The Drivers of Prosperity
Why did the Industrial Revolution take off in Britain almost 100 years before it did in France and the rest of Europe and America?
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Credentialed Leftists Fight to Keep Their Greatest Weapon
It’s an all-hands-on-deck fight to stop Trump from taking away their captive audiences.
New HHS Report Urges Therapy for Trans Youth
Family First has written to the Director-General of Health Dr Diana Sarfati requiring the Ministry of Health to remove the reference to the PATHA Guidelines in the Position Statement on the Use of Puberty Blockers in Gender-Affirming Care issued by the Ministry on 21 November 2024.
When the World Looks Away
Despite recent reports of Druze being targeted again in southern Syria, New Zealand has made no official comment. No condemnation. No statement of concern. Not even a symbolic gesture of solidarity. Its silence has been deafening.
The Most Alarming AI Response
This is frightening, not because it signals the threat that AI poses to mankind but because it perhaps hints that somewhere out there, Gemini found a well-structured plan to dissolve the cohesion that binds us all together and that this plan is now well underway.
Mitchell considers scrapping short sentences to reduce reoffending
"The evidence shows that longer prison sentences gives you more time to be able to deliver programmes and to invest in people..."
Ngāpuhi calls for Ōpōtiki-style meth crackdown in Kaikohe
“Our hard, staunch kind of hate for the police is not the future."
Benjamin Doyle refuses to back down amid scandal and scrutiny
"The Rainbow community co-opted terms that might not be understood by those outside the minority community, oftentimes with irreverence and absurdity."
Defence to receive five new helicopters in $2b pre-Budget boost
"As a maritime nation we are prioritising naval capability."
Black market smokes fuelling serious organised crime – Customs warns
“Not just a tax issue."
Trump targets offshore film deals as NZ rebates top $1 billion
Deadpool and Wolverine, Avatar: Fire and Ash, and The Minecraft Movie have all recently filmed in New Zealand.
Taking It Raw: Why Honest Liars Win Elections
Are we really supposed to believe all these blatant lies?
Weakness Does Not Survive in Politics
Raw calculations: in parliamentary politics, strength comes in many guises, but weakness cannot be hidden.
‘Art of the Deal’ at the Vatican
The Russian conscription is like having to fill a bucket with holes in it. Though 1,000 are conscripted a day, it is thought that 1,500 are dying a day. The Kremlin is running out of fuel and armour.