We’re Teaching Kids Scarcity in an Age of Abundance
We should teach them where energy comes from, how it impacts their futures, and what it will need from them. Fear is a lousy career counselor.
Education
Was It Really Cos He Was Black?
No: it was because he was a shameless DEI grifter who got caught.
Intense Competition for Places in Faith-Based Schools
This surge in demand for faith-based schools is also a wake up call for the Ministry of Education to take a close look at the performance of the state schools and the state education system – all is not well.
The Coup in Search of a Philosophy
Karl Marx’s greatest legacy was not his economics, but the institutions that gave his revolutionary ideas a second life.
The Capture of Academia: Why I Had To Write This Book
Universities have become engines of ideological reproduction, increasingly insulated from scrutiny and detached from the society they are meant to serve. They will not regain public trust without serious reform.
Is Jason Arday Sacha Baron Cohen’s Greatest Creation?
In 2025, the director of Cambridge’s autism research centre co-authored an open letter furiously accusing Arday’s detractors of being racists. This was the academic equivalent of Ali G’s famous catchphrase whenever anyone challenged him: ‘Is it because I is black?’
Good and Bad Indicators for NZ Children and Young People
Is this where NZ, in 2026, should be?
193 Schools Queue To Rediscover Walls
The traditional classroom can now return under a more modern name. Adaptive enclosed learning environment should do it. That allows schools to install four walls and a door without admitting the basic design was already familiar to everybody’s grandparents.
When ‘Extremism’ Means Whoever You Disagree With
Marco Rubio just told the world what New Zealanders have been living for years.
In Defence Of AI Cheating
I really don’t see any room for universities. Don’t feel sorry for them. They did this to themselves.
Why Schools Cannot Fix Society’s Failures
A revelation dawns. What our wayward youth really need is an army of middle-aged blokes wandering the country bellowing “Yer daft bugger!” whenever common sense deserts them. Curiously, this is not the programme being proposed.