Rebekah Barnett brownstone.org ‘30 minutes of truth bombs’ is how one Twitter user described Liberal Democrat John Ruddick’s maiden speech to the New South Wales (NSW) Parliament, last Wednesday 28 June. Indeed, Ruddick, who left the Liberal Party in 2021 after public disagreements over the Party’s handling
Dave Patterson National Security Correspondent at LibertyNation.Com. Dave is a retired U.S. Air Force Pilot with over 180 combat missions in Vietnam. He is the former Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Comptroller and has served in executive positions in the private sector aerospace and defense industry. libertynation.
Having a late read of the July 2nd Sunday Star Times, I came across an article written by a young lady by the name of Gabrielle McCullough. I’ll refrain from calling her a journalist in the true sense of the word as reflective of the so-called profession she
Thomas Cranmer Thomas Cranmer is a lawyer with over 25 years’ experience in some of the world’s biggest law firms. He divides his time between the UK and NZ. He writes on Substack exploring issues facing NZ under his nom du plume, Cranmer. commonroomnz.com New Zealand’s parliamentary
It’s a common claim of porch atheists that ‘Hur, hur, Jesus never existed.’ They claim that there’s no evidence of his existence – which is an obvious lie. The evidence may be scant, but it is all the more remarkable that it even exists. It’s hard for modern
The relics business can be a weird one. The fad for relics of Christian saints led to the preservation of the supposed remains of everything from Jesus’ foreskin and Mary’s breast milk, to the tongue and jaw of St. Anthony. Lest you think that’s all just religious nuttiness,
Jon Queally Jon Queally is managing editor of Common Dreams. commondreams.org Despite years of protest and warnings from environmentalists, the United Nation’s nuclear watchdog on Tuesday approved a plan by Japan to release tens of millions of gallons of water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant into
Topics: Education, Media, Government Last week a Northland school librarian hurriedly removed history books from a high school library lest student minds become contaminated by the “racist” propaganda. Why the panic, you ask, and how did the books get there? 2023 is the first year that NZ history is a
Ramesh Thakur Ramesh Thakur, a Brownstone Institute Senior Scholar, is a former United Nations Assistant Secretary-General, and emeritus professor in the Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University. brownstone.org Earlier this week, both houses of Australia’s Parliament adopted a resolution to hold a referendum on
Harry Palmer I saw a pic of Erika Eleniak in the UK’s Daily Mail the other day. She was apparently quite famous in her day when she starred with David Hasselhoff as the character “Shauni McLaine” in the TV series Baywatch (original series 1989 to 1999). She looked quite
Sure, the idea of a space elevator just sounds too stupid to be true. But then, people once said the same thing about satellites. When Arthur C Clarke first proposed the idea of communications satellites, newspapers smirked and asked what would hold them up. As it happens, ol’ Arfur was
Imagine that changes to the All Black jersey were to be foisted on us. Nothing would be announced publicly, but the fundamental change would be obvious and all the more remarkable because nobody was officially discussing it. Our uninquisitive fourth estate would be prevented from discussing the changes by conditions
Louis March Louis T March has a background in government, business and philanthropy. A former talk show host, author and public speaker, he is a dedicated student of history and genealogy. Louis lives with his family in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. mercatornet.com There’s been a lot
Simon Black Simon Black, as James Hickman is more commonly known, is the Founder of Sovereign Man. He is an international investor, entrepreneur, and a free man. His daily e-letter, Sovereign Letters, draws on his life, business and travel experiences to help readers gain more freedom, more opportunity, and
I enjoyed my time at university. It was definitely a time to develop my skills and grow. It helped me to strengthen my critical thinking, as well as the ability to research and analyse information. Of course, university did not turn me into a woke social justice warrior who changes
