DCC Should Stick to Potholes
By entertaining this motion, the council is making a mockery of its responsibilities and turning a serious international issue into a stage for political theatre.
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Fluency for the Few, Cost for the Many
Why you’re paying for a language almost no one uses – or understands.
On Behalf of Vanessa’s* Parents
In response to David Farrier’s blog, Paul Thistoll’s behaviour, and David Fisher’s upcoming article: It is appalling that the details of the most devastating aspects of our family life is being used by activists to paint us as bad parents.
We Must Avert an Intellectual Dark Age
One of the greatest risks of AI technology may be a degradation of the learning process itself, and thus a new intellectual dark age. It is up to teachers and teaching institutions to do all they can to avert such a catastrophic outcome.
Tuam Dig to Address Decades-Old Mystery
As the Tuam excavation unfolds, it offers a chance for truth, healing, and justice for the nearly 800 children lost to history, illuminating a painful chapter of Ireland’s past.
Big Brother Lives Next Door
The UK claims to be part of the free West, yet we have more CCTV cameras than anywhere else in the world. Completely enamoured of surveillance, even our bloody doorbells are filming us
PM Netanyahu Has Two Aims
To destroy Iran’s nuclear program and regime change. Are either achievable?
This Strike Was Proportionate and Necessary
The world now faces a simple test: will it recognise the legitimacy of a democratic nation defending itself – when the cost of inaction was too high to bear?
More Concerns With Euthanasia in New Zealand
The author argues that presenting euthanasia as a compassionate option is misleading when basic end-of-life care is so unevenly distributed.
The Pro Ana Link
If nothing else, Farrier’s story successfully exposes the tactics of the gender zealots. Ideology trumps reality and, in this case, compassion.
What Is With the China Blindness?
Why do ‘yesterday’s leaders’ desire to cozy up with the totalitarian regime running China?
Bodies on the Altar of Science
At the very least, based on logic, rationality, and decency, we should be transparent. This should ensure truly informed consent, labeling medicines, for instance, as having been derived or not through procedures or experiments on unconsented humans.
Can the Legacy Media Survive in the Age of Trump?
How to lose subscribers and alienate journalists.
The War Has Shattered the West’s Delusions
Winning the narrative, in other words, is not the same as winning the war. It may not even be relevant once the shells start falling.