Now They’re Blackwashing Australia’s Convict Past
Like it or not, almost no black convicts were transported to Australia, nor was transportation ‘slavery’.
History
From Magna Carta to Empire
By reawakening the commitment to individual rights, due process, and accountable governance, society can reclaim its identity rooted in freedom and justice.
Fakers of the Borrowed Ark
An ancient Babylonian tablet describes an ark – but it’s not what Creationists claim it is.
Historical Lessons of the Short War Temptation
Julian Spencer-Churchill Dr. Julian Spencer-Churchill is associate professor of international relations at Concordia University, and author of Militarization and War (2007) and of Strategic Nuclear Sharing (2014). It is now a truism that political leaders don’t initiate wars with the expectation that they will be protracted contests of attrition.
Setting the Record Straight
In both countries they overwhelmingly declared that they viewed signing up as an opportunity to ‘travel and see the world’. Patriotism never came into it.
Dame Whina Cooper’s Hīkoi Was for Change
This week's hīkoi was for keeping the status quo, the opposite of what the NZ Herald claims.
What Did Paul Goldsmith Do?
Goldsmith has the effrontery to declare that National Governments have ‘ensured equal citizenship and equal opportunity for all New Zealanders’.
It Was Asking for Big Trouble
Are you wondering ‘how is this possible and how is this happening?’
What Should President Trump Do Once He’s in Office?
It’s my hope that Trump will finally break the cycle of ignoring our looming debt issues. The proposals of the Late Scholastics would be a great place to start.
This Is Such a Shameful Capitulation
We can have democracy or we can have indigenous sovereignty. We can’t have both.
The Polish Priest Who Brought Down Communism
Things worked well for a week, but the weights tied to the body failed to keep him submerged and when he floated to the top of the water, the brutality of the Polish People’s Republic was exposed.
Trump Cannot Afford to Forgive Them
If Trump chooses to forgive his enemies, he will become exactly like Caesar.
Christchurch Memorial RSA Delivers Powerful Tribute
Perhaps it’s time for council staff to shift their focus from internal accolades on LinkedIn and instead concentrate on connecting with and listening to the community they represent.
Was John Locke a Proto-Libertarian?
We will never know whether Locke would have embraced the label ‘libertarian’ were he alive today, but he did recognise the essential pre-political human rights to freedom and property.
Kristallnacht’s Legacy Still Haunts Hamburg
Even as the city rebuilds a former synagogue burned in the Nazi pogrom. Eighty-six years after the November Pogrom, Germany is still working through its past.