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The Mechanics of State Power and How To Opt Out
Build the world you want to live in, one transaction, one conversation, one community at a time. That is the only revolution worth having. That is the only one that actually works.
The Twin Trojan Horses in the Gates
The left-elite and Multiculturalism paved the road to Bondi and beyond.
The Pentagon Cuts Ties With Harvard
Yet another unforeseen cost of the prestigious school’s woke ideology.
Government Orders Deletion of UK’s Court Archive
There are concerns that the government is fleeing from transparency over failings in the justice system amid a string of murders and sex attacks by asylum seekers.
They Knew Where He Was
The question is what the world will finally demand of those who turn cemeteries into concealment, children into soldiers, humanitarian aid into weapons – and death itself into strategy.
Canterbury Police Rack up $883,175 Helicopter Bill
The spokesperson said police relied on commercial helicopters in situations where aerial support was needed and police aircraft were unavailable or unsuitable and said each deployment was assessed on operational need.
They’re Still Hiding the Truth About the ‘Queen of Scots’
Media do everything they can to hide the facts about the attack.
This Seems To Be a National Illness
If the billions that Australia devoted to bans and buybacks had instead been used to understand and treat mental health, including phobias, perhaps we would have something other countries would be interested in.
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Where Are the Tea Towels Chlöe?
The dismantling of the Iranian regime will immediately end the war on terror, because the main supplier of that terror will not exist. This, more than anything else, is the key that will unlock the door for peace in the region.
Wellington Citizens Are in It
Sewage, after all, is brutally egalitarian: it does not care about your values, your slogans, or your intentions. It simply goes where neglect sends it – and Wellington is swimming in it, some say, deservedly.
Letter from the North
How much longer can Sir Keir Starmer last? UK governance is under threat.