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Laughter Is the Best Medicine
This regular daily post is the place to joke and banish negative thoughts.
How Bureaucracy Fueled the LA Wildfires
Half of California is ‘publicly owned’ and subject to multiple bureaucracies. They not only neglected fire controls, but fined people who took basic precautions.
Thoughts on Building Walls
Bert Kelly was opposed to protectionism: It was wrong, he said, because it created a situation in which governments granted favours to some, who were greatly enriched, at the expense of others.
Just Days In, Trump Makes Good on Deportation Promise
The reclaiming of America begins.
A Journey Into the Hinterland
Simon has the same skill and empathy, writing with a light and often whimsical touch but always respectful toward his subjects. He has captured a part of New Zealand that is slowly but irrevocably disappearing
The Surge in Assisted Suicide
In a day and age where there is a growing epidemic of loneliness and despair, we should not be encouraging a culture of death as the antidote to life and its challenges.
NZ Sinking In Debt Without a Lifesaver
National has failed to act meaningfully on NZ’s spiralling debt.
It’s Time for Real Transparency
Now, phase two of the RCI begins, and it’s our chance to demand better. With Grant Illingworth KC leading this phase, there’s hope for meaningful change – but only if this inquiry addresses what truly matters.
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How Can Britain Get Rid of Starmer?
‘Starmer the Harmer’ prefers to protect the 52 MPs and councillors who have been charged with paedophilia in British courts. This must surely be the tip of the iceberg.
This Is a Case of Regulatory Failure
The policy formulation process has been extraordinarily poor. The case is not made scientifically, economically or environmentally in any underpinning policy documentation.
Fascism in the USA? Not Even Close
Only a rejuvenated and aggressive left, with the working class behind it, could secure the triumph of fascism in America – and no such left exists.
Luxon Looks to Create Growth
This was a speech that you would never hear from the left. They are unable to grasp this sort of vision that the country sorely needs.