When Your Opinion Becomes a Crime
In a society where opinions alone can get you punished, nobody is truly safe.
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Free GP Visits Sound Nice, but I’ll Happily Pay My Way
There’s a difference between compassion and overreach. If you can afford to pay for your doctor, you should. It’s that simple.
The Legacy Media Are Immune to Facts
Only a legacy media journalist could believe the nonsense they spout.
The Greens and the Cannabis Argument
The Greens will struggle to persuade New Zealanders that we shouldn’t continue to say nope to dope, given the overwhelming evidence of the harms of legalisation.
The Good Oil Daily Opinion Poll
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The Soldier Who Knew No Restraint
Bloody Sunday is a cautionary tale of unrestrained violence, reckless military conditioning and deliberate obfuscation. Families were left in limbo, history partially hidden and a soldier who knew no restraint – unhinged, sadistic, and lethal – became a symbol of institutional failure.
Did We Screw Up or Did We Not?
The consequences of our passivity, our surrender, and our loss of autonomy are not over. They’re just beginning.
The Libertarian Victory in Argentina
The success of La Libertad Avanza has delivered Javier Milei a firm mandate to accelerate the pace of his libertarian reforms.
The Current Outlook for the EU
Prime Minister Starmer, who struggles to shed daylight on practically anything, is blinded by nonsensical ideology and wants to get back in via the back door.
The Deep State
Unless a government steps in and removes the separatist framework upon which they are building their success, they will succeed. Doing nothing is no longer an option.
Principals Whinge About Curriculum Changes While Ignoring Epic Education Failures
If teachers churned out these pitiful results in the private sector, they wouldn’t be complaining about changes. They’d be shown the door – fired on the spot. No golden parachutes and no endless consultations. Just accountability.
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Face of the Day
Speaking from South Korea at the ASEAN summit, Luxon said comments about his finances were a political diversion. “I’m aware that they’ve had a pretty rough week, with the capital gains tax – the policy that’s their fourth failure I think in the last two weeks.”
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… concise (adjective) - : marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Many people think that adding unnecessary sentences with long words will make their writing more impressive. But in fact almost every reader values concision, since