It’s no accident that Sir Karl Popper dubbed the first volume of his magnum opus, The Spell of Plato. Plato is one of the greats of philosophy, whose greatness has seduced intellectuals for thousands of years. But, while he was a great philosopher, Plato was a lousy politician. As
People of all ages throughout New Zealand are suffering due to a lack of treatment available for eating disorders, National’s Mental Health spokesperson Matt Doocey says. Tomorrow Mr Doocey will accept a petition from Rebecca Tomms who is advocating for more expert care and subsidy assistance for young people
Brooke van Velden ACT’s Health spokesperson Health Minister Andrew Little needs to own up to comments he made about people seeking lifesaving drugs. I asked Mr Little whether he stood by his comments reported by Radio New Zealand that the group Patient Voice Aotearoa were using “extremist rhetoric.” Little
Brooke van Velden ACT’s Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson A petition with more than 100,000 signatures has today been tabled at Parliament after being accepted by ACT’s Deputy Leader and Health spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “This petition shows how strongly New Zealanders feel about overhauling PHARMAC and
Michael Capuzzo is an American journalist and author whose adult daughter Grace was infected with SARS-CoV2 and quarantined in a Covid hotel with homeless people and travellers. “The locks on her room door were removed. Nurses prowled the halls to keep her in her room and wake her up
Right To Life News righttolife.org.uk California’s legislature is attempting to introduce major amendments to the state’s assisted suicide law that would remove safeguards and physician’s rights of conscientious objection, only five years after the law came into effect. In 2015, California became the fifth state
David Seymour ACT Leader and Epsom MP The Laura Fergusson Trust and Health Minister Andrew Little need to be upfront with the community about what was discussed at their meeting on Friday night. The Laura Fergusson Trust released a statement today claiming about Andrew Little “…he was satisfied that the
Margaret Somerville mercatornet.com Margaret Somerville is Professor of Bioethics at the University of Notre Dame Australia School of Medicine (Sydney campus). She is also Samuel Gale Professor of Law Emerita, Professor Emerita in the Faculty of Medicine, and Founding Director of the Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law Emerita
Donald Weaver University of Toronto Dr. Weaver’s research interests are focused on computer-aided drug design and medicinal chemistry with particular applications to chronic neurodegenerative disorders. His general approach employs a variety of theoretical chemistry techniques (molecular quantum mechanics [ab initio and density functional theory], force field calculations, molecular
We want the vaccine rollout to go faster because vaccinated people will help achieve herd immunity, keep our borders open, make disastrous lockdowns a thing of the past, and allow us to dust off our passports and travel again. Sounds simple and achievable, doesn’t it? “While Australia has rolled
Hon Judith Collins judithcollins.national.org.nz A Budget for benefits not jobs The government has surprised everyone with their policies over recent weeks as they softened us up for their fourth Budget announced last week. It was interesting that we saw announcements that public sector employees would face a
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet The Sunday Times, the leading newspaper in the UK, has launched a campaign to end the ban on assisted suicide. It has thrown its weight behind a private member’s bill in the House of Lords introduced by Baroness
Dear Prime Minister Today is the 3rd anniversary of Gumboot Friday and to celebrate I’ll be walking 100,000 meters in Gumboots around the Auckland Domain to raise $100k that will go towards our $5 million goal. If we reach our goal it will provide over 37,000 free
It’s taken far too long for the Government move on saliva testing at the border but National welcomes the announcement nonetheless, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. “National has been pushing for the Government to include saliva testing as part of the testing methods for our border
