Ministers Tell the Whale Rider Straight: No Free Pass to Citizenship Just Because You’re Māori
At the end of the day, this citizenship carry-on is just another front in the culture war that’s been raging since the woke warriors discovered hashtags.
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Catching Up After the Holidays: The World Didn’t Stop and Neither Did We
I hope you’ve all enjoyed a solid break over the holidays. We certainly did, recharging for what’s ahead. Now, we’re ramped up and ready for a cracker of an election year. Let’s make it count.
Property, Ownership and the Foundations of Patriotism
Over the last 50 years, surveys in the US and Australia show a rising unwillingness to fight for one’s nation, especially among youth – from 20–30 per cent in the 1980s/1990s to 50–70 per cent in the 2020s. This decline mirrors plummeting home ownership rates among young people.
Wrong: This Isn’t a Mystery
Until the vibes change and motherhood again is presented as a deeply pleasurable and meaningful experience, young women and men will continue to choose the gym and lie-ins over the deep joy of creating new life. Shame.
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The Feedlot Protocol and Flipping the Script
For five decades, the government built your body on bread.
And So the Coroner Dismisses the Vaccines
We are left with another reminder that, when it comes to Covid vaccines, the threshold for dismissal remains lower than the threshold for scrutiny.