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Now Other Doctors Ought To Worry
One would hope that clinicians are thinking about the long-term outcomes for all children who are prescribed powerful psychotropic medication.
Regulating Speech Is the Slipperiest of Slopes
Steve Holland Broadcaster, commentator, media consultant, libertarian and former mayor of the Mornington Peninsula. The Commonwealth Parliament, powered by a collusion of both major parties, has rammed through the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Act 2026. This law, cynically marketed as an antisemitism measure following the
Ley’s White Knights Play the Gender Card
When you can’t defend the indefensible, play the Gender Card instead.
This Is Just Selective Moral Outrage
Pick a standard, Chris: you can’t rail against Trump’s board for including Putin while comfortably ignoring the UN’s roster of human-rights violators. Moral clarity isn’t selective. It’s universal – or it’s just politics masquerading as principle.
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More Australians Want to Keep the Date than Ever
The left’s annual hate-fest is backfiring splendidly.
Here We Go, Again
My response to Alice Soper discovering America is bad (again) and calling for a boycott. Another response to another NZ Herald article.
A Sober Analysis of the Indian Free Trade Deal
I reckon Luxon was hustled by some New Delhi sharpies. Turning on the same oily charm my local dairy owner uses to try and sell me two-year-old chicken soup.
One Nation Takes Aim at SA Election
Adds another star recruit, fielding candidates in every seat.
Helen Clark Just Cannot Shut The Hell Up About US Minerals Deal
The New Zealand media really need to stop asking her opinion on anything. Let her enjoy a harder dose of Relevance Deficit Disorder that she is clearly suffering from.
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Face of the Day
Henare noted the energy required to be successful in election year and the recent resignation of his colleague Adrian Rurawhe. He said he realised he was the only one left.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… eminently (adverb) - : to a high degree : very Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : When British physician Tobias Venner wrote in 1620 of houses "somewhat eminently situated," he meant that the houses were located at an elevated site—they were literally in a high place. That