New Zealand Chief of Army Writing Competition Winner of the New Zealand Defence Force Private Writing Category: Can the Army Afford to Go Woke, Benign Social Progress or National Security Threat By Mr N. Dell I write this essay fully aware of the backlash and, at times, real-world consequences afforded
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. Hate speech is a Thing. People do incite others to violence and they do vilify their enemies. In India, hate speech by prominent Hindu figures against Muslims is vicious and unrelenting, notwithstanding laws that ban it. This week a
Ground News is a news aggregator with a difference: its mission is to break echo chambers. Ground News examines the sources for major stories and their editorial leaning. From that, it calculates a “Blindspot” feed, indicating whether a particular story is being reported — or ignored — by right or left-leaning sources.
There’s no denying that the QAnon crowd are nutty and obnoxious. At the local arm of the recent “Reclaim the Line” protests, a large, loud woman brandished an enourmous placard festooned with gibbering QAnon slogans about “satanic pedofiles” and so on. Every time an official speaker so much as
Patrick Carroll Patrick Carroll has a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo and is an Editorial Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education. Jordan Peterson has become an increasingly outspoken critic of COVID lockdowns and mandates in recent weeks, using his large platform on Twitter to push
Logan Hagoort Minister at Covenant Presbyterian Church Editor of Founded in Grace Board member of Free To Be Church Daily Devotions: Sermonaudio / YouTube / Spotify Weekly Newsletter: Gems from the Pages As of the 7th of January 2022, the C-4 law[1] came into effect in Canada. What is the C-4
As Mark Steyn wrote, “the airbrush is mightier than the sword”. When Muslim terrorists murdered cartoonists for publishing cartoons of Muhammad, and stormed a Jewish supermarket, killing four Jews, the mainstream media swung into action. The story became, and I quote, “two French-born brothers killed 11 people…as well as
Craig Rucker cfact.org Craig Rucker is a co-founder of CFACT and currently serves as its president. Dr. Roy Spencer is a scientist, known as much for his unshakeable integrity, as for his brilliant work in climate science. He is also a good friend of CFACT. He works with global
Yesterday there were unconfirmed reports that 5 children collapsed after getting the jab at the North Shore Eventfinder Stadium and an ambulance was called. Whether or not these reports are correct or not the media should be asking questions to find out what actually happened. In the below video, courageous
Due to the value I place on my mental health, I limit my exposure to mainstream and social media. These information channels have altered the role media plays in society. Where once factual information and news predominated, there is now mostly propaganda and gossip. As has been the case since
Yesterday we published a letter to the editor from a Bluff publican about an incident with Police regarding our now infamous “Gulag” image. We have now obtained further background information, video from the tavern and a recording of an interaction with Police at Bluff Police station. What is revealed is
Hannah Cox fee.org Hannah Cox is the Content Manager and Brand Ambassador for the Foundation for Economic Education. The year may be new, but its problems are old. As 2022 gets underway, we find our society yet again grappling with pandemic policies, school closings, and the content moderation practices
Ethan Aloiai sojournal.co.nz Introduction Just before Solzhenitsyn was exiled to the West, he left his motherland with a world-class essay called “Live Not by Lies”. It was his parting exhortation to his Soviet brethren, imploring them to refrain from cooperating with the lies of their leaders. This bold
Francis Menton manhattancontrarian.com About a year ago I had a series of posts covering some of the more audacious deplatformings and cancelations then occurring in the realms of progressive orthodoxy enforcement. Examples of prominent victims of such conduct cited in my posts of February 22, 2021 and March 4,
Today’s face of the day fully is fully vaccinated Whanganui list MP Harete Hipango who took a photo of herself with Voices for Freedom protesters and posted it on Facebook. Her comments with the photo were supportive of freedom of choice. She deleted the post after National leader Christopher
