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Trump Vows to Fight on despite Conviction

Trump Vows to Fight on despite Conviction

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

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‘Shogun’ Shows Why the 2nd Amendment Is So Important

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

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It Is the End of Legitimacy

It Is the End of Legitimacy

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

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Waititi’s Wife under Scrutiny for Video

Waititi’s Wife under Scrutiny for Video

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

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A Kangaroo Court in Hijab

A Kangaroo Court in Hijab

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’

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Euthanasia’s Slippery-as Slope

Euthanasia’s Slippery-as Slope

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,

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Deport the Crims, Lock up the Beaks

Deport the Crims, Lock up the Beaks

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

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‘Facebook Probably Knows I Sell Drugs’

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

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The International Criminal Court’s Obscene Accusations Against Israel

The International Criminal Court’s Obscene Accusations Against Israel

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,

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Does the NZ Bill of Rights Matter?

Does the NZ Bill of Rights Matter?

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

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Only in the ACT Bubble

Only in the ACT Bubble

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

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Another COVID Court Win

Another COVID Court Win

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.

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A Slap on the Wrist with a Very Well Soaked Bus Ticket

A Slap on the Wrist with a Very Well Soaked Bus Ticket

Kiri Allan told us all that she’d defend her charges, that there was a ‘technical point of law’ that needed to be explored in a trial, that she was innocent and that her case would prove that out. And then on the morning of the trial after months of

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Why Not Just Jail the Victim?

Why Not Just Jail the Victim?

In Philip Pullman’s The Amber Spyglass, a would-be assassin attempts to excise his soul from the stain of murder by “pre-emptive penance”. Every day of his life, Father Luis Gomez performs intense penance for sins he hasn’t committed. The idea is that doing so builds up a “credit

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When Are Parents Responsible for Their Kids’ Behaviour?

Elise Hansen knowablemagazine.org When the parents of Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley were convicted of involuntary manslaughter, it was a watershed moment in US school shooting cases. It was also a key moment in parental culpability law, governing cases in which parents can be held legally responsible for the

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