An Open Letter to the Prime Minister
Prime Minister, the country is running out of time – and you are running out of excuses. Enough. New Zealand cannot survive more soft leadership.
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Is There Hope for Democracy?
A culture that has progressively replaced shared obligation with individual entitlement has eroded the sense of collective responsibility, without which self-governance is merely a slogan.
The Government Failed and So Now?
They failed at Bondi so they are punishing the people.
Luxon Isn’t Talking to Me
And it’s not just him. Hipkins is the same. They talk to this particular group. Is it their group? Their friends and colleagues? Or is that the group that contains the swinging voters?
Pushing the Views That Suit Them
Would RNZ have been remotely interested in her view on National’s leadership imbroglio if she had said Luxon was secure and deserved to lead the party into this year’s election? Somehow I don’t think so.
This Is Evidence of Control Creep
How the Department of Internal Affairs is building a social media surveillance regime before parliament has spoken.
The New Zealand Herald’s Shameful Attempt
Trying to overthrow a democratically elected prime minister.
The Civil War in Sudan
Lost amid a crush of global geopolitical disasters, the African country is embroiled in a tragedy of enormous proportions.
Why the Government Runs Like a Bloated Chrome Tab
The point here isn’t to argue whether Jeff Bezos should or shouldn’t pay more tax. The point is that Congress’s approach is entirely wrong. They should instead invest their energy into ensuring maximum productivity… which ultimately means fewer regulations, and in general staying out of the way.
A Stocktake of the Iran War to Now
Blowing things up is the easy part. Turning force into a political outcome is harder.
The Hidden Risks of Psych Meds
As cases like Jordan Peterson’s draw attention, longstanding questions about withdrawal, suicidality, and tapering can no longer be sidelined.
Maree’s Book Review: Killed to Order
Killed to Order: China’s Organ Harvesting Industry and the True Nature of America’s Biggest Adversary, by Jan Jekielek
The Price of Silence
How money, mimicry, and rear are eroding free inquiry worldwide.
Rinse and Repeat
National's current woes are not unique to them as a political party, but instead indicative of cultural and structural problems within New Zealand’s political landscape.