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Did Maori Really Have Sovereignty in 1840?

Did Maori Really Have Sovereignty in 1840?

Ross Baker One New Zealand Foundation Inc www.onenzfoundation.co.nz While we continue to argue over whether Maori had sovereignty in 1840, has anyone ever stopped to ask, “Did Maori really have sovereignty over New Zealand in 1840”? British resident James Busby’s 1835 Declaration of Independence definitely did

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Energy Bills Too High for 200 Million

Kathleen Marquardt cfact.org Over 200 million in the UK will be unable to pay their energy bills this winter, and the government is suggesting they purchase green housing or renovate their homes to be climate change friendly. In an article at CURRENT News, the British independent charity organization Citizens

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Civil War in New Zealand?
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Civil War in New Zealand?

JD With political commentators as diverse in their views as Chris Trotter and Matthew Hooton beginning to voice their concerns that something akin to civil war between Maori and non-Maori is imminent and that we do not have the resources, in the police or military, to deal with it, we

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‘Good’ Left Abstractions Break Communities

Thomas Harrington Thomas Harrington, senior Brownstone scholar and Brownstone fellow, is Professor Emeritus of Hispanic Studies at Trinity College in Hartford, CT, where he taught for 24 years. His research is on Iberian movements of national identity and contemporary Catalan culture. His essays are published at Words in The Pursuit

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Big Tech Grilled over Child Sexual Exploitation

Luis Cornelio Luis Cornelio is the MRC assistant editor for Business and Free Speech American. He graduated cum laude with a BA Political Science and a minor in Legal Studies from City College of New York. Most recently he served as the English Editor-in-Chief of El American and is an

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Argentina and the Watching World

Sergio Fernández Redondo Sergio Fernández Redondo hails from Spain and is located in Ireland. Although he has degrees in engineering and translation, his range of interests encompasses history, linguistics, economy and political philosophy. mises.org Javier Milei has already been sworn in as the new president of Argentina and faces

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Why Indonesia’s Election This Year Matters

Duggan Flanakin Duggan Flanakin is a senior policy analyst with the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow. A former senior fellow with the Texas Public Policy Foundation, Mr Flanakin authored definitive works on the creation of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and on environmental education in Texas. A brief history

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Are Bone-Building Drugs Safe and Effective?

Gary Moller Gary Moller is a health practitioner who is focused on addressing the root causes of ill health or poor performance by making use of a key forensic tool – Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis – and administering healthy, natural and sustainable therapies. garymoller.com In recent times, there has been a

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The Battle for Public Opinion

The Battle for Public Opinion

Paul Malvern Paul Malvern writes from Canada. He is president of The Malvern Consulting Group Ltd, which provides public and private sector clients with advice and assistance in the areas of strategic communication and social marketing. mercatornet.com In his study, On War, the 19th century military theorist, Carl von

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The Defense Gets Its Turn in the Climate Trial of Mann v. Steyn

The Defense Gets Its Turn in the Climate Trial of Mann v. Steyn

Craig Rucker Craig Rucker is a co-founder of CFACT and currently serves as its president. Widely heralded as a leader in the free market environmental, think tank community in Washington, D.C., Rucker is a frequent guest on radio talk shows, written extensively in numerous publications, and has appeared in

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Healthcare Students Still Forced to Inject Vaccines

Healthcare Students Still Forced to Inject Vaccines

Lucia Sinatra Lucia is a recovering corporate securities attorney. After becoming a mother, Lucia turned her attention to fighting inequities in public schools in California for students with learning disabilities. She co-founded NoCollegeMandates.com to help fight college vaccine mandates. brownstone.org Almost four years after the start of the

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Medicine Has Been Fully Militarized

Clayton J. Baker, MD C.J. Baker, M.D. is an internal medicine physician with a quarter century in clinical practice. He has held numerous academic medical appointments, and his work has appeared in many journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Association and the New England Journal of

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Nine Was Slammed for ‘AI Editing’ a Victorian MP’s Dress

T.J. Thomson Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University RMIT University Earlier this week, Channel Nine published an altered image of Victorian MP Georgie Purcell that showed her in a midriff-exposing tank top. The outfit was actually a dress. Purcell chastised the channel for the image

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Of Toolsheds, Marsh-Wiggles, Atheism, and the New Year
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Of Toolsheds, Marsh-Wiggles, Atheism, and the New Year

Ming sojournal.co.nz “…in your light do we see light.” PSALM 36:9 Of Toolsheds and Marsh-Wiggles A few minutes before the dawn of the New Year, I found myself on a steep and crowded street that overlooked most of the Auckland skyline. Most people (I included) aimed phones

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Will Abortion Be the Issue That Swings the 2024 US Presidential Election?

Prudence Flowers Senior Lecturer in US History, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Flinders University Flinders University Abortion is shaping up to be a central issue for both parties in the 2024 US presidential and Congressional elections. Nearly two years ago, the US Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe

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The Who and Phoney International Law

The Who and Phoney International Law

Bruce Pardy Bruce Pardy is executive director of Rights Probe and professor of law at Queen’s University. brownstone.org Anew pandemic treaty is in the works. Countries are negotiating its terms, along with amendments to international health regulations. If ready in time, the World Health Assembly will approve them

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