Coffee, Nicotine: This Is Not Science
This is not science. It is politics dressed up as health. If we applied the standards used for caffeine to nicotine, pouches and vaping would be treated as unremarkable adult choices.
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Christmas Songs Are a Light in Dark Times
Christmas songs: love them or hate them, at this time of year, you just can’t escape them.
Who Were the Magi?
A brief mention in one gospel spawned some of the most iconic Christmas imagery.
Blood on the Sand: What the Bondi Massacre Exposes
Bondi Beach exposed that illusion for what it is. The men who opened fire were not responding to a policy or a border. They were acting on an older hatred and any framework that cannot begin with that fact is not merely incomplete – it is complicit.
In Defence of the Right to Self-Defence
As long as violence exists, people must be able to take reasonable, lawful steps to protect themselves from it.
RNZ’s Boss Gives New Zealand the Fingers
If Campbell has demonstrated anything in recent years, it’s that he’s incapable of impartial journalism. He doesn’t even believe in impartial journalism.
They Would Be ‘Nuts’ To Roll Him
The current leadership team is a coalition of unnatural bedfellows which, to date, hasn’t shown any signs of unravelling. You’d expect some loose threads to appear during election year, as parties fight to push their own narrative but, for now, you’d regard this coalition as a success.
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Letter from the North
How much further down the gurgler can the UK go? Democracy is under threat.
Thoughts for the Year
I’m sure there are other things, but these for me are the standouts.