I Just Saw Something the West Has Largely Forgotten
On 17 May 2026 – America’s 250th anniversary – I found myself in a small Texas town called Celina, witnessing something profound... that I hadn’t seen in a long time.
On 17 May 2026 – America’s 250th anniversary – I found myself in a small Texas town called Celina, witnessing something profound... that I hadn’t seen in a long time.
For Helen Clark and much of the international activist class, universal values increasingly appear to come with one glaring exception: the Jewish state.
The fraying of the international rules-based order and various conflicts – either happening now or possible in the future – should see New Zealand preparing now. There are no excuses for inaction.
After years of limited responses to terrorists in Africa, Trump turns up the heat.
It’s a cause for optimism. The people running these institutions are finding out the hard way that everyone has a vote – at the ballot box, with their feet, and with their wallets.
If this trend continues, pollsters predict that One Nation could win 12 seats at the next election, enough to become a genuine force in parliament.
The final straw seems to be indulging the natives to the point of making tribal leaders de facto co-governors of the province while doing nothing to repeal the provincial legislation that implements DRIPA – the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.
A strong democracy requires not only independent courts, but also judges who recognise their proper role.
Some quick thoughts on the public service reforms.
But they’re so dumb they don’t even know they’re doing it.
While Ireland drags hero doctors through fitness hearings for warning the public.
Just as I was shuffling out of the venue, one mushroom-headed beanpole tapped me on the arm and said, “Thanks for giving us your wisdom tonight,” he said, as I tried stifling a giggle. “Because no one ever tells it to us straight.” They never do, do they?