How African Kings and Merchants Controlled the Slave Trade
And profited handsomely from it.
Reproduced with permission
Dear Diary: Lying About Covid Is Making Me Rich and Famous!
Many of the people who were wrong about everything STILL run the same institutions. They’re still unelected. And they’re still certain they were the heroes. This means the next emergency will be handled by the same class of ‘experts,’ with the same lack of oversight and accountability.
Radio NZ Manipulates the Facts, Again
RNZ has been caught red-handed doctoring an international news report from Reuters, shamelessly twisting the facts to fit whatever narrative their news editors are currently pushing.
Evolution of New Zealanders Into Entitled Aoteachondriacs
The future’s uncertain and the end is always near.
An Update on the Reform
As the coalition’s first term in government comes to a close, their focus must be on strengthening democracy, not weakening it.
Back in the USSR
Do you think that New York Mayor Mamdani’s socialist government grocery stores will work like those in capitalist countries or like those in the defunct Soviet Union?
Big Promises on City Grocery Stores
The New York City mayor has an ambitious and unrealistic plan.
A Skeptical Guide to UBI
As Milton Friedman once said, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.”
Climate Scenarios Are Exactly That, Not Tools
The lesson from this interview is neither to minimise climate risks nor to exaggerate them. It is to use climate science responsibly. Communities deserve planning that is scientifically robust, legally defensible and fair.
Fauci Testifies Before the US Senate
A summary of the US Senate hearing of Dr Anthony Fauci, relating to Covid-19, with timestamps to watch the key moments.
Who You Gonna Trust?
Both Badenoch and Taylor were senior cabinet ministers in these governments that sold out their core voters. Neither resigned from cabinet on principle. The entire Tory and coalition teams seemed happy to abandon any sense of fight against the left and now look very much like Labour-lite clones.