverse postcodes. The temperature is -5°C. Braving the cold, a small crowd is forming, sharing jokes amid anxious glances

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