It’s become a common argument for Islamophiles to boast about Islam’s supposedly unique and essential contributions to science and mathematics. While certainly not as ludicrous as the nonsense spouted about “Maori science” and “Aboriginal astronomy”, it’s still over-egged garbage. While occasional bright sparks within Islamic empires produced
Lawrence W Reed Lawrence W Reed is FEE’s President Emeritus, Humphreys Family Senior Fellow and Ron Manners Global Ambassador for Liberty, having served for nearly 11 years as FEE’s president (2008-2019). He is author of the 2020 book, Was Jesus a Socialist? as well as Real Heroes: Incredible
Rich Noyes Rich Noyes was research director at the Media Research Center from 2003 to 2021. Previously, he directed the MRC’s Free Market Project (1999 to 2003) and served as Director of Media Analysis for the MRC (2001 to 2003). From 1987 to 1999, he was Political Studies Director
Julian Adorney Julian Adorney is a writer and marketing consultant with the Foundation for Economic Education (fee.org), and has previously written for National Review, The Federalist and other outlets. mises.org Kimberlé Crenshaw, one of the founders of Critical Race Theory (CRT), recently decried what she called the “war
The Doctor The Law Society is consulting on making it compulsory for its members to follow the “principles of the treaty of Waitangi” in all their work. Government departments, local councils and even some private entities have committed themselves in writing to follow these “principles”. Note that these entities do
Jeffrey A Tucker Jeffrey A Tucker is Founder and President of the Brownstone Institute. He is also Senior Economics Columnist for Epoch Times, author of 10 books, including Liberty or Lockdown, and thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press. He speaks widely on topics of economics, technology, social
This article was written by the One New Zealand Foundation Inc. from documents held in the New Zealand, Australian and American Archives, the British Parliamentary Papers, and Official Information Act request from Crown Departments. (Copyright) 24/5/23. We have all forgotten what the agreement between the tangata Maori and
Lawrence W. Reed fee.org Lawrence W. Reed is FEE’s President Emeritus, Humphreys Family Senior Fellow, and Ron Manners Global Ambassador for Liberty, having served for nearly 11 years as FEE’s president (2008-2019). He is author of the 2020 book, Was Jesus a Socialist? as well as Real
Every January, Australia is subjected to the same, dreary circus of whingeing about its colonial history. The most pervasive are that Australia was “invaded” (it wasn’t) and that a “genocide” was committed by the “invaders”. Wrong, and wrong. In fact, the founding documents of British Australia, Governor Phillip’s
mercatornet.com Having recently returned ‘down south’ from almost a year spent living and working in the Northern Territory, I could not be more opposed to the proposed voice to Parliament. Like many other Sydneysiders, I used to support the idea. I was persuaded by slick messaging from public figures,
mises.org During the progressive era, academia hastily adopted the inhumane pseudoscience of eugenics, and its results on the world were devastating. The influence of the Boston Brahmins in New England can explain the fervent adoption of this malignant belief. This elite and well-educated class of white Anglo-Saxon Protestants reeked
lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Massey University issued a draft Tiriti o Waitangi Policy in May 2022 to staff, students and stakeholders which expresses its “commitment to uphold Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its associated principles”. It was prepared by the Office of the DVC Maori (Deputy Vice Chancellor Maori) to update
newsbusters.org In theory, the Durham Report and the testimony of FBI whistleblowers was to be about the internal conduct of the FBI. It was that, to be sure. But without doubt the combination of the two was a decided fusillade that hit the once impenetrable fortress that was the
mercatornet.com Many moons ago I endured a course entitled “Western Civilization.” The class was way ‘woke’ before anyone knew of the word as a staple of PC discourse. That was because the professor was down on Western civilization and did his utmost to ensure that us callow Western youth
Bruce Gillies’ paper The Case for Colonialism provoked a storm and resulted in something not seen since Galileo and Lysenko: a double-blind, peer-reviewed scientific paper was memory-holed under threat of violence. That this dangerously regressive step went almost unremarked apart from near-universal approval from the academic establishment is testament to
Much has been made of polling that purports to show that X per cent of GenZ “identify as” Alphabet People. Which, to those of us with one foot in the realm of sanity and the other in world of experience, tells us something pretty obvious: young people are ignorant, easily-led,
