Free Speech
A Govt Obsessed With Controlling the Narrative
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. Warning Long Read. 2105 words.
A Book Burns, Cities Burn
Sam Harris once posed the question: If Islam really is a “religion of peace”, then shouldn’t its extremists be extremely peaceful? Instead, “Islamic extremism” is a byword for often appalling violence. Certainly, some Islamic theologians such as Australia’s Imam Tawhidi make a compelling case that, over the centuries,
How Feds Cracked Down on Project Veritas Journalism
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Do Poison Pills Work?
Tuugi Chuluun Loyola University Maryland Tuugi Chuluun, PhD., CFA is Travelers Scholar and an Associate Professor of Finance at Loyola University Maryland. Tuugi conducts research in corporate finance and international finance and has authored academic articles as well as an international finance textbook. She also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst
NZ Church Leaders Ask for Judicial Review
Free To Be Church Reverend Logan Hagoort In early June, Free To Be Church, a group of Christian Ministers from around New Zealand, will be seeking a ruling from a Judge as to the legality of the COVID ‘Traffic Light’ system. Their focus will be on challenging whether these rules
Greetings from the Freedom Front Lines
Mark Freeman You may have seen us on the side of a road in your town or city, holding signs promoting freedom and decrying vaccines and mandates. Or maybe you’ve been one of us. If not, you may have wondered what motivates us to be there, especially when the
They Snooped but I Got Fired
Information Opinion Some readers of The BFD may recall the Mr Berry Mr Berry Show, a Youtube show I hosted for eighteen months. In mid-February, I decided to finish the show in order to focus on my employment as a Retail Coordinator at Officeworks in Melbourne (henceforth to be
Musk’s Threat to the “Current Thing”
Dan Sanchez fee.org Dan Sanchez is the Director of Content at the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) and the editor-in chief of FEE.org. Elon Musk offered to buy Twitter for $43 billion on Thursday, eliciting extreme reactions from some. Jeff Jarvis, a journalism professor at the City
Trudeau’s Plans to License Journalism
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JP Sears on Self-Censorship and the Future of Crypto
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Yes, Billionaires Should Run the Internet
Matt Hampton fee.org Matt Hampton is the Digital Marketing Associate for the Foundation for Economic Education. Tesla CEO Elon Musk became Twitter’s largest shareholder on Monday after purchasing 9.2 percent of its stock. Musk’s announcement that he would bring big changes prompted speculation that he would
Op-Ed Attacks Elon Musk’s Commitment to Free Speech
Autumn Johnson newsbusters.org Autumn is a practising attorney licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia. When not working, Autumn enjoys reading, writing, playing video games, and spending time with her cats. An op-ed in The Washington Post slammed Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s vision
How to Make the UK’s Safety Bill an Opportunity for Freedom
Those who would trade freedom for safety, as Benjamin Franklin famously said, deserve neither. But Franklin’s libertarian argument is directly at odds with the modern authoritarian cult of imposing safety through complete control. (In true Marxist fashion, NPR ludicrously tries to claim that Franklin’s is “a pro-taxation
Our Academics Do Not Feel Free to Speak Their Minds
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Warning Long Read. 1634 words. “Cancel culture”, “callout culture” or “woke politics” – these trends are often accused of reducing political debate and diversity of thought in society. And it’s on university campuses where this is said to occur the most. Yet until now, it hasn’
Trudeau’s Censors Deny Rebel News a ‘Journalism Licence’
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