Ronald Sievert Senior Lecturer in Government, Texas A&M University The facts and the law behind New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s successful prosecution of Donald Trump could be argued at length. But as a government prosecutor for thirty years, I have been most interested in the ethics
Would you rather meet a sloth of savage bears* in the woods or face a judge who thinks the presumption of innocence is an “intractable problem”? I’d take the running of the bears, any day. (*Yes, that’s the collective noun for bears. I looked it up.) As I
Ann Farmer Ann Farmer writes from the United Kingdom. mercatornet.com Britain is in a political frenzy after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that a snap general election will take place on July 4. This means that some of his government’s bills will lapse before becoming law, including a
Philip Wegmann realclearwire.com Shortly after 5:00 p.m. Thursday, a New York jury brought the country to an unprecedented brink by finding Donald Trump guilty of financial fraud, making the former president a convicted felon for now (unless or until the conviction is overturned on appeal) and making
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Mass medication by water fluoridation for the benefit of teeth is a fraud. That is now obvious to anyone who takes the time to look at the data and science. All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud
Jon Miltimore Jonathan Miltimore is the Senior Creative Strategist of FEE.org at the Foundation for Economic Education. fee.org My wife and I are in the process of finishing Shogun, the new FX miniseries on Hulu based on James Clavell’s 1975 book. Shogun was one of the first
James Hickman James Hickman (aka Simon Black) is an international investor, entrepreneur, and founder of Sovereign Man. His free daily e-letter Notes from the Field is about using the experiences from his life and travels to help you achieve more freedom, make more money, keep more of it, and protect
Chris Lynch Chris Lynch is a journalist, videographer and content producer, broadcasting from his independent news and production company in Christchurch, New Zealand. chrislynchmedia.com New Zealand police are investigating a highly inflammatory video recorded by Kiri Tamihere-Waititi, the wife of Maori Party Co-Leader Rawiri Waititi. In a social media
As former Australian PM Julia Gillard recently said, too many of the most passionate loudmouths cheering on Hamas are almost entirely ignorant of the facts of history regarding Israel and “Palestine”. “I think a lot of what is going on today is a distortion of history from social media. It’
Bob McCoskrie bobmccoskrie.com The push is on to expand the euthanasia law. We knew it was coming. We knew it was coming when the law was first passed. The slippery slope. But we were told by politicians, the media and the supporters of euthanasia “oh don’t be silly,
There’s a phenomenon called “pathological altruism”. It refers to supposedly “helping” behavior that actually causes harm. It is caused by a combination of information deficiency, self-righteousness, and misdirected aims. Married to a closely-related psychopathology, virtue-signalling, the desire to be seen to be “doing good”, it’s a recipe for
Robin van der Sanden Postdoctoral Fellow, Public Health, SHORE & Whariki Research Centre, Massey University Chris Wilkins Associate Professor and leader of drug research team, Massey University Marta Rychert Senior Researcher in Drug Policy and Health Law, Massey University Monica Barratt Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, Social Equity Research
Dr. Yvette Alt Miller Dr. Yvette Alt Miller holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the London School of Economics and has taught at Northwestern University, London Business School, and lectured around the world. aish.com Equating Israel with Hamas, the ICC’s actions are morally outrageous. Karim Khan,
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com The New Zealand Bill of Rights Act (BORA) provides crucial protection for human rights in New Zealand. The Act, passed in 1990, affirms, protects, and promotes our human rights and fundamental freedoms and was designed to protect New Zealanders against the
The most instructive way to get to Australia’s capital is by road. Sure, air travel is more convenient, as evidenced by the flocks of government-chartered planes scurrying out on a Friday night, but there’s something you notice, on the road. But the Australian Capital Territory is so small
As Edmund Burke noted of revolutions, a brief outburst of unhinged passion can undo the long, patient work of years, even centuries. Repairing the damage can take far longer than it took to wreak. The Covid pandemic unleashed its own revolution, one that the political-bureaucratic class had clearly long anticipated.
