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
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
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
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
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
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”
Phil Green When is a karakia (prayer or incantation) a karakia? As the Mayor of Kaipara is finding out, it’s whenever the self-appointed councillor for spiritual interests, in this case, Peri Paniora, decides. As New Zealand is rapidly discovering, many things about Maori culture which have earlier been exalted
Vijay Raj Jayaraj cfact.org Vijay Jayaraj is a research associate at the CO2 Coalition, Arlington, VA and a contributor to CFACT. He holds a master’s degree in environmental sciences from the University of East Anglia, UK and resides in India. Imagine the entire US plunging into abject poverty.
Contrary to what the media-left narrative would have us believe, racism is all-but dead in the West. Surveys repeatedly show that racist sentiments have declined to the point of almost non-existence. Almost. Because, sadly, there’s one persistent and systemic racism that just refuses to die in the West. If
If you think there’s a “grooming” agenda that’s more and more taking hold in everything from media to education, well, you’re just a ‘right-wing nut job’ and a ‘conspiracy theorist’. Just ignore all the hyper-sexualisation of very young children, girls especially, in popular culture. Ignore the sex
Lindsay Mitchell bassettbrashandhide.com Lindsay Mitchell blogs here An ODT opinion piece recently parodied the rapid adoption of Maori names for government departments. It drew attention to the renaming of the Earthquake Commission as Toka Tu Ake EQC which apparently “reflects the whakapapa of our nation.” The name-change decision was
One of the more prophetic pronouncements I’ve read in the last decade was conservative blogger David Robertson’s 2017 prediction of the exact slippery slope we are currently plummeting down. Robertson wrote that, after SSM, it would be Transgender and then the removal of gender altogether… this would then
lens.monash.edu Many Aussies won’t pass up the chance to argue about “potato cakes”, “scallops” or “fritters”. Spare a thought for the linguists. We just want everyone to get along and accept the beauty that is deep-fried potatoes – whatever you want to call them. We agree with Darryl
Phil Green Obviously the next best thing to being obsessed with whether Jacinda will or won’t visit Sandringham, we’re all exercised about the latest drip-fed scandal of the three/five/ALL waters imbroglio. And so we should, as it’s the greatest scandal to erupt on these quiet,
Information Opinion Air NZ is celebrating World Pride 2023 with free trips across the Tasman under the banner ‘Aniwaniwa i te rangi’ (rainbow in the sky) with a RuPaul Drag Race Down Under celebrity on board for entertainment. Clever marketing to capture two very fashionable groups in one hit – Maori
