Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com I’ve just read a book entitled New Zealand’s History Curriculum: Education or Indoctrination? It makes it clear that Goebbels would have been proud of the new curriculum! When the Government decided that New Zealand school children should learn something of our history, I was
George Ford Smith mises.org George Ford Smith is a former mainframe and PC programmer and technology instructor, the author of eight books including a novel about a renegade Fed chairman (Flight of the Barbarous Relic) and a nonfiction book on how money became an instrument of theft (The Jolly
We are running yet another fantastic book giveaway for our members. The prizes are three copies of Dr John Robinson’s new book Regaining A Nation; Equality and Democracy. On the 23rd of February, we will give away three copies to three lucky BFD members. We will use an online
Roald Dahl’s books are being rewritten. Publisher Puffin has employed sensitivity readers to rewrite Dahl’s books. Words like fat, ugly and female have been removed. For example, “Augustus Gloop in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is now described as ‘enormous’.” Is that much better than fat? To bastardise
What is the oldest uniquely English word? Unsurprisingly, this is a tough nut to crack. After all, English is in many ways a hybrid language, hugely influenced by English history. From invaders (the Danes, Normans and even the Celts) to the invaded (a great many Hindi and Urdu words, from
Jon Miltimore fee.org Jonathan Miltimore is the Managing Editor of FEE.org. (Follow him on Substack.) His writing/reporting has been the subject of articles in TIME magazine, the Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes, Fox News, and the Star Tribune. Bylines: Newsweek, the Washington Times, MSN.com, the Washington
Last Thursday my inlaws and the rest of the ‘far now’ – turned up at our house. They heard the warnings of Cyclone Gabrielle bearing down on them, decided “stuff this” and fled the Hokianga for more pleasant surroundings: Taieri Plains, the “Capitalist Command Centre” (ie: my house) and normal people.
Clare Davidson Research Associate, Gender and Women’s History Research Centre Australian Catholic University For Valentine’s Day, some couples only roll their eyes at each other in mutual cynicism. The capitalisation of love in the modern world can certainly seem banal. But Valentine’s Day gifts are hardly a
Sarah Cowgill libertynation.com National Columnist at LibertyNation.com. Sarah has been a writer in the political and corporate worlds for over 30 years. As a sought-after speech writer, her clients included CEOs, US senators, congressmen, governors and even a vice president. She’s worked as contributing editor at Scottsdale
We are running yet another fantastic book giveaway for our members. The prizes are three copies of Dr John Robinson’s new book Regaining A Nation; Equality and Democracy. On the 23rd of February, we will give away three copies to three lucky BFD members. We will use an online
Sir Apirana Ngata Sir Apirana Ngata wrote his explanation of the Maori version of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1922, when he was an MP. That was in the days before activists started re-inventing the treaty. The booklet was published and distributed to all Maori families. You can read it
Gabriel Andrade mercatornet.com Gabriel Andrade is a university professor originally from Venezuela. He writes about politics, philosophy, history, religion and psychology. Unsurprisingly, Netflix’s Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story has aroused some controversy. The series portrays Jeffrey Dahmer, a white American serial killer whose victims were mostly black. It
William Spruance brownstone.org William Spruance is a practicing attorney and a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center. The ideas expressed in the article are entirely his own and not necessarily those of his employer. War benefits Leviathan. Abstract opposition allows leaders to seize power amid the fear of the
Despite the incessant shrieking of the usual suspects, there’s little evidence that the Earth is in the grip of a “Sixth Mass Extinction”. There is, after all, no surer sign that an idea is completely and utterly discredited than Paul Ehrlich promoting it. But there may well be a
