Patrick Carroll fee.org Patrick Carroll has a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Waterloo and is an editorial fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education. In a recent Joe Rogan podcast, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained the chain of events that led Facebook to censor the Hunter
Last week Australian journalist Avi Yemini was prevented by Immigration NZ from entering New Zealand. Media at the time suggested that the decision was made by Immigration NZ, but an investigation by The BFD suggests that it was in fact the NZ Police who were acting to stop both Avi
Information Opinion Freelance science and technology writer Peter Griffin wants us to question anti-vaccine information and climate change (just those that deny it of course), but only if we come to the conclusions he wants us to. [Fire and Fury is] the story of how a disparate group of
Kurt Mahlburg mercatornet.com 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
Alon Beer brownstone.org Alon Beer is director general of SID Israel, Society for International Development Suddenly a person wakes up and discovers that he is about to be dismissed from a position to which he had been selected due to private tweets that raised doubts over the COVID policies
What does Ardern’s Government do when people stop praising it and start to complain about the high cost of living? Naturally, they say, ”Look over there!” It’s never their fault. They knew in 2018 that food products made here were cheaper to buy in Australia. Why didn’t
There’s a lot of talk about book-banning, amongst the chattering classes these days. But are books really being banned? And who’s doing it? Well, for a start, Germany’s banning books again — and they’re banning ones that even the Nazis didn’t dare. There’s more
Jessica Corbett commondreams.org Jessica Corbett is a staff writer for Common Dreams. Human rights advocates around the world this week called on Saudi Arabia to free Salma al-Shehab after she was sentenced to 34 years in prison and a 34-year travel ban for tweets criticizing the kingdom’
Gary Moller garymoller.com Gary Moller is a Health Practitioner who is focused on addressing the root causes of ill health or poor performance by making use of a key forensic tool – Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis – and administering healthy, natural and sustainable therapies. Information Opinion Health has been hijacked for
By now, you’re probably well aware of the horrific attack on author Salman Rushdie. Most of you won’t have to struggle to fathom the motive of Hadi Matar, 24, the would-be murderer. In which case, you’re doing better than the New York Times. Just a heads-
Information Opinion Settler/Coloniser, we are your worst nightmare. And we are coming to a university near you! Hello, it’s All things Political, with John Porter on Bay FM. “Settler/Coloniser, we are your worst nightmare. And we are coming to a university near you!” So tweeted one Professor
Brad Polumbo fee.org Brad Polumbo is a libertarian-conservative journalist and Policy Correspondent at the Foundation for Economic Education. Hardly a day goes by without some viral international incident reminding us why we’re so lucky to have the First Amendment. The latest such lunacy comes courtesy of the
Appointing Willie Jackson as Minister of Broadcasting is akin to employing a fox to guard the henhouse! Hello, it’s All things Political, with John Porter on Bay FM. Early in July legislation to create a new public media entity was introduced into Parliament by the recently-appointed Minister of
Here’s a question for you, New Zealand: what’s even the bloody point of your Bill of Rights? It is, after all, supposed to set out the rights and fundamental freedoms of New Zealanders – yet, its own text states that it cannot actually repeal, revoke or make ineffective any
David Thunder mercatornet.com David Thunder is a researcher and lecturer at the University of Navarra’s Institute for Culture and Society. It is becoming a drearily familiar experience for me to receive emails from social media platforms informing me that my content has been removed for violating “community guidelines”
familyfirst.org.nz *This post was written by Family First staff writers. This is a shocking case of a woman being sacked for declaring her Christian beliefs outside of the workplace, in her own private time. For 13 years Maureen Martin had been an exemplary employee of London & Quadrant
