Books
Facts and Fantasies
Once I ran across Derek and we had a few drinks together. I told him he was wasting his time trying to overthrow Muldoon, as Derek was not a natural leader, which required an X factor few people possessed.
He Is as Stubborn as a Mule
One thing is certain: There is no one else like Donald Trump on the world stage today. His kind arrives once in a generation, or once in a hundred years or more. Or on the scale of Asimov’s Foundation – once in a millennium.
A Journey Into the Hinterland
Simon has the same skill and empathy, writing with a light and often whimsical touch but always respectful toward his subjects. He has captured a part of New Zealand that is slowly but irrevocably disappearing
George Orwell’s Green and Pleasant Land
We are fighting against all those who seek to disinherit us or to pretend that there is no inheritance to be had.
Is This England’s Real-Life Quietus?
Members of the Houses of Commons and Lords should consider what Baroness James wrote before marching their people closer to Quietus.
Book Awards Fall Short, Again!
By awarding poorly written but politically charged books, the industry and the awards are in danger of losing credibility that has been hard fought for over many years and we risk sponsorships and trust.
Now They’re Blackwashing Australia’s Convict Past
Like it or not, almost no black convicts were transported to Australia, nor was transportation ‘slavery’.
The Land of Sun and Steel
I was expecting the book to be heavy on Eastern mysticism, but found instead a man inspired by the ancient Greeks.
Wolf’s Book on the Pfizer Papers
The Pfizer papers are too important to ignore and point to not only Pfizer but authorities such as Medsafe knowing that immense harms were about to be unleased on the people of New Zealand.
The Last of the Few
This level of firsthand detail brought a personal touch to the incredible story of the Battle of Britain.
Plagiarism: Is History on Repeat?
The past and the present in a potentially campaign-killing reflection.
They Want to Control the Past to Control Your Children
The war on history is a war on the West.
The Greatest Human Failings
Overy concluded that if warfare has a very long human history, it also has a future. If that’s true, then if the wasted application of so much human resources into warfare technology continues then humanity may itself prove to have no future.