David Wood Timaru Businessman, Historian, Sociologist Personal observations on Climate Change following the meeting at Caroline Bay on September 21st, 2022 Hosted by Timaru District Council Professor James Renwick (Atmosphere), Professor Tim Naish (Oceans & Coastline), Professor Bronwyn Hayward (Social Impacts), Peter Cochraine (Canterbury Risk Assessment) and Mr James Driver
Elon Musk has changed Twitter. In addition to job cuts, he has changed the revenue model by moving from an advertising model to a user-based model. Verified users will pay US$8 to keep their blue check and the check will finally be available to the ordinary user on the
Birsen Filip mises.org Birsen Filip holds a PhD in philosophy and master’s degrees in economics and philosophy. She has published numerous articles and chapters on a range of topics, including political philosophy, geo-politics and the history of economic thought, with a focus on the Austrian School of Economics
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Wellington commercial real estate agent Chris Gollins certainly secures some interesting properties to sell. Currently he’s advertising a strata floor for sale in a multi-level Lower Hutt office building “as is, where is”. The “where is” clearly implies a capability to shift it elsewhere,
David Stockman brownstone.org David Stockman, Senior Scholar at Brownstone Institute, is the author of many books on politics, finance, and economics. He is a former congressman from Michigan, and the former Director of the Congressional Office of Management and Budget. He runs the subscription-based analytics site ContraCorner. Wow, now
Let us go back to the boring subject of tax… except that it is not boring if you have to pay it, and it is anything but boring if you have to pay too much of it. The Greens are out of their box again, determined to tax anyone that
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. He lives in Sydney, Australia. Sometime after Canada’s Thanksgiving Day on October 10, a 37-year-old woman named Jennyfer was euthanised. A few days later, on October 24, one of Canada’s best-known fashion retailers, Quebec-based La Maison Simons,
David Seymour ACT Party Leader Today’s low unemployment is actually a Labour crisis. The country is missing about 140,000 people based on normal migration trends. That’s why there is help wanted signs and businesses grinding to a halt from Cape Reinga to the Bluff. Unemployment figures become
Autumn Johnson newsbusters.org Elon Musk seems to be toying with a plan that would allow Twitter users to “select” which version of Twitter they prefer. Musk was following up on responses to his Saturday tweet stating that the platform would implement a “content moderation council” with “widely diverse viewpoints.
Robert Malone brownstone.org Robert W Malone is a physician and biochemist. His work focuses on mRNA technology, pharmaceuticals, and drug repurposing research. Welp, it happened. So, a while back I wrote about the idea that Elon Musk’s vision for Twitter wasn’t all about free speech and that
dailytelegraph.co.nz THE LATEST DATA ON FARM SALES HAS SHOWN A FURTHER SLUMP IN VOLUMES AND A DROP IN PRICES, ACCORDING TO THE REAL ESTATE INSTITUTE OF NEW ZEALAND’S RURAL MARKET STATISTICS. There were only 171 farm sales in the three months ended September 2022, down 17.8
Bryce Edwards Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Do you believe that workers deserve basic employment rights and protections against exploitation? Do you think that workers
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. Information Opinion It seems inconceivable
Louis T March mercatornet.com Louis T March has a background in government, business and philanthropy. A former talk show host, author and public speaker, he is a dedicated student of history and genealogy. Louis lives with his family in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. An often-overlooked aspect of
Jake Johnson commondreams.org Jake Johnson is a staff writer for Common Dreams. The expert chorus warning that the Federal Reserve is on the verge of plunging the U.S. into a painful recession has grown markedly louder in recent weeks as the central bank plows ahead with large interest
