One Last Question, Prime Minister
Barry Soper’s honest reflections from the halls of power.
Reproduced with permission
The Courage To Question Compliance
How rules survive long after reason has left the building.
This Is Building for the 19th Century
The City Rail Link is a $5.5 billion monument to backward thinking.
Make ‘Never’ Actually Mean Never for Iran
By building resistance first – youth leaders shielded, networks professionalized, and Artesh pragmatists flipped – and then enabling a decisive operation at Isfahan, the United States can finally make “never” mean never.
Soros Pumped $204M Into Groups Badgering Charities
Be wary anytime a collective push from the left to protect their bottom line springs up like this. It’s never organic or grassroots.
From Barbie Doll Delivery to Death Row
FedEx driver sentenced to die for brutal murder of seven-year-old Athena Strand.
That’s Not What Plumbing Was Invented For
There is only so much a pipe can be expected to process before it starts taking things personally. The Rotorua fatberg.
Blind Spots in the Battle Against Extremism
How did individuals whose own public statements minimised, reframed, or in some cases celebrated acts of mass violence against civilians come to hold influential roles in a government-funded initiative specifically established to prevent such acts?
Who Wants a Grand Coalition Between Labour and National?
The whole idea is borne of establishment panic.
African Big Game Hunting Protects the Animal
It is counterproductive for some short-sighted green groups to try to stop professionally managed hunting. Stopping hunting can do more harm to animal herds than the controlled hunting quotas.
Did We Vote for That?
The challenge is not to revisit the decision of 2017, but to confront its broader implications. Social progress does not occur in isolation, and reforms often carry consequences beyond their original intent.
