He’s Done It Again
In a fragmented parliament, the tuatara that adapts survives. Unlike the tuatara, Mr Peters is never constrained by the past.
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Visit Comes as Trade Deal Remains Controversial
The visit comes just months after signing of the India Free Trade Agreement, which remains one of the coalition government’s most debated policies.
The Jewish Legacy in Pennsylvania
It would take much of the world another six years to begin really asking that question. In the Jewish communities of Pennsylvania's Coal Region, they had been asking it from the start.
New York Wisely Guts ‘Landmark’ Climate Law
At the state level, New York leads the league in gutting alarmism. Let other states follow their lead.
Subjects and Citizens: A Treatise by Justice Clarence Thomas
Justice Clarence Thomas’s dissenting opinion completely reframed citizenship as a two-way agreement between the person and the political community. It is not conferred by birth alone but also requires domicile, which means allegiance and the forsaking of other political loyalties.
Le Pen Cleared To Run for President
Le Pen’s lawyer, Rodolphe Bosselut, called the decision “a good start”.
The Lancet’s Latest mRNA Review
One of the world’s most influential medical journals has published a review that is largely performative. It raises controversial questions only long enough to defuse them with reassuring conclusions. At best, it reads like marketing. At worst, it’s propaganda.
ACT, NZ First Unite Against Over VPN Concerns
Education Minister Erica Stanford’s office was in damage control on Tuesday afternoon, emailing the Post saying the government was “not looking at restricting or banning VPNs”.
One Nation, One Parliament, One Law, With Equal Rights for All
Parallel societies.
The Making of a Counterculture Capitalist Success Story
In ‘The Rise of Hip Capitalism,’ author Charles L Ponce de Leon traces how Rolling Stone fused countercultural rebellion with entrepreneurial ambition, turning cultural dissent into a media empire.
A Silent Civil War Has Begun – and Blue States Are Winning
Mail-order abortion is trampling the rights of women, children, and pro-life states. This is President Trump’s Gettysburg moment.
Are Ireland’s Streets Really ‘Safe’?
Three murders in 24 hours expose the gap between official claims and brutal reality.
Macron’s Final Gift: A Law for Death
Macron is supposed to leave power in a few months. He’ll be remembered as a clown, but a clown with a very gloomy mask.
The New Astrology of Net Zero
The time has come to stop treating climate policy as a religion and start treating it as every sensible tradesman would treat any major project. With scepticism. With humility. With evidence. And above all else, with a tape measure in hand.
Daniel in the Public Square
Māori spiritualism and the Christian conscience in New Zealand.