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Book Review: The First Fleet

Book Review: The First Fleet

Tiger The First Fleet: The Convict Voyage that founded Australia 1787-1788 Author: Jonathan King ISBN 0-333-33855-3 I picked up a copy of this book at a local second-hand bookstore.  It turns out it was signed by the author on the bicentenary of the fleet’s

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Have We Lost Our Minds?
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Have We Lost Our Minds?

Dr. Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior

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Europe’s Green Nightmare May Soon Be Over

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. cfact.org Elections

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An Open Letter to the Davos Crowd

Rob Jenkins Rob Jenkins is an associate professor of English at Georgia State University – Perimeter College and a Higher Education Fellow at Campus Reform. He is the author or co-author of six books, including Think Better, Write Better, Welcome to My Classroom, and The 9 Virtues of Exceptional Leaders.

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Five Signs That You Might Be Rightwing

Simon McCarthy-Jones Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology Trinity College Dublin Europe is anticipated to take a sharp right turn in this year’s European parliament elections. The past decade has already seen a rightward shift in India, and the United States has the greatest gap between left

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James Shaw Finally Free to Buy That Ute He’s Always Wanted

Gordon Lightfoot whakatakitimes.nz OUTDOORS WITH JAMES Outgoing Greens co-leader James Shaw has always harboured a dirty little fossil-fuelled secret ever since he went into environmental politics. The long-serving MP recently announced he is stepping down from his position as co-leader of the Greens, making room

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Fairness – A Requirement of Taxation
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Fairness – A Requirement of Taxation

Owen Jennings Owen Jennings is a former ACT MP. “Dear sir, your tax bill this year is $15,000.  Please pay immediately.  Kind regards IRD”. Imagine getting that demand, out of the blue. One of your first questions would most certainly be, “Just how much income are you assessing that

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How Biden and Amazon Censored Free Speech

How Biden and Amazon Censored Free Speech

Joseph Vazquez Joseph is the MRC Associate Editor for Business & Free Speech America. He graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Political Science from The George Washington University in 2018. In June, 2019, he completed an exclusive fellowship with the Hertog Foundation, where he participated in their

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Wind Initiative Set to Join the Titanic

Wind Initiative Set to Join the Titanic

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

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The Intolerant West. Yes You Read That Right

The Intolerant West. Yes You Read That Right

Kurt Mahlburg Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary, and a young adult pastor. mercatornet.com “It is shocking to see Western countries — the same

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North Korea’s Dream

North Korea’s Dream

David Hall PhD Candidate in Korean Studies, University of Central Lancashire University of Central Lancashire North Korea has demolished the Arch of Reunification, a monument that symbolised hope for reconciliation with the South. The decision to demolish the monument came shortly after the regime’s leader, Kim Jong-un, delivered

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One Year on From Cyclone Gabrielle
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One Year on From Cyclone Gabrielle

John Tookey Professor of Construction Management, Auckland University of Technology Auckland University of Technology Cyclone Gabrielle caused chaos one year ago. Repairs due to that storm and the Auckland floods have required substantial time and resources. Hawkes Bay, parts of Auckland and the Coromandel all still bear the scars of

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Did You Know that the Treaty of Waitangi Was Rewritten?

Mike Butler Mike Butler wrote ‘The Treaty: Basic Facts,’ which is available at trosspublishing.com Complaints that the Luxon coalition Government is about to re-write the Treaty of Waitangi are a bit rich considering that the treaty was quietly re-written under another administration nearly forty years ago. In

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The Problem With Public Sector Job Ads
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The Problem With Public Sector Job Ads

Have any of you been looking for employment? How difficult is it to look at the public sector when you continue to see statements like this in public sector advertisements: Ideally you will also have a good understanding of tikanga (Maori customs and protocols), with the ability to weave te

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Do NZ Newbies Deserve the Same Rights as NZ Kiwis?
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Do NZ Newbies Deserve the Same Rights as NZ Kiwis?

Brian Tamaki It’s time that Kiwis come together…Maori and European.  Our enemy is not each other, it is those who are still trying to invade our shores and trying to take us over.  As the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 to stop other nations from invading

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People With Dementia Are Still People

People With Dementia Are Still People

Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week peterallanwilliams.substack.com As I approach my 70th birthday, it’s an unbelievable privilege to have a living parent. My old Mum (born

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