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Financial Journalism
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Reading the wonderful quality newspapers still available by dint of population numbers in Britain, I’ve drawn a clear conclusion about financial market columnists. What they amount to in a nutshell, is poor people (journalists) telling rich people (the large corporate bosses etc), how they’
Chantelle Baker’s Excellent Interview with Thierry Baudet
Olivia Pierson oliviapierson.org Some of the long form interviews on Reality Check Radio have been outstanding. I have to say that one of my favourites so far has got to be Chantelle Baker interviewing the polymath Thierry Baudet while she was in Holland. Leader and founder of Forum for
Performing Pissed
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com I was amused to read that the Irish comedian Dylan Moran was “incoherently drunk” in his debut show in Christchurch, New Zealand. He’s hardly the first to find such consolation before performing. The all-time champion in this well-travelled road was Dylan Thomas.
View from Your Window
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Blame Your Local Council and the Greens
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com A few days ago, I spoke in the Public Forum part of a Western Bay of Plenty District Council meeting. For me, this was a first – I had never spoken at a local body council meeting before. What prompted my short speech was seeing some absolutely
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Rules for Thee but Not for Me
Hayden Woods Financial independence means freedom. No wonder the system wants to keep people trapped under a crippling debt burden or reliant on government-controlled welfare. No wonder housing affordability is the weapon of choice. The population is divided into the Haves and Have-nots, because even the Haves are
New Zealand’s New Civil Religion
Bruce Logan familyfirst.org.nz Bruce Logan is a board member of Family First NZ. He was also a founding director of The Maxim Institute The British philosopher Roger Scruton has claimed, “the first move the totalitarian mentality makes is to stop free-minded, open scholarship in pursuit of truth”
One Woman’s Dream of a Better Future for South Auckland Youth
The increasingly alarming statistics around education failure and youth crime is tempered by the work begun by one South Auckland mother concerned about the future of its youth. A life of crime and drugs for many appeared inevitable until Sue Dickens decided she had seen enough failure in their lives
When Politicians Practice the Dark Arts
Janet Wilson commonroomnz.com Janet Wilson is a freelance journalist and communications consultant. This article was first published at The Common Room “No one has ever doubted that truth and politics are on rather bad terms with each other, and no one as far as I know, has ever counted
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Finally, National Gets Its Head in Front
The latest 1News poll is out and finally National has managed a small lead that is beyond the margin of error. It’s a start but it has to be maintained as we move into the campaign proper. A National-ACT coalition would have the numbers to govern if an
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