righttolife.org.uk A study has found that Canada is the world leading country in organ harvesting from people who end their lives by euthanasia. According to the study, 136 people who were euthanised in Canada have donated their organs since 2019 to 2021. The figure far outweighs the other
Ananish Chaudhuri Ananish is a Professor of Experimental Economics at the University of Auckland and has served as the Chair of the Department of Economics at Auckland from 2013 till 2019. University of Auckland theconversation.com As recent headlines have made clear, New Zealand universities are in an existential crisis
Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Below, another brilliant article by historian and former Labour Cabinet Minister, Michael Bassett. It should be compulsory reading for all New Zealanders. MICHAEL BASSETT: WHO IS A MAORI? As cabinet ministers traipse around the country, feverishly talking up Budget largesse in the hope it will help
Thomas Harrington Thomas Harrington, Senior Brownstone Scholar and 2023 Brownstone Fellow, is Professor Emeritus of Hispanic Studies at Trinity College in Hartford, CT, where he taught for 24 years. His research is on Iberian movements of national identity and contemporary Catalan culture. His essays are published at Words in The
Yesterday we all woke to the news that the government has introduced medical apartheid for real into the New Zealand health system. No longer is need the primary concern for clinicians assessing who gets operations; now ethnicity needs to be taken into account, with the system rewarding people on the
Alwyn Poole Alwyn Poole founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is now an in-person private school for Years 11–13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1–13. alwynpoole.substack.com
Eliran Arazi PhD researcher in Anthropology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (Paris). Hebrew University of Jerusalem The discovery and rescue of four young Indigenous children, 40 days after the aircraft they were travelling in crashed in the remote Colombian rainforest, was
When Gary Plauche shot Jeff Doucet, on camera, at Baton Rouge airport in 1984, one of the police officers escorting Doucet wailed, “Why, Gary? Why?” Almost every father would know exactly why. Because Doucet raped Gary Plauche’s young son. That’s why. Chris Pratt doesn’t need to ask
Michael Cook Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. He lives in Sydney, Australia. mercatornet.com The Economist, an oracle for politicians, journalists and economists everywhere, has turned bearish on the future of humanity. The theme of its latest cover story is that world is running out of people. Exhibit
Lawrence W Reed Lawrence W Reed is FEE’s President Emeritus, Humphreys Family Senior Fellow and Ron Manners Global Ambassador for Liberty, having served for nearly 11 years as FEE’s president (2008-2019). He is author of the 2020 book, Was Jesus a Socialist? as well as Real Heroes: Incredible
Julian Adorney Julian Adorney is a writer and marketing consultant with the Foundation for Economic Education (fee.org), and has previously written for National Review, The Federalist and other outlets. mises.org Kimberlé Crenshaw, one of the founders of Critical Race Theory (CRT), recently decried what she called the “war
Joe Schaeffer Political Columnist at LibertyNation.com Joe Schaeffer is a veteran journalist with 20-plus years’ experience. He spent 15 years with the Washington Times, including eight-plus years as managing editor of the newspaper’s popular National Weekly Edition. Striving to be a natural health nut, he considers staring at
righttolife.org.uk A doctor who performs euthanasia in Canada has described the experience of ending the life of a man dressed as a clown as “wonderful”. In her book on assisted suicide, Dr Stefanie Green, who has ended the lives of more than 300 people by euthanasia, recounted one
Kyllie Cripps Professor, Monash Indigenous Studies Centre lens.monash.edu Readers please be advised this article mentions acts of intimate partner violence against First Nations people. Indigenous women are eight times more likely than non-Indigenous women to be murdered, according to national statistics. Figures compiled by the Australian Institute of
What is it with coppers and granny-zapping lately? In news that went around the world, police in Australia last week tasered a 95-year-old. The woman died following the incident. “Hold our non-lethal weapon,” say British rozzers. Dementia-suffering woman, 91, ‘handcuffed, hooded and strapped down by Met police’ after cops aim
Louise Pryke Honorary Research Associate University of Sydney Mermaids are multicultural mythical figures, reflecting the continuing human fascination with the sea in stories echoing thousands of years into the past. Mermaids are found in cultures across the globe. In Australia, special water spirits appear in the rock and bark art
