History
Building a Dam to Save a Dam
Okay, I can see why this might take two to three years. We’re talking big holes in the ground through which to pour concrete.
Just Listen to Rubio’s Rhetoric
This is rightly the future of political discourse – and has been all along if you love the Free World. A command to RISE.
The Printing Press and the Internet
We must stop treating government internet regulation and educational accountability as well-meaning attempts to make the world polite, safe, or standardised. It is a raw, cynical power grab by a ruling class that is terrified of its own people.
Gillette Went Woke Before It Even Began
King Gillette ditched his socialist utopia and made millions founding a modern business model instead.
What a High-Trust Society Looks Like up Close
Seoul is a reflection of what a high-trust society with shared values looks like… and of what a country can become when it does rational, sensible things to focus on a better future.
Not Free to Criticise at Massey Uni?
It should be deeply embarrassing for Massey to be obliged to convene a panel to consider whether the articles written by three senior academics “reflect its values”. Schwerdtfeger – an academic heavyweight with an international reputation – will have to prepare a defence.
A Christian History of Ghosts
The history of ghosts in the Western imagination follows the history of Christianity itself.
How the Media Tore Down a Hero
Oliver Sipple stopped a presidential assassination: the legacy media destroyed him.
The Mace, the Madam and Mr Bent
Some things in Victoria never change: mostly the corruption.
Today of All Days
British Jews have to endure the spectacle of people marching under Palestinian flags, a political party defining their national movement as racism and being told they are not welcome at a commemoration of the defeat of fascism, while living under a government which is belligerent towards Israel.
I Wrote This in 2008 and Wouldn’t Change a Word
I wrote this column about MMP 18 years ago and wouldn’t change a word. Some of the references are dated (United Future, the Tight Five, Alamein Koopu) but the system remains as flawed now as it was then.
Bristol and the Slave Trade
Perhaps because they were not Africans, modern society seems to be uninterested.
Does Winning the Leaders’ Debate Matter?
We learnt almost nothing about who will form the next government. The people who will decide that were not on the stage.
The New Face of an Old Hatred
It is the raw, ignorant hatred that expelled Jews from medieval kingdoms, burned them in pogroms, restricted them from universities, and fed them into gas chambers. It requires no reason. It will simply endure unless, finally, good people stop it.