Funny How None of Them Buys What They’re Selling
It’s not that these people are stupid. It’s that the rules they preach are for you, not for them.
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The Body as Ground Zero
I trust that whatever lies beyond is not characterized by the vast stupidity and selfishness of what lies here: a stupidity and selfishness that lead many to abandon their right to their own sovereign selves.
Being Honest Is Not Race Baiting
If we cannot talk openly about trends without being shouted down, we will never fix the underlying causes. Silence does not protect communities. Truth, handled responsibly, just might.
Hate Speech Bill Set To Be Scuttled
Free speech concerns have left the legislation in tatters.
Have the Greens Lost Their Mojo?
They enter election year with their poll numbers trending down, their internal organisation in flux, and their strategic positioning unclear. Friendly observers could be forgiven for asking: have the Greens lost their way?
This Hit Job Is Not About Child-Safety
X is simply the space the managerial class can’t control.
The Trump Doctrine
A Trump doctrine that aims at nullifying the most dangerous threats to US security would help accomplish this.
An Obituary for Scott Adams (1957–2026)
Scott Adams taught us that happiness is a choice and a skill. He taught us that the world is more malleable than we think, that you just need to decide it is and then author it.
The Limits of the Fed’s Immunity
The DOJ’s investigation is ugly politics, but we might welcome a test of whether central bankers are subject to the same oversight as everyone else.
Web Series Gives Voice to New Zealanders
Episodes will be available on the website thetribute.nz, as well as Facebook, X, YouTube, and Spotify under The Tribute branding.
The DNA Issue Regulators Refuse To See
Regulators insisted DNA contamination wasn’t there. Independent labs kept finding it. The difference came down to what regulators chose to measure — and what they didn’t.
Castle Law – Protecting What’s Yours
It remains to be seen whether recently announced toughening of laws in Victoria will make any difference to crime, but the root cause of many of these problems is tobacco policy.
Where Is the Consistency?
When the architect of the Christchurch Call appears to abandon those principles when applied to a different community, it raises fundamental questions about whether those principles were ever truly universal, or merely convenient.
The Politics of Not Wanting To Know
Jihadist attacks are followed not by sober engagement but by a sequence of shock, condemnation and symbolic reassurance. Leaders urge unity, we’re prompted not to ‘look back in anger’, candles are lit, teddy bears are hugged and attention is steered firmly away from questions of causation.
The Man Who Lit the Washington Monument Like a Candle
Barrett and his team raced back to the Washington Monument to feed a copy of the 19-minute show, about two terabytes of data, into four servers. “The pivot from shooting furniture to counting myself as being seen by 400 million people, or whatever the most recent numbers are, is mind boggling.”