A recent report from Bloomberg revealed that in 2021 and 2022, just 6% of new jobs at S&P 100 companies went to white applicants. Considering that whites make up 77% of the labor force, that means that there was active discrimination taking place at these companies in order
Although Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon both said New Zealand was in a climate emergency, their answers to a follow up question: “Personally, what are you doing to change your lifestyle?” were revealing. “As a family, we embraced recycling some time ago,” Luxon responded. “I have an EV (electric vehicle)
Danyl McLauchlan writes in the Listener why he thinks Labour has taken a massive nose dive. […] But in the 20 polls since the budget in mid-May, Labour has been fractionally ahead in just two of them, both in June. Then came the resignations of Michael Wood and Kiri Allen,
Newshub can reveal Labour will campaign on a promise to overhaul sexual consent laws so it would be up to alleged offenders to prove their victim said “yes”. […] Layba Zubir, 17, is challenging adults to do better for sexual violence survivors. But it shouldn’t be her fight. And this
The Chinese economy is on the skids. Then again, it’s always been on the skids. Country Garden’s dollar debt payments on Monday and Beijing’s new efforts to help China’s beleaguered real estate sector appear to have spurred some newfound hope in the country’s financial markets.
Matthew Hooton writes a scathing review of National’s tax policy. National’s tax policy was much worse than expected. It reveals a party undeserving of being taken seriously. It has no plan to “fix the economy”, nor any idea of what one might look like. It seems uninterested in
I hate paper straws. Can’t stand the bastards. They stick to your lips and taste like, well, paper. So it was with a certain sense of schadenfreude that I read this. Paper straws are touted as an eco-friendly alternative to their classic plastic counterpart, but according to new
Let me start with the obvious. Either National or Labour are going to win. Both outcomes are as bad as each other. If you find it hard to imagine a government as bad as or worse than the present then consider this: Luxon has virtually said he’ll get in
To paraphrase Penn and Teller, “Maori wonderfulness” is bullshit. The psychology of sport isn’t new, but Maori concepts in this space are proving a game-changer for up-and-coming sports stars. Really? Mental skills coach Luke Rowe (Ngati Raukawa, Tuwharetoa) is a clinical psychologist changing up the field
Contrary to scaremongering and doomsday predictions, US states that have legalised cannabis have seen a 37 per cent decrease in mental health admissions. Wait, what? Recreational marijuana laws (RMLs) continue to grow in popularity, but the effects on mental health treatment are unclear. This paper uses an event-study within
Compared to earlier generations, there has been a noticeable uptake of people in recent years identifying as indigenous, both here in Aotearoa New Zealand and in other countries around the world. While this has been something to celebrate, in some indigenous communities, it’s been cause for concern. According to
A criminologist says the government is following the polls, not the evidence, in its new hard-line strategy for young ram raiders. Smash and grabs are set to become a new criminal offence as the government moves to crack down on the rise in retail offending. Which will include a
Why yes. Yes it is. You probably know that Mark “The Zuck” Zuckerberg has decided to take on Elon Musk and has released a Twitter rival called “Threads”. Here’s why I think it’s going to be a big fail. Unless you can use leverage (as Zuckerberg has done)
Police Minister Ginny Andersen is back to gaslighting us again. Police Minister Ginny Andersen does “not accept” the Government’s record on crime is a “social and moral failure”. It comes after a pair of hammer-wielding offenders stormed a dairy in Mt Roskill on Wednesday afternoon, injuring two people.
It wasn’t so long ago that you could say men can’t get pregnant, or that women don’t have penises, and not be threatened by burly men in dresses. Unfortunately for them, facts are immune to threats of violence, and reality matters more than delusions. It is incredible
Shouting Across the Ditch: The Collected Lushington Brady Vol 1 is, as you guessed, the first volume of a collection of essays by BFD author Lushington D Brady. I have to admit I’m a bit of a Lushington fanboy so you have to excuse me for being a tad
