Gaza Ceasefire Deal: What It Means for the Middle East
There are still a lot of open heavy questions that should be addressed. Specifically, who would control Gaza, and how to prevent Hamas from regaining its stronghold on the strip.
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Why Evidence and Your Voice Matter
Rethinking puberty blockers. Feedback closes on 20 January.
These Academics Are Crying Wolf
When it comes to children, New Zealand has enough real problems without manufactured crises.
To Celebrate Simple Gifts
Cultivate your garden. Value simplicity. This may not be the best of all possible worlds, but by working together, I am confident that we can make it better.
Is Intifada Coming to the US?
If we fail to act now, it is only a matter of time before the third intifada is here.
These Are the Real Heroes and Villains of the Wildfires
Amid Southern California’s wildfires, Governor Newsom and Mayor Bass face criticism for leadership failures that worsened the crisis.
Meta Is Still Fact Checking In NZ
I received a polite email this week from Kiwi journalist George Driver who is an official ‘fact checker’ for Facebook who queried one of my recent posts.
NZDSOS-ACC Email Thread for the Record
That hasn’t aged well and perhaps ACC should chat to the Medical Council about recovering some of its costs.
Bar Threatens to Cancel a Music Gig
The pricing breaches New Zealand’s Human Rights Act 1993.
Poor Leadership and Bad Advice
More than just a shortage of money is negatively affecting children in benefit-dependent homes. If poor children in working households have better outcomes, then increasing parental employment would be a better strategy than increasing benefits.
This Was Never Mainstream
Lockdowns were a security state-driven pandemic response rooted in fear, panic, and authoritarianism. They were never mainstream.
How ‘Liberal’ First Became a Political Adjective
To abandon the word liberal would be to abandon our history. It was and is a fitting moniker for the philosophy of freedom.
Engines Galore Seek to Dethrone the Bev
This sampling barely scratches the surface of emerging automotive technology worldwide. Innovation and free markets, not government mandates, continue to drive the future of transportation.
Accuser Likely Part Responsible, Expert Review Finds
The death of Baby O “was avoidable and resulted from suboptimal care”. I won’t name the doctor implicated. Suffice to say he or she is among Letby’s chief accusers.
