Free Speech
Media Freedom to Be Muzzled
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com At a post-Cabinet press conference on the 8th of February, just two weeks after becoming New Zealand’s 41st Prime Minister, Chris Hipkins announced that Labour’s proposed hate speech legislation would be withdrawn and the matter referred to the Law Commission. He explained the
Tucker Soars While Fox and CNN Slump
PA Pundits – International Douglas Andrews Douglas Andrews began part-time editing for The Patriot Post more than two decades ago, working primarily with Mark Alexander. He joined our editorial team full-time as a writer and analyst in 2020. As a former marine with 30 years of research and writing experience, he
Confronting Communist China
Gary Bauer Gary L. Bauer is an Opinion Columnist at The Patriot Post, and is one of America’s most effective spokesmen for pro-life, pro-family, and pro-growth values. Bauer is a frequent guest on a wide variety of political talk shows and a much-in-demand speaker nationwide. papundits.wordpress.com Reprinted
A Safe Haven or Big Brother?
Janet Wilson commonroomnz.com Janet Wilson is a freelance journalist and communications consultant. This article was first published at The Common Room In George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, the citizens of Oceania are watched everywhere they go through telescreens by the ruling Party’s omniscient leader Big Brother. To
Opposing CRT Doesn’t Make You a “White Supremacist”
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
Just Censorship by a Different Name
newsbusters.org Elon Musk’s Twitter stumbled into a censorship controversy this week as the platform initially limited the visibility and ability to share The Daily Wire’s movie What is a Woman just as The Daily Wire host Matt Walsh’s documentary made its debut on the Blue Bird.
Eight U.S. Tech Giants Partner with Anti-Free Speech WEF
Catherine Salgado newsbusters.org Catherine Salgado is a Staff Writer with Media Research Center’s NewsBusters’ Free Speech America. She also has a column, Washington’s Bayonette, on The Rogue Review and her own SubStack newsletter, Pro Deo et Libertate. Catherine previously wrote for The National Pulse and is a
NZ Govt Wants to Appoint a Chief Wizard
Dr. Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior
Newspeak of the Day
Yesterday the Department of Internal Affairs released a consultation document on proposed changes to our censorship regime. This is a review of New Zealand’s regulatory system for media and online platforms. It proposes a major shift in how media and online platforms allow you to express yourself openly. – The
Watch Out for Online Extremsists!
If there’s one thing that tyrants have always dreaded, it’s mockery. “Every joke is a tiny revolution,” as Orwell said. The Nazis launched a full-scale diplomatic offensive against a Finn whose dog mimicked the Heil Hitler salute. Sergei Popovich spent ten years in the Gulag for telling six
Deep State Turned Loose on Taibbi
As the new miniseries White House Plumbers shows, the reaction of the Nixon administration to the Pentagon Papers was to turn the Deep State apparatus onto leaker Daniel Ellsberg. But the comical, Keystone Kops misadventures of Hunt, Liddy and co were nothing compared to the dark machinations of the Obama
Should We Really Ban Salutes?
There is no free speech without hate speech. That is a simple fact. That doesn’t mean we have to like genuine hate speech – even if anyone could accurately define it – or even listen to it. But banning free speech is worse than any hate speech you can name. As
What’s Happening at the 76th WHO Assembly?
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com The World Health Organization (WHO) are hosting the 76th World Health Assembly in Geneva from 21 to 30 May 2023, during which time they are also celebrating their 75th anniversary. Three main issues are on the agenda this year, all of
New Zealand’s New Civil Religion
Bruce Logan familyfirst.org.nz Bruce Logan is a board member of Family First NZ. He was also a founding director of The Maxim Institute The British philosopher Roger Scruton has claimed, “the first move the totalitarian mentality makes is to stop free-minded, open scholarship in pursuit of truth”. Right
Oxford Erases Women and Free Speech
The Oxford Union has hosted Holocaust deniers, terrorists, murderers, Nazi appeasers, neo-Nazis, black supremacists, communists, porn stars… but women who deny that men can be women are beyond the pale. Apparently they have to draw the line somewhere — and women who assert biological facts are it. In its 200-year history