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Henry Cooke has done a profile of new MP Christopher Luxon. The article headline raises a very good question: “Is Chris Luxon the new John Key, or the new Todd Muller?” The article then goes on to show what an arrogant, self-centred, wanna be if he could be fellow
Warning Attempts to breach suppression orders will be met with a lifetime ban. Just don’t do it. Those in the inner circle of politics are watching the fascinating case of the “prominent businessman” very closely. The rich-lister is on trial in the High Court at Auckland, accused of
It’s been over six months since I first wrote that “Black Lives Matter” is a violent, barking-mad conspiracy theory, totally unhinged from reality. Before that, journalist Jim Goad put it mildly when he wrote, “the entire Black Lives Matter phenomenon is moored in lies and rampaging innumeracy.” Black
As readers and subscribers of The BFD know, lockdowns don’t work. Those who still believe in lockdowns however like to point at Sweden as proof that without them, things would be “so much worse”. This despite New Zealand having no land borders and less population density and thus not
We all know what the culture wars are, and why conservatives have been steadily losing for decades. The culture wars are not just annoying and spiteful, they’re consequential. At its broadest, in Andrew Breitbart’s famous dictum, “politics is downstream from culture.” More specifically, the culture wars are the
20th February 2021 I was going to take a break from reporting on the brutality and aggression being inflicted upon the inhabitants of Myanmar by the authorities and give a flavour of the kind of protests now taking place. Previously I have mentioned the volume of broken-down cars blocking
Dale Steinreich mises.org Dale Steinreich is an economist and an Associated Scholar of the Mises Institute. A sitting US president is suspended from Twitter, Facebook, and email service provider Campaign Monitor. A pillow entrepreneur not only loses his personal and business Twitter accounts but also ten retail stores for
A couple of articles ago I wrote that my favourite NZ Herald opinion piece writer, alongside the persistent pedal pusher Simon Wilson, was Audrey Young. Well, now I’ve got a threesome! Number three is Diana Wichtel. After reading her article in the Canvas I found myself, metaphorically speaking, pretty
Craig Rucker papundits.wordpress.com Craig Rucker is the current President of, and the co-founder of the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT). Green energy policies have failed Texas. Power outages, in large part caused by frozen wind turbines and snow covered solar panels, are still keeping nearly 500,
“WHO has reported a 16% worldwide decline of new COVID-19 cases over the last week”. She continues, “This has been partly due to the rollout of the Coronavirus vaccines.” The Week USA – Catherine Garcia – Feb 18 2021 Yet in New Zealand, we have reported seven new community cases: up
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“Islamonazi” is often a favoured pejorative, on the right especially, for jihadist Muslims. Anti-Islam activists argue that the violent intolerance of Muslim extremists is little different to that of the Nazis or Fascists. It’s not just supposedly “Islamophobic” righties, either: the late Christopher Hitchens was assaulted in Beirut
John Robson mercatornet.com John Robson is a documentary film-maker, columnist with the National Post, Executive Director of the Climate Discussion Nexus and a professor at Augustine College. He holds a PhD in American history from the University of Texas at Austin. [Editors Note] *Trump’s second impeachment trial
Today Non- Subscribers get a FREE taste of what they are missing out on. Have a read of this Insight Politics article then decide whether or not you would like to subscribe to a Silver subscription or upgrade your existing Basic or Bronze level Subscription to Silver. The Dark Valley
