Simon O’Connor onpointnz.substack.com When I think of the various protest, or activist, movements of late one deeply troubling observation is becoming abundantly clear – there are those in New Zealand who genuinely believe that violence is acceptable when it comes to their cause. The classic, ‘the end justifies
John Klar libertynation.com Once upon a time, scientific inquiry was premised on ideas of objectivity, factual analysis, and avoiding bias. The advent of social justice theory, post-modernist thought, and climate alarmism have polluted the waters of many once-prestigious science journals. This political transformation of what was once called science
For the past generation or so, Western society has been running a vast, largely unacknowledged social engineering experiment on its children. That it has been a grotesque failure is more and more inescapable. But no-one, least of all those most responsible, want to talk about that. In fact, they’ve
Charles Chubb What are you really saying when you say, “You can’t talk about that because you’re not [insert minority group]”? You’re basically saying that there is no conversation to be had on the topic. I was thinking about this specifically when Don Lemon said to Elon
Bob Day Bob’s contribution to the Australian community has been reflected in a wide range of appointments including National President of the Housing Industry Association, Co-Founder and Inaugural President of Independent Contractors of Australia, Director of The Centre for Independent Studies and Senator for South Australia. libertyitch.com Everyone
Tani Newton As I said last time, the statistics tell us much, but also little. They tell us that the Western world is in population decline and extinguishing itself. Some would say that immigration is temporarily propping up the population, but it would be more realistic to say that immigration
Jon Miltimore Jonathan Miltimore is the editor at large of FEE.org at the Foundation for Economic Education. fee.org In August 1920 in Munich, a young Adolf Hitler delivered one of his first public speeches before a crowd of some 2,000 people. During his speech, which lasted nearly
It’s quite often said that people got rid of their records and bought CDs, now they’re getting rid of their CDs and buying records. I never did either. I kept all my records and bought CDs. In fact, I bought a bunch of records at bargain prices when
Steven Tucker Steven Tucker is a UK-based writer whose work has appeared in print and online worldwide. The author of over ten books, mostly about fringe beliefs and eccentrics, his latest title, “Hitler’s and Stalin’s Misuse of Science” exposes how the insane and murderous abuses of science perpetrated
Simon O’Connor Husband, step-father, and longtime student of philosophy and history. Also happen to be a former politician, including chairing New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Committee. onpointnz.substack.com For reasons I can’t fully explain, there was very muted reporting of the Court of Appeal
Bob McCoskrie bobmccoskrie.com You would think that at this time, the Public Service Commission would be concerned about jobs being lost and redundancies and all that sort of important and urgent stuff. But nope – the focus is on counselling, safe spaces and indoctrination for incorrect use of personal pronouns.
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Last week I was shown a copy of the Listener from last year. The reason was a four page article in it on a Korean based Kiwi, Adam Ballin, who along with two colleagues has apparently built a very successful international renewable energy business and
It’s not for nothing that social media has been dubbed “the Big Tobacco of the 21st century”. Like Philip Morris and Rothmans in the ’50s and ’60s, companies like Meta have done their internal research and know how harmful their products are. Especially to teens. Yet that’s just
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com I’m not sure that it’s much comfort to anyone to know that the post-Covid surge in violent crimes, gang activity, ram raids, random shootings, thuggery and stabbings is occurring in other countries as well as New Zealand. These days, wagging school, out-of-control welfare and
As AC/DC famously said, “It’s a long way to the top, if you wanna rock’n’roll”. Getting had, took, ripped off and under-paid: it’s all part and parcel of trying to make it in show business. As Spider Stacy of the Pogues once said to me,
Tani Newton Statistics tell us so much, and so little. These statistics are familiar to many of us: birthrates across the Western world have been below replacement level for decades. 45% of today’s young women will probably not have children, and societies which fail to replace their populations disappear
