Why We Shouldn’t Ban Controversial Speakers
Allowing controversial speakers into Australia provides an alternative to the mainstream media and this is good for a diversity of perspectives.
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Maybe We Should All Identify as Māori?
If equality is the goal, then policies must be universal, needs-based, and blind to race. Because, when identity becomes currency, people will inevitably try to spend it.
Hipkins Launches Labour’s Gaslighting Election Campaign
An election-year address that only works if New Zealanders have collective amnesia.
Will a New RNZ Board Stop the Rot?
Companies such as Stuff and NZME (publisher of the Herald) can make their own rules, as long as they’re willing to risk consequences such as loss of trust and declining readership. RNZ (and TVNZ, but let’s not go there) has no such latitude.
We’re Losing the Human Touch in Food
The most revolutionary step our nation could take – for its farmland and its health – would be to increase the number of farmer-caretakers. We need more people growing our food, not fewer.
The US Is the Sole Superpower
In denying rivals Venezuela’s riches, the US has tipped the scales back toward a world ordered on its terms – one where multipolarity remains a distant, unachievable dream for those who oppose freedom and prosperity under Western leadership.
Using Lawfare To Silence Rivals
Right-wing leader Marine Le Pen’s appeals trial could impact the entire EU.
Sex-Selective Abortions in the UK
If we admit that aborting a girl because she is a girl is wrong, we are admitting that the motive matters. And if the motive matters, we acknowledge that the unborn child has inherent value that exists independently of the mother’s choice.
They Are Busy at Work
Gain of function research ramps up with the support of the US military.
Luxon’s State of the Nation
Dull or disciplined? The PM’s State of the Nation laid out an election strategy built on continuity and trust.
Why the US Will Not Follow Argentina
By the time voters demand real change, it will almost certainly be too late to avoid serious financial consequences.
A Different Kind of Big Stick
The president certainly isn’t afraid to use the military, but that isn’t the only cudgel he wields.
This Government Is Betraying Us
When a government not only obfuscates but blatantly lies in this way it begs so many questions.