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The Cause of the Education Shrinkflation
If kids should place their education as a high priority, the messages and actions of administrators, teachers, and parents they observe should clearly reinforce that importance.
Voodoo Modeling Says Climate Change Linked to Interest Rates
Modeling is the legerdemain by which con artists separate you from your money. An obedient model will find whatever the modeler wants it to find.
Hospital pressure points NZ: work under way to ease strain
New Zealand’s hospital system is under strain, and work is under way to ease “hospital...
There’s Nothing Neutral About This
The UK government’s social media ban consultation. Participation in the consultation may still matter, if only to register dissent within a process that is already narrowing its own field of view.
Former Labour ministers reject MP’s critique of Ardern Government
Former Labour ministers have moved to dismiss a Labour MP’s “critique” of the Ardern Government,...
Camilla Belich and the fake John Campbell episode
Camilla Belich has described being duped by a “fake John Campbell” in a new One...
NZ firms gas transition loans: Thousands eligible for government-backed support
Thousands of New Zealand firms are now eligible for NZ firms gas transition loans under...
Bracket Creep: The Stealth Annual Tax Increase
If politicians or bureaucrats want higher taxes, let them say so openly. Let them introduce the legislation, debate it, and face the voters. Until then, bracket creep remains what it has always been: a stealth increase in tax, quietly feeding the beast.
Inside the FDA’s ‘Cover-Up’ Over Child Deaths
Insider accounts, leaked memos and Congressional scrutiny reveal what happened behind closed doors at the FDA after reports of paediatric deaths following Covid vaccination.
Now Do Palestine
New Zealand’s “grave concerns” risk looking less like principled diplomacy and more like a performance of selective morality.
NZ budget 2025: priorities versus need in a tight fiscal year
As the NZ budget 2025 nears, the core question is whether scarce New Zealand public...
Don’t Get Angry – Get Active
We must protect women and girls. They remain at risk as long as this absurdity is allowed to continue.
