On Rising Above the Parapet
Prefiero morir de pie que vivir de rodillas – Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
Reproduced with permission
The Truth About TOP
TOP isn’t above left and right. It’s just the left in better packaging.
Golf Balls and Carbon Dioxide
How much of that yellow-dotted red golf ball could we have prevented this century? The answer is: virtually none of it. The ‘net zero by 2050’ target is just a fantasy.
Renewed Push for Oil and Gas Exploration
The application follows the government’s decision to remove the petroleum exploration ban in late 2025.
Local Water Done Well
Your coalition government’s “Local Water Done Well” is not only an abject failure to honour an election pledge it is an attack on the equal rights of all New Zealanders.
Te Kāika and the Broken Model
All three of these state-funded charities – Te Kāika, Waipareira Trust, Manukau Urban Māori Authority – have featured what looks like nepotistic governance structures.
Opportunity Cost in the Age of AI
The challenge, then, isn’t to beat the machines but to learn to work meaningfully alongside them. Every major leap in technology has shifted what counted as valuable work, and this one is no different.
The Dirty Secrets Behind the Clean Revolution
It might not be inaccurate to suggest that, in this, and all the other blind eyes turned to environmental devastation, they do not give a flying flittermouse.
Lawyering Update Skips Trump and Then There’s Bill Gates
Last summer we saw the frenzy that Politico went into over someone it obviously detests, so is the opposite effect now happening in which Politico provides cover to one it favors despite the revelations in the Epstein Files?
It Is None of the Government’s Business
Whether or not someone should be able to work remotely is a private matter between an employee and their employer. It does not require government intrusion.
Covid Jab ‘Should Never Have Been Approved’
Pfizer’s former chief toxicologist speaks out.
