“Truth telling” is all the rage with the race-grievance industry these days. It’s not exactly a spoiler alert to tell you that actual truth has very little to do with it. Instead, what we’re getting is activists serving up a farrago of just-so stories and noble
Nicolás Cachanosky Dr Cachanosky is Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Free Enterprise at The University of Texas at El Paso Woody L. Hunt College of Business. He is also Fellow of the UCEMA Friedman-Hayek Center for the Study of a Free Society. He served
Was Kurtz onto something? In the doom-laden climax of Heart of Darkness, the malaria-deranged Kurtz utters his famous dying words, The horror! The horror! Exterminate all the brutes! UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps recently pointed out an obvious fact that completely escapes the modern left antisemites bellowing for
As BFD readers may recall, I’ve posted several times about the Lost Continent of Zealandia. What is now New Zealand and New Caledonia are the last highlands of Zealandia left poking above the Pacific waters. But there’s another leftover chunk of Gondwana that’s getting in on the
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com The World Health Organisation (WHO) is behind the implementation of amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR), the seriousness of which was recently ignorantly dismissed by Dr Michael Baker. New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science (NZDSOS) have written extensively about
Joining Newshub Nation on Saturday, ACT leader and incoming Regulation Minister David Seymour admitted coalition partners National and NZ First were sceptical of the [Treaty] referendum. He said the compromise was a law be drafted, debated in Parliament and sent to a Select Committee. That would “allow people to have
Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week peterallanwilliams.substack.com I’m writing this on the morning of November 23rd, 2023. Because of one of the most famous events in
The pivotal issue in the Palestinian/Israeli conflict revolves around the profound significance of religion concerning the lands of Israel. Within this framework, three pertinent questions arise: 1. Does the Torah (or Tanakh) state that God granted the land of Israel to the Jews? 2. Does the Bible mention God
Ken M Israel/Palestine…over the last 20 years or so I have been reading extensively the history behind this whole question. To qualify my answer would take a number of hours, but, in short, my sympathies lie with Israel. I’m sure I can defend my sympathies on either
A Twitter/X user has been researching international charities and entities and their responses to Hamas’ attack on Israel and calling for the release of hostages. He says more will be added to the list. Some notable silences include UNICEF, WHO’s Tedros Ghebreyesus, ICRC (Red Cross), Amnesty International, Save
When we hear the word vampire, an almost automatic image springs to mind: aristocratic, suave, beautiful, etc. Even the sparkly vampires of the much-derided Twilight series are wealthy, aristocratic and achingly beautiful (hey, I’ll admit to a thing for Alice Cullen). But all that is very much a
In recent posts, I’ve explored humans’ ancient fascinations with putting dicks on things, and fart jokes. But there’s another widespread ancient practice that’s both weirder and a whole lot more painful than dicks and farts. Or maybe not, depending on what you do with both, I guess.
Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week. peterallanwilliams.substack.com The much underestimated Ronald Reagan was, befitting his career as a broadcaster and actor, a master of the put-down
As international law expert Natasha Hausdorff admonished a right-on BBC reporter, when it comes to Israel-Palestine, a great many people are “desperately ignorant, yet highly opinionated”. None more so than green-left politicians like Australia’s Mehreen Faruqi, who gibbers nonsense such as that Israel is a “coloniser”
Sir Mark Oliphant has long been a darling of the Australian left. Not only was he a pioneering nuclear physicist, but he was also tacitly blackballed by the Americans and the Menzies government in the 50s (call it an early form of shadowbanning). Nothing was more calculated to endear someone
