We Should Let Voting Be Voluntary
Genuine democracy is based on universal suffrage, yet the right to do something implies that you have a choice not to do that thing.
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Most of These Policies Already Exist
CT supports the FTA. ACT’s surcharge may breach it and face a Chapter 19 challenge. ACT signed away the lever, then reached for it.
Data Sovereignty? Or Is This Ethnic Patronage?
Brace yourselves as we circle back to 2023, watching the Labour government perform their favourite bureaucratic ritual: Prioritising everything Māori!
And Now Colonisation Is To Blame
If people are told that it isn’t their fault they are using methamphetamine, how do they take the ownership needed to stop?
China Controls the Stuff, but Breaking Free Will Cost
Rebuilding an industrial base after decades of neglect will not be free. Some prices will rise. Some adjustments will be painful.
Antisemitism as a Good Career Choice
The selective condemnation is getting worse, as is the antisemitism that accompanies it. And it will get even worse if it is rewarded by clicks, money, and acceptance.
I’m Making Changes to the Way That I Communicate With You
What happened to Yifat is a warning. I’m not backing away from the work, but I am going to be much more deliberate about protecting the connection that I have with those who want to keep reading it.
A 12th-Century Rabbi Is Now Considered ‘Propaganda’
If this is the level of engagement we are now producing, then the real lesson being taught in that classroom is not about religion, or war, or ethics. It is that some ideas can simply be waved away. And that is a lesson no education system can afford to teach.
Can National Learn in This Election Year?
Our culture – Can they learn from Australia or the UK?
China’s Bullying Is on Full Display
China’s decision to sanction New Zealand MPs for visiting Taiwan is outrageous, yet how New Zealand’s parliament and political leadership responds will be even more insightful and important.
The Playbook Rolls Into Poland
Staunchly nationalist Catholic country poised to meet the same fate as Spain and Ireland.
It Is Not They/Them Who Votes That Counts
They love democracy… they just can’t seem to do the very thing that democracy depends on, i.e., count the votes. Or at least count the votes that living, breathing, verified US citizens actually fill out.
