Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week peterallanwilliams.substack.com London in the autumn is decidedly pleasant. Despite almost annual trips to the British capital from the late ‘nineties ’90s
Imagine if you bought a car, and it turned out to not only have lousy mileage, it kept breaking down completely. Every time you take it back to the dealer’s mechanic, it only gets worse. The mechanic keeps stiffing you for more and more money, yet the distance between
Michael Cook Michael Cook is editor of Mercator mercatornet.com “I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. For this I had deprived myself of rest and health. I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation;
As I wrote recently, major US law firms are no longer too keen on hiring Harvard or Stanford graduates. Mostly because they are all too aware that the cult of “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” has stifled critical thinking on US campuses. Graduates from elite universities are no longer the best
Jon Miltimore Jonathan Miltimore is the Editor at Large of FEE.org at the Foundation for Economic Education. fee.org Stanley Zhong did everything right. A 4.42 weighted GPA (3.98 unweighted). A 1590 SAT score (1600 is perfect). He’d even launched his own startup (RabbitSign). Yet the
Kurt Mahlburg Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary, and a young adult pastor.
familyfirst.org.nz There’s increased violence in our schools. Students stood down or suspended for physically assaulting staff or students is on the rise. Some schools even have “fight clubs”. What’s the cause, and what are the solutions? Is family breakdown the underlying cause? What about the influence
Harry Palmer Near the end of my secondary schooling in the late 1950s, my English teacher was Mr Dooley. He was apparently required to also teach what’s now called ‘civics’ – how politics worked, how to take out a mortgage to buy a house, etc – and he gave us a
Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Following the sell-out enrolment achieved for the initial one-year Diploma Course, SPEAKING SPARROW, starting next year, Waikato university Vice-Chancellor Neil Quigley has now announced another brilliantly innovative new six-month diploma, also to commence next year. This is a world first and expected to attract a heavy
David Rennie It seems as if yet another social contagion is sweeping the Western world. The way this normally happens is someone in the US starts something that is considered wonderfully woke and administrators, corporations, politicians and educators all jump on the bandwagon in order to let everyone know that
Gavin O’Reilly ronpaulinstitute.org On Thursday it was announced that the southern Irish state would roll out flu jabs to all schoolchildren under its jurisdiction, despite the fact that children are an age group at absolute minute risk of becoming seriously ill from seasonal illnesses such as flu and
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 Year 11-13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1-13. alwynpoole.substack.com [On
Yesterday the Green Party released its main policies, including income, housing and climate change. Its income and tax plans include: * $385 a week guaranteed for students and anyone looking for work, with an extra $135 each week if you are caring for kids at home on your own. * Top-ups for
Yesterday, Labour released its “Rainbow manifesto”. Labour would work to improve Rainbow health and ensure the health care system meets the needs of trans, intersex, and gender-diverse people. Specific promises include: […] Schools would be encouraged to adopt the Ministry of Education’s sexuality education guidelines while teachers would be given
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 Year 11 – 13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1 – 13. alwynpoole.substack.
