Arthur There is a failure of local governments everywhere in New Zealand and it is a sorry saga being played out in various forms by all our councils infested with neo-Marxist nitwits, communist cretins and ex-student activists who have never grown up. It is particularly bad in Wellington
Sara Harmouch PhD Candidate, School of Public Affairs American University A drone attack that killed three American troops and wounded at least 34 more at a base in Jordan has increased fears of a widening conflict in the Middle East – and the possibility that the U.S. may be further
Barbara Kay Barbara Kay lives in Montreal. She is a columnist for the National Post, the Epoch Times and the WesternStandardOnline.com. mercatornet.com “Canadians deserve to know the truth,” Federal Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre told reporters earlier this week, regarding 2021 claims made — but never investigated — of unmarked graves
Jon Miltimore Jonathan Miltimore is the Editor at Large of FEE.org at FEE. fee.org In February 2022, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he was invoking the 1988 Emergencies Act, a new Rubicon in Canadian history. The action marked the first time federal emergency powers had been activated
Jack Vowles Professor of Political Science Victoria University of Wellington The coalition government’s approach to Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Treaty of Waitangi) will inevitably set the scene for Waitangi Day next week, with the ACT Party’s Treaty Principles Bill already generating protest and ill will. But ACT’s
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 Barry: Is he a Hero! Barry Young
Caleb Anderson First published on NZCPR Mr Peters’ recent frustration with the media is understandable. After a series of inane questions from the usual left-wing attack dogs he simply instructed them to “stop asking stupid questions” and then walked away. And indeed their questions were stupid. Amidst what might
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Jon Miltimore Jonathan Miltimore is the Editor at Large of FEE.org at the Foundation for Economic Education. fee.org Javier Milei went to Davos to attend the 54th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting last week. Attendees of the meetings—often derided as global elites who bask in their
Adam Simpson University of South Australia Nicholas Farrelly University of Tasmania Three years since a military coup ousted Myanmar’s democratically elected government on February 1, 2021, a brutal civil war has left the country devastated. In December, a United Nations report on Myanmar’s humanitarian needs said the country
Steven Tucker Steven Tucker is a UK-based writer with over ten books to his name. His latest, Hitler’s & Stalin’s Misuse of Science, comparing the woke pseudoscience of today to the totalitarian pseudoscience of the past, was released in 2023. mercatornet.com Is Argentina’s new economically
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
Rod Kane While the lefty Herald and its woke, dribbling cartoonist Emmerson play down the alleged crimes of Goldy Grabititsmine, nobody has dared mention that she is merely displaying the finest characteristics of socialism. That is, what’s mine is mine and what’s yours is mine. This is ‘redistribution’
Kurt Mahlburg Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. 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.
Alwyn Poole Alwyn Poole founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is now an in person private school for Year 11 – 13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1 – 13. alwynpoole.substack.
Caleb Anderson First published nzcpr.com It is not uncommon to hear musings that wokeism bears religious (even cultic) hallmarks. I have some sympathy for those holding this view. I am going to use some typically religious terms here. I am not taking any specific position concerning these terms, or
