This holy week of Passover and Easter, instead of buying into the divisions that seek to sow so much strife among us, maybe consider that this enduring heritage that has anchored Western civilisation for over two thousand years is actually something golden.
Murray was appealing to something far more individually volitional – that of personal wisdom regarding the hugely disillusioned audiences they’re now talking to in this age of information. Veracity matters.
If all we consume is cynical, shallow and smutty rubbish, our politics will end up mirroring that. But if we’re immersed in heroic stories and finer ideas that ponder on what’s real, right, good and true – we’ll start to demand more from ourselves and our leaders.
Hoopleheads miss the core of conservatism and classical liberalism: liberty of conscience, with its hard-won place in Western history, fiercely battled for intellectually by figures such as the Jew, Spinoza, the Christian, John Locke and the atheist, Ayn Rand.
This narrative of Jewish betrayal, based on centuries-old religious prejudices, was heightened in the Nazi era and was fused with political and racial ideology. Christian leaders, both Catholic and Protestant, did not just passively accept this new antisemitism – they supported it.
If Europe had any sensible self preservation instincts left, they’d encourage Zelensky to go back and apologise for his cocky stupidity.
There are moments in human history so vile, so utterly dehumanising, that they lodge in your soul like shrapnel never to be extracted.
Here in NZ today, where summer’s easygoing pace continues on a million miles away from this unfolding tragedy, I’ve felt like screaming into the void, being so far away yet connected to this dark, horrible news.
For those who have long called for the draining of the Washington swamp, hello DOGE.
We have not yet come to terms with that massive debacle, with its fake, ineffective and rash “novel” mass “mRNA vaccination” campaign, yet here you are all now seeking to unleash another potential scientific perversion upon us
Woke died. DEI died. Illegal immigration invasion died. Corruption got put on notice. Political weaponisation was exposed. The scales of justice were rebalanced.
Hold on – the ride has only just begun. Get your affairs in order.
One thing for certain is that President Trump is a great friend of Israel and has declared that he not only wants American-Israeli hostages back, he wants them all given back.
If Māori want progress – and most do – they must reject these divisive narratives. The only way forward for all of us is to embrace timeless virtues: responsibility, resilience and a strong work ethic.
By avoiding clear opposition to this Bill, Luxon has failed the leadership test. We need someone who will stand up for what’s right, not what’s convenient. What’s the solution? It’s very, very simple: equality.
