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Thanksgiving: This Has Been Forgotten
It is our forgotten holy day because we have forgotten to whom we are grateful. The Pilgrims did not forget, which is why they were able to endure so much and survive.
How Uni Admissions Are Now Socially Engineered
Our middle son has recently filled in his UCAS form, and only after he sent it off did we realise he hadn’t properly gamed the system. Damn. He’ll have to get by on talent alone.
Brown Pushes a Digital Health Overhaul
While the minister touts “stronger cybersecurity”, no details were offered about how the system will avoid the failures seen in recent high-profile public-sector breaches.
Why This Chaos Was Predictable
The inevitable implosion of Te Pāti Māori, explained by Grok.
This Is a University Challenge
Cremin must have faced hundreds of students. How many of them will have been infected with the woke mind virus courtesy of his instruction? How many will have gone on to employment in HR departments, social work, media, education or the public service, taking their destructive views with them?
A Nation Built by Grit Now Run by Fragility
If New Zealand wants a future worthy of its past, it must restore the principles that built its success: reason, responsibility, enterprise, merit and truth. Nothing else will work – and history shows that nothing else ever has.
This Is an Historic Overhaul
This shift reins in mission creep and saves ordinary people from funding the political priorities of activist-leaning councils. It also gives ratepayers clarity. When councils have a narrow, concrete purpose, the public can actually measure performance.
In the Room With Reagan and Nixon
The audience has even less attention span now than ever before. You really do have to stick to something that goes directly to the point and resonates. If you can’t get that through, then you’re stuck.
We Should Be Rejecting This Culture War
I could not ethically justify voting for the Libertarian Party. I believe the Libertarian Party is alienating libertarians.
Some People May Have Children to Gain Income Support
The reality is this: it is cruel and callous to incentivise the birth of otherwise unwanted children. And it is a cruel and callous person who produces a child purely for their own monetary gain.
