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The First COVID Indictment, Finally
David Morens has previously said that he would welcome time in prison provided he would be free “to speak out and write about what has been going on.” Prosecutors need to hold him to his pledge: “I won’t mince words.”
New Zealand’s Rot Starts in Empty Pews
Christianity is not nostalgia. It is the operating system that once made this country work. Time to reinstall it – before the hard drive crashes for good.
The Art of Not Deciding
Why New Zealand – a small, connected, relatively wealthy democracy – consistently fails to move from idea to action and what that paralysis is really protecting.
Every Story Needs a Villain
Turns out you can farm your opposition and call it a win.
Is This the Age of Substack?
If mainstream media won’t report on their own then others will have to.
The Power Play
How Trump is running the most aggressive geopolitical play in a generation – and why it has to be this way.
Why Was Security This Bad?
Democrats regularly compare Trump to some of the worst dictators throughout history. Yet again, we have seen another example of the violence that this sort of rhetoric can cause. Political violence is never the answer. But I expect that we will see a lot more of it.
The Next GOP President Will Get the Same Treatment
Accepting, for argument’s sake, that these things are true, then his logic isn’t unreasonable and he comes across as sane while discussing the security failures that allowed him to get as far as he did. It is not the ranting of a lunatic or a person suffering from any of the common mental issues.
The Missing Man They Won’t Name
How New Zealand's law enforcement became an activist agency protecting a fiction, and the media reinforces the deception.
Unreported for Nearly a Year
Inside the press gallery: power, silence, and the accountability gap in New Zealand media.
He Wrote an Op-Ed, Then Police Tracked Him
A legal case in Kansas shows how surveillance technology can distort policing priorities. When authorities can monitor anyone cheaply, the temptation to target critics increases.