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Growing up in 1950s NZ

JM White My father, who was a carpenter and never out of work from age 15 until he retired at age 65, drank to excess regularly, once or twice a week, and just as regularly had fits of alcohol-induced rage. Although I didn’t like my father, at least I

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The Radical Left Wants to Change the Concept of Family

Jeffery L Degner mises.org Jeffery L Degner is an assistant professor of economics at Cornerstone University and a former Mises Summer Research Fellow. He holds Bachelor’s degrees in economics and history from Western Michigan University where he also earned an MA in applied economics. He is currently a

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The C-Word Is Not Allowed

The C-Word Is Not Allowed

A nurse rose as they entered and came to attention before the Director. “What’s the lesson this afternoon?” he asked. “We had Elementary Sex for the first forty minutes,” she answered. “But now it’s switched over to Elementary Class Consciousness.” Aldous Huxley, Brave New World Aldous Huxley intended

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Views of the Day

Views of the Day

Bob McCoskrie, of Family First, commented on the leaders and deputy leaders of Labour and National yesterday. We have a new prime minister, but if you thought that the radical social agenda would pause, or “reset Labour to the right” as some commentators have laughingly tried to claim, you just

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Can the Stone Age Be Sustainable?

Can the Stone Age Be Sustainable?

Nic Rawlence Senior Lecturer in Ancient DNA Kerry Walton Researcher Richard Walter Professor of Archaeology University of Otago New Zealand’s wilderness areas are the jewel in our ecotourism crown. But conservation laws may soon be in for a radical shake-up. Recent proposals would, among other things, allow Maori to

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Should Social Media Be for Adults Only?

Should Social Media Be for Adults Only?

Karl D. Stephan mercatornet.com Karl D Stephan received the BS in Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1976. Following a year of graduate study at Cornell, he received the Master of Engineering degree in 1977 and was employed by Motorola, Inc and Scientific-Atlanta as an RF development

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What Happens When You Google ‘Capitalism Fights Racism’

Connor Vasile fee.org Connor Vasile is a first-generation American and writer who wishes to raise awareness about classical liberal ideas which empower every individual, no matter their background or experience, to live their best lives and fulfill their goals. If you look up “capitalism fights racism” in Google, the

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What Are Today’s Dolls Teaching Our Daughters?

What Are Today’s Dolls Teaching Our Daughters?

Kimberly Ells mercatornet.com Kimberly Ells is the author of The Invincible Family: Why the Global Campaign to Crush Motherhood and Fatherhood Can’t Win. Visit Invincible Family.com and contact her at kimberlyells@hotmail.com I happened down the toy aisle last week and was confronted with a host

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Not Even Allowed to Laugh at Themselves

Not Even Allowed to Laugh at Themselves

Wokeness really is the death of comedy. As John Cleese, who knows a thing or two about comedy one might think, says, wokeists have “zero sense of humour”. Cleese has also warned that political correctness will lead to the death of comedy. “If you start to say mustn’t criticize

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I Admire Craig Jepson

I Admire Craig Jepson

Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Until a few days ago, I had never heard of Craig Jepson, and I suspect that that is also true of most New Zealanders. He has suddenly become almost as well-known as Meng Foon, the Race Relations Commissioner. Both men are hugely admired by some; and

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Why Did John Start a Bank?

Why Did John Start a Bank?

Watch the latest video at foxbusiness.com In recent years we have seen the rise in left-wing extremism turbocharging the demonisation of basically everything and using brainwashed young people who don’t know any better as stormtroopers to enforce their lunacy. Words, statutes, history books, real events that we have

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Late Capitalism

The term “late capitalism” seems to be everywhere as a trending meme – often used as a kind of shorthand to illustrate the absurdities of certain free market economies. […] For Marx, an acceleration in the turnover of capital, concentrating wealth in the hands of the few, would result in a continuous

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Is the Christian Era Coming to a Close?

Louis T March Louis T March has a background in government, business and philanthropy. A former talk show host, author and public speaker, he is a dedicated student of history and genealogy. Louis lives with his family in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. We live in precarious times. The

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If This Is What It’s Like before a ‘Voice’…

If This Is What It’s Like before a ‘Voice’…

I wonder if cartoonist Mark Knight has changed his mind about the “Indigenous Voice” referendum? Knight wanted to show his support for the “Yes” case, you see. So, as cartoonists will, he drew an editorial cartoon to promote it. And got a short, sharp lesson in just how the “Voice”

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