Jonathan Turley ronpaulinstitute.org Just yesterday, we discussed the censoring of a commentator by Twitter for merely expressing an opinion over the need for a “pause” on any federal mandates on Covid-19 as new research is studied. Now, a former New York Times science reporter, Alex Berenson, has been suspended
Kurt Mahlburg mercatornet.com Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary, and a young
31st July 2021 On Thursday, I took part in a webinar on the banking crisis in Myanmar and its impact on the economy. Hosted by Monash University the academic and business experts gave a wide range of views on the economy, but basically concurred on one thing – it’s close
Olivia Pierson oliviapierson.org Back in February of this year, a very long list of doctors and scientists in Europe put their signatures on an open letter to the European Medicines Agency highlighting their concerns about the safety of mass vaccinations for the Covid-19 virus. They cc’d in Charles
Jacinda Ardern deflected when asked about the difficulty of filling mass vaccination slots in South Auckland, and Dr Nikki Turner, director of the Immunization Advisory Centre, on the AM show did the same, refusing to answer Bridge’s question “Should we be worried that 85% of Group 3 is not
Michael Bennett mercatornet.com Michael Bennett is Professor in School of History and Classics, at the University of Tasmania. Born and educated in Britain, he moved to Australia in 1974 and has been Professor of History at the University of Tasmania since 1993. As the roll-out of COVID vaccines proceeds,
The unrelenting catch-cries of the pandemic authoritarians and bootlickers, after “Save lives!”, have been “Follow the science!” and “The experts have said…!” Except that we know the first is a lie: if the “precautionary principle” dictators and their lickspittles really cared about saving lives at any cost, they’d not
“When the facts change, I change my mind – what do you do, sir?” is the famous saying from John Maynard Keynes. But, as we’ve seen over the past 18 months, a great many people – especially in government and public health bureaucracy – will never, ever change their minds, facts be
The bootlickers and cowards cheering on lockdowns like to accuse people demanding their most basic freedoms of being “selfish”. But who’s really selfish? The person who advocates that the tiny minority vulnerable and afraid should be protected should they so wish, while everyone else be allowed to choose to
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com A thought-inducing story for gullible New Zealander’s appeared in Britain’s Financial Times. It quoted Estonia’s attractive female Prime Minister Kaja Kallas saying, “lasting damage to western liberal democracies which adopted authoritarian measures during the pandemic could occur. Some countries had been slow
Tiger Tiger, a tenacious, surprisingly well-educated animal, living and working in the real world. Having to come up with staff wages every week sharpens the senses. A favourite childhood book of mine is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It was made into a couple of movies, one with Gene Wilder,
Adelaide newspaper The Advertiser reported that the deaths included 5 under the age of 65 with the youngest being 15. The story in The Advertiser is dated July 9, 2019. It is well before the world had even heard of Covid-19, and understandably, the South Australian Government was concerned. South
The Government’s excruciatingly slow and chaotic vaccine rollout shows it has no idea how to get the lifesaving vaccine to New Zealanders, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “And this weekend’s mass vaccination event is indicative of just how much of a debacle the Government’s rollout
There was a time when a country woman’s proudest boast was that her scones won the blue ribbon at the local show. For nearly 200 years, agricultural shows were the highlight of the rural calendar. In an extensively urbanised Australia, they also brought the country to the city for
