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The Demolition Derby of the USAID
USAID is better in the waste bin and demolition derbies are exciting, but nuance can get lost in the frenzy and targets missed as a result.
Hard News Photos and the People Who Took Them
Reporters are expected to take their own pictures. Some do their best, but it’s not the same. There are still a handful of skilled and dedicated news photographers around, but they are pitifully few.
The Dilworth Charitable Trust Should Be Wound up
And the funds paid to the sexual abuse victims.
Trump’s Vision for Gaza: What About Peace?
‘America First’” is a negotiating strategy that tells the rest of the world the United States is ready and willing to take the lead in getting things done. But, really, wouldn’t everyone be better off with homegrown solutions to regional problems?
The Shift Towards a Multi-Polar World
The expansion of BRICS and its de-dollarization efforts carry significant implications for the United States and a more multi-polar world.
Stand for Truth or Face the Reckoning
Time’s ticking – stand up and be counted, or brace yourself for the reckoning you deserve. It is time to reclaim your profession, your integrity, and your country. Your patients are waiting.
Restaurant Realities
Don’t read too much into the daily media reporting of restaurant closures. It would be happening anyway.
Council Continues to NZ Women
The Midwifery Council continues to ignore biology and insult mothers.
You Cannot Stop People From Asking Questions
What Dame Anne is engaging in is what the philosopher Harry Frankfurt calls ‘bullshit’. This is where intellectuals and policy makers, who have no good answers to valid questions from regular people, essentially resort to using jargon to sidestep the matter.
Mark Carney Becomes PM of Canada
My former economics MPhil and DPhil classmate for many hard years.
Yes, You Can Protect Liberty and Security at the Same Time
The key is to understand how the market works.
The Wailings of a Broken Class
The intelligentsia really feels like they’re in mortal danger. It’s lovely to see.
White House Snubs Climate Talks
Trump officials at the US Army Corps of Engineers, for example, have identified over 600 energy and other infrastructure projects to be fast-tracked under Trump’s day-one declaration of a National Energy Emergency.