There’s a deep crisis crippling science. Just don’t ask the Science Bros and IFLScience normies about it, because their grasp of actual science rarely goes beyond witless internet memes. These are the people who think Neil deGrasse Tyson is a great scientist. Behind the public facade of ‘Trust
Who would’ve thought it. Shane Jones goes to the very place where the Labour Party was founded, Blackball, and, representing a centre-right coalition government, he gets a standing ovation! This electorate is traditionally a Labour stronghold: the mighty West Coast. This should have Labour MPs faces reflecting the colour
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com A fundamental doctrine of public health are the inextricable links between animal, ecosystem and human health. The United Nations biosecurity agenda has misappropriated this doctrine into a ‘One Health’ approach. This article provides some background to One Health, using current declarations
Rod Kane As many of you may well know I detest the media almost as much as I detest people like Willie Jackson and indeed every single Maori activist and the dumb white wokeys that support them. The night back in 2020 when Jacinda Ardern got in I immediately cancelled
David Bell David Bell, Senior Scholar at Brownstone Institute, is a public health physician and biotech consultant in global health. He is a former medical officer and scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO), Programme Head for malaria and febrile diseases at the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) in
Alan Renwick Professor of Agricultural Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand David Dean Associate Professor, Department of Agribusiness and Markets, Lincoln University, New Zealand Fonterra caught the business world by surprise last week with plans to sell off its consumer brands and businesses – including supermarket mainstays such as Anchor, Fresh’n
One of the oddities about New Zealand is how swift the country is to reward failure, yet highly reluctant to view success with the same level of approbation. I call it “The New Zealand Disease” and find it amusing. Add in a dollop or two of wokeness and you have
Joanne Nova A prize-winning science graduate in molecular biology. She has given keynotes about the medical revolution, gene technology and aging at conferences. cfact.org Renewable billionaires would be crazy if they weren’t funding “Environmental Activists” Nick Cater points out one mysterious charity, the Sunrise Project Australia had a
It seems that wherever you look, folks are using Temu to buy extremely low-priced products covering almost every style, type, and category. Temu promises exclusive discounts and ultra-low prices, but at what cost? Useless products? Cheap-knockoffs? Packages that never arrive? […] When shopping online, there’s always a risk of purchasing
Last week I gave a rebuttal of the advice from the financial advisors Sean Plunket has on his radio station. Since then several folks have asked me to clarify some points I made. What particularly doesn’t seem to compute (perhaps due to a lifetime of exposure to buzzwords from
Alexandra Allen-Franks Lecturer and Co-director of the New Zealand Centre for Human Rights Law, Policy and Practice, University of Auckland At first sight, the battle between a Manawatu fish-and-chip shop and a Louisiana-based chicken joint over the name “Popeye’s” reads like a classic David and Goliath battle. An international
In a key scene of Citizen Kane, Kane’s erstwhile guardian, banker Thatcher, warns the young man newly come into his inheritance, that his pet folly, the ailing New York Inquirer, is fast losing money. Kane agrees that it loses a million dollars a year: at the rate of a
Jon Miltimore Jonathan Miltimore is the Editor at Large of FEE.org at the Foundation for Economic Education. fee.org My family got a PlayStation 5 a few years ago. It’s a decision I sometimes regret because my youngest son, who is 7, likes to play it too much.
NZDSOS New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Once again we are being nudged, by means fair and foul, to be afraid, with a constant parade of ‘deadly’ viral diseases in the media, most recently those of measles and bird flu. The playbook is so similar to Covid,
Viv Forbes BScApp, FAusImm, FSIA. Viv Forbes is the Executive Director of the Saltbush Club and Founder of the Carbon Sense Coalition. He has no investments in or contracts with coal or cement companies. But he is a geologist and has studied the rocks of the Bowen Basin and parts
Francesco Biondi Associate Professor, Human Systems Labs, University of Windsor Tesla is yet again undergoing scrutiny from federal regulators in the United States. The issue at hand now is whether the automotive company did enough in response to the 2023 recalls by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
