“Because gold is honest money it is disliked by dishonest men.” Ron Paul Buying physical gold is a time-proven method of securing generational wealth, and a security measure often taken in times of economic turbulence. Gold investing has long been viewed as a hedge against inflation and a store of
Over the weekend, Germany shut down its last three remaining nuclear power plants and experts are mixed on the repercussions, if any. With climate change solutions a top priority and many countries working on expanding nuclear energy, German officials decided to make good on the promise to remove the reactors.
PA Pundits – International The battle is raging across the land. God has something to say about this. I walked past my twin brother’s hospital bed to the end of the ward, not recognizing anyone I had passed. I had asked the nurse at the entrance of the ward for
bassettbrashandhide.com A review appeared at Newsroom on April 5 titled, “Book of the Week: The truth about ‘Maori privilege’.” Despite it containing an attack on Don Brash, he was refused right of reply by Newsroom editor Jonathan Milne who stated, “It’s a book review. Book reviews are meant
Toby Boraman Lecturer in Politics Massey University Most people today are coping with the rising cost of living individually: cost cutting, looking for a better paid job, taking on “side hustles”, and so on. But not so long ago, many workers globally and in New Zealand approached the same problem
Religion, as Marx is often slightly erroneously quoted as saying, is “the opiate of the masses”. Yet, Marx didn’t say those exact words. Nor did he intend what he actually said as the insult that many of his followers have taken it. The (mis)quote is distilled from a
Jeffrey A Tucker brownstone.org 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,
For 2,000 years, the history of Western civilisation has been inextricably intertwined with Christianity. In the last century or so, that nexus has stretched, mostly under the assault of virulently anti-religious Marxism, but the intrinsically Christian bedrock of Western culture remains. Almost no one fails to recognise the symbol
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
As we prepare to chow down on some fish and hot cross buns, and anticipate a whole lotta chocolate, it’s worth pondering, just why is Good Friday, Good Friday? In this secular age, when the Easter holiday is regarded by many as just an extended long weekend, and “Easter”
We are running yet another fantastic book giveaway for our members. We have three copies of educator Roger Childs’ new book ‘New Zealand’s History Curriculum – Education or Indoctrination?’ to give away. Book Review: On the 10th of April, we will give away three copies to three lucky BFD members.
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
As historian Geoffrey Blainey notes, “At no other decade in the first thousand years of Christianity were women as influential as they were during Jesus’ own brief ministry.” Women abound in the Gospel stories – and a confusing number of them are called Mary. Including not just Jesus’ mother, but another
Despite the fact that Gene Simmons briefly majored in theology at college, religion is not generally something associated with rock group KISS, except in the negative (a long-standing, if false, claim is that their name is anagrammatic of “Knights In Satan’s Service”). Yet, KISS were more on the money
