‘Extreme Event Attribution’ to Bring Down Oil, Gas, and Coal
Buying into the notion of “extreme event attribution” is a slippery slope leading to quicksand.
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Justice Has Lost Its Nerve
The planned early release of PC Andrew Harper's killers is a test of whether the justice system still places victims and public safety ahead of prison management targets, says Paul Birch. It does not.
Free Speech Is Not a Suicide Pact
Private media that willfully choose to play host to this content under the banner of principle are not upholding free speech: they are draining it of all meaning.
Security Firm Comes to the Rescue of Burgled Business
Nearly a month on, none of the stolen tools or equipment have been recovered. The owner said a senior Canterbury police officer contacted her husband last week to say there was little more police could do.
The Coup in Search of a Philosophy
Karl Marx’s greatest legacy was not his economics, but the institutions that gave his revolutionary ideas a second life.
The Capture of Academia: Why I Had To Write This Book
Universities have become engines of ideological reproduction, increasingly insulated from scrutiny and detached from the society they are meant to serve. They will not regain public trust without serious reform.
Cheap Media Voyeurism Feeds the Surveillance Culture
It’s more than the public shaming of unimportant people – it’s a warning that they can do it to you, too.
Now Italian Doctors Are Pushing Back
This reflects a wider trend of internal medical dissent that has already impacted policy changes in the UK, Sweden, and Finland.
A Look at Dunedin’s Dark Secret
Cherry Farm was finally shut down in November 1992. One might think that Dunedin’s notorious treatment of mentally ill patients ended there. Sadly, that is not the case. There has been yet another recent investigation by the Chief Ombudsman this time concerning Wakari Hospital.
Homes Fast-Tracked but Wastewater May Have To Commute
The houses have found the fast track. The wastewater is still comparing routes, and State Highway 1 has been pencilled in as the pipe.
Is Jason Arday Sacha Baron Cohen’s Greatest Creation?
In 2025, the director of Cambridge’s autism research centre co-authored an open letter furiously accusing Arday’s detractors of being racists. This was the academic equivalent of Ali G’s famous catchphrase whenever anyone challenged him: ‘Is it because I is black?’