Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Warning Long read: 1976 words The New Zealand First donations scandal trial began in the High Court this week. And it’s already showing why
Carolyn Moynihan mercatornet.com Carolyn Moynihan is the former deputy editor of MercatorNet Warning Long read: 1880 words Fifty years ago, United States Supreme Court judges invented a right to abortion for all America after feminists (and not a few men) insisted that, for women to stand as equal citizens
On opposite sides of the world, two separate court cases have potentially massive consequences for social media. In one case, Australian journalist Avi Yemini has won a court injunction against an anonymous Twitter account that has repeatedly attacked and – he says – defamed him on the platform. Yemini intends to sue
As I’ve said often enough, I read the likes of the Guardian so that you don’t have to. Ditto, Jacobin. But there’s plenty of reason to listen to and read people who are on almost the complete opposite political pole to your own. As Mill said, if
righttolife.org.uk A man suffering from ‘eco-anxiety’ has applied for euthanasia in Canada. Howard Breen, 68, who lives in Vancouver, is not terminally ill but is experiencing extreme mental suffering because of his concerns about climate change. He told Vice: “It becomes debilitating. The depression that I’m
Jon Miltimore fee.org Jonathan Miltimore is the Managing Editor of FEE.org. 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 Examiner, The Daily Caller,
There are some ideas that are so absurd that, as Orwell observed, “One has to belong to the intelligentsia to believe things like that”. Unfortunately, though, the airy speculations of intellectuals can sometimes have devastating real-world consequences. The intellectual onanism of Marx’n’Engels and their ideological heirs are
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out With Science nzdsos.com For a full and detailed assessment of the court case, see this post. The full judgement can be found here. A Short Review of the Court Case New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science (NZDSOS) and New Zealand Teachers Speaking Out
Fiona Hutton Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Fiona Hutton has been teaching and researching in the area of alcohol and other drugs, drug policy and harm reduction for over 20 years Access to cannabis-based products for medical reasons is technically legal in New Zealand. But changes to
Julia Conley commondreams.org Julia Conley is a staff writer for Common Dreams. A new government database tracking people’s pregnancies in Poland is sparking fears that medical data will be used to prosecute women who obtain abortion care in other countries or by getting abortion pills through the mail,
Should we be surprised at anything that comes out of Democrat-run America, any more? Pizzas are a vegetable, women have penises… and bees are fish. Yes, you read that right: bees are now legally considered fish in California. Where else, but California? The head-scratching decision by the California
Jacinda Ardern has shown just how out of touch she is with the voting public by telling off the victims of increased crime resulting from Labour’s soft on crime policies. She has even lectured them about how they shouldn’t be thinking of arming themselves to protect themselves from
familyfirst.org.nz The Law Commission has just released its review of surrogacy laws in New Zealand – and a private members bill by Labour MP Tamati Coffey to make surrogacy easier is currently before a select committee. To clarify, here is how The Law Commission defines Surrogacy: Surrogacy is an
Helen M. Alvaré mercatornet.com Helen M. Alvaré Helen Alvaré is the Robert A. Levy Endowed Chair in Law and Liberty at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia, where she teaches and writes in the areas of family law, and law and religion. Today, nearly 50
Thomas Harrington brownstone.org Thomas Harrington, senior scholar at the Brownstone Institute, is an essayist and Professor Emeritus of Hispanic Studies at Trinity College in Hartford (USA) where he taught for 24 years. Warning Long read: 1566 words When most people hear the terms “shock and awe” and “full-spectrum
familyfirst.org.nz Sadly the Ardern government is going to repeal the Three Strikes law. So here’s a current story that illustrates the benefit of the Three Strikes law, and why the government’s intention to overturn it will only make New Zealand much less safe… Recidivist violent offender
