Just for now, I have had a gutsful of Covid, terrorists, Ardern, the MSM and this Labour Government in general. Fortunately, I have had the opportunity to escape the confines of living life in a political straitjacket within this now depressing regime. Walking long distances has never been an aspiration
As George Orwell so accurately predicted in his instruction manual for governments in the 21st century: “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength”. A wonderful example of this Orwellian double-speak has been provided for us by the ACLU, the American Civil Liberties Union. In the years following World
Forget kangaroos, surfers and Crocodile Hunters. Australia is, apparently, the Land of the Vaxholes. Led by the nose by a shameless media pack, Australians have swung from panicking that Covid vaccines were going to kill us all, to insisting they’re the absolute greatest thing, ever. Now it’s anyone
Our neighbour Australia has woken up to the fact that trying to get rid of Covid doesn’t work. Even places like NSW and Victoria have woken up. NZ Herald reports. There have been 107 Covid-related deaths since the Sydney outbreak began in mid-June, and there are currently 957 people
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Auckland butcher Richard Hogg says he’s offering click-and-collect services to customers because he is fed up with the “unfair rules and lack of change since last lockdown” and wants to serve his Remuera community. Under alert level 4, butchers can operate contactless delivery services, but not click-and-collect. […] Hogg knows
How long before “lockdowns because of COVID” become “lockdowns because of climate”? Sound like a crazy conspiracy theory? Sure, it does. But then, just a couple of years ago, so did lockdowns and vaccine passports. If there’s one thing recent history should have taught us, it’s to never
As Bob Dylan once said, “For the loser now will be later to win”. The 60s are not exactly a fading memory (mainly because the Boomers just can’t shut the hell up about them), but the times they are still a-changin’. With dizzying rapidity. Last week’s pandemic “losers”
Ethan Yang aier.org Ethan Yang is an Adjunct Research Fellow at AIER as well as the host of the AIER Authors Corner Podcast. He holds a BA in Political Science with a concentration in International Relations with minors in legal studies and formal organizations from Trinity College in Hartford
Birsen Filip mises.org Birsen Filip holds a Ph.D. 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
Ryan McMaken mises.org Ryan McMaken is a senior editor at the Mises Institute. Ryan has BA degrees in economics and political science, and an MA in political science from the University of Colorado. He was a housing economist for the State of Colorado. The policy response to the covid
Caitjan Gainty King’s College London Caitjan Gainty is a historian of twentieth century medicine and technology. She initially trained in public health and worked for several years in health care research before returning to academia to pursue a PhD in the history of medicine, which she received in 2012.
In a bizarre move, The Rarotongan Resort General Manager Tata Crocombe has deemed all unvaccinated persons to be unclean and banned them from his various premises! You might think that, for a small island nation that relies almost exclusively on tourism for their livelihood, banning a large chunk of your
It is great to be back in level 3 and enjoying some freedom at last. Parliament was back in session albeit in a much reduced and Orwellian way, with only 10 Members including 3 from National allowed in the Chamber, required to wear masks when not speaking and sitting miles
