Why Parliament Can’t Escape This
The house is not just messy. It is on fire. And no one is sure where the exits are.
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Strange Things We Used to Be Scared About
Four formerly widespread fears, many of which were dispelled through innovation.
The Climate War Has to Be Stopped
At the heart of it is deception, distortion, and delusion which prey upon people and are as big an existential threat as there is. And the Phony Climate War is an example of it.
USAID’s Legacy One of Failure
The agency has failed to deliver on its promises, perpetuated a culture of unaccountability, and in many cases, hindered the very development it claims to support.
The Red Cross Is Not a Bystander
This is not humanitarianism. It is hypocrisy. The ICRC needs to answer for its dereliction of duty.
Libertarians, Empathy, and the Path to Real Reform
Changing the culture won’t happen overnight. As I’ve written before, real reform starts in conversations at work, at church and at the footy club – not in Canberra.
A Law Change Will Expand Who We Remember on Anzac Day
The New Zealand Wars should be included too.
All Misogyny Is Bad - Except Ours
A commentary on media double standards in a time of selective outrage.
When Tomatoes Became Veges
President Donald Trump has been using an old tool ignored by recent presidents to target trade abusers like China that impose significant barriers to American products and services – tariffs. We all want free and fair trade, but trade is not free and fair when it is only free and fair on one side.
Not ‘CSE’: It Is Child Rape
Can people really be duped by language? Of course. This has got to stop. As the old saying goes, let us call a spade a spade.
Got Coke? Just Cope: Macron’s Ukraine Trip
The EU’s annoyingly fake ‘unity’ is as brain-rotting as any illicit substance.
Weaponising the Innocent: Hamas’ Human Shield Strategy
New Zealand cannot afford to remain neutral in the face of these realities. Neutrality in the presence of such evil is not impartiality – it is abdication. We have a duty to speak clearly: Hamas’ actions constitute war crimes.
Should It Be Matawiki or a Makeover?
Rotorua’s glossy Matariki celebrations can’t hide the rot.
The Pronoun Class
I’m often struck how those offended by people not using pronouns and act aggressively in response are also the same ones usually making excuses for terror against others.