George Orwell worried that the future would be the government boot stamping on us – forever. Aldous Huxley was more worried that corporate culture would so distract us with luxury that we wouldn’t notice we’d become slaves. Both were right, in very important ways. But, while it’s easy
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com “We’re never going to comply our way out of tyranny… You can only speak up.” Dr Cindy de Villiers, GP During the Covid pandemic, New Zealand was ushered into a front-row seat where the feature presentation starred fear and
In 2013, the Gillard Labor government tried to impose a new regime of censorship on the Australian mainstream media. A lot has changed in the last 10 years – but not the Australian left’s determination to tightly control information. In 2023, the Albanese Labor government is at it again. What
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 PhD in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior manager
As the Western world barrels headlong into a New Dark Age of authoritarianism, Australia has taken the next step on the Orwellian slippery slope. The Albanese Labor government is trying to restrict the free speech of Australians more than ever before. The Gillard Labor government tried to take control of
Clay Waters Clay Waters monitors bias on PBS and National Public Radio for NewsBusters. Clay has been affiliated with the Media Research Center since joining as a fall intern in 1993, except for a three-year break in Manhattan serving as opinion editor for Bridge News. newsbusters.org It takes
he fundamental human right of freedom of speech is being threatened in New Zealand, and, if we fail to resist, we risk losing it entirely. The recent shutdown of Posie Parker’s Let Women Speak tour by protestors serves as a clear illustration of this danger. Another instance is Julian
Wera Sager When I studied German at Otago University, I was straight out of school with little life experience. It’s been said that children in a classroom may not remember much about their lessons, but they do remember how they felt. I clearly remember the warmth, tone, and cadence
Some of the most riveting passages in William L Shirer’s classic history, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, are his eye-witness accounts of key events. One of the most extraordinary is his on-the-scene account of the Anschluss as it played out on the streets
Peter St Onge Peter St Onge is a Mises Institute associated scholar and an Economic Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation. St Onge received his PhD from George Mason University and was a 2014 Mises Institute Research Fellow. mises.org Governments worldwide are trying to replace cash with CBDCs, and
As you probably know, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has released a proposal entitled Safer Online Services and Media Platforms. Under the proposal, platforms (which will include sites like The BFD) will be required to come up with codes of practice, approved by a regulator. As a platform you can
rutherford.org CHARLOTESVILLE, Va. – Responding to a report suggesting that the University of Virginia should consider tracking the religious and political affiliations/ideologies of students and faculty, The Rutherford Institute has warned that such a program would raise significant constitutional concerns, especially as it pertains to the right of citizens
As Sun Tzu said, he who knows when to fight and when not to fight, will always be victorious. Sometimes, your enemies do enough damage to themselves that the best course is to just sit back and let them go at it. In Australia, opponents of the “Indigenous Voice” referendum
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
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
