If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Today is a FREE taste of an Insight Politics article by writer Lushington D Brady. Brace Yourselves for Soaring Health Premiums We’ll All Be Paying for COVID Follies. Actuaries may
Whenever pundits have blithered about the Rise of China, over the last decade or so, I’m inclined to point out two things. First, remember when the Soviet Union was the rising economic powerhouse? In the early 1980s, chin-stroking analysts were adamant that the Soviet economy was surging past
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,
**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell us about this photo? Yesterday’s view was through the manuka and kanuka between the Rotorua lakefront and Sulphur Point. Please put View From My Window in the subject
Last month Buzzfeed News announced that it was cutting jobs in a move described by its staff as “gutting” their newsroom. As a result of the staff cuts, three of their editors resigned. A few weeks after Buzzfeed’s announcement, the parent company for The Intercept revealed that 20 of
If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Today is a FREE taste of an Insight Politics article by writer Nathan Smith. The Great Reset Is Inevitable Imagine you are the RBNZ governor. Every time you look at the
Take our Daily Opinion Poll, see how your views compare to other readers and then share the poll on social media. By sharing the poll you will help even more readers to discover the BFD. Share this BFD Opinion poll so others can discover the BFD using the share buttons
Capitalist Information Opinion When a political party in opposition changes its leader and replaces a former prime minister with somebody else, it is seldom successful; only Muldoon replacing Marshall has been the exception, due mainly to the personalities of ‘both’ men. The only people who never understand this truism are,
Karl du Fresne karldufresne.blogspot.com Warning Long read: 4795 words I delivered the following speech (little of which would be new to regular readers of this blog) at a meeting of the Free Speech Union at Victoria University last night. Most of the approximately 80 people who attended were
The BFD is seeking motivated, concise, reliable, and professionally-minded volunteer writers. Ideally, we prefer articles of 400-600 words in length. If you feel that the subject requires a longer post please keep it under 1000 words, (ideally under 800). Local news stories are as welcome as anything to
Alwyn Poole founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is an in-person private school for years 11 – 13, with a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected, for years 1 – 13. Alwyn Poole New Zealanders should never forget
We are at the end of yet another fantastic giveaway for our members. The prizes are three copies of A Jab in the Dark: Covid Vaccines and the new Health Dictatorship by Ron Asher. Today we are giving away three copies to three lucky BFD members. Our winners were selected
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce president, her background is in business and education. Warning Long read: 2077 words
