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John R. Lott Jr. John R. Lott Jr. is a contributor to RealClearInvestigations, focusing on voting and gun rights. His articles have appeared in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, New York Post, USA Today, and Chicago Tribune. Lott is an economist who
NZDSOS It seems we are at the end of the beginning, to borrow from Winston Churchill. We know the government’s Covid-19 response has been an epic disaster, a reckless game of Russian roulette with the nation’s health – bang! – but this headshot will bleed inexorably. Four years on
Alwyn Poole Founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is now an in person private school for Years 11-13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1-13. No comment needed from
Michael Bassett Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former Minister in the 1984-1990 governments. Was Paul Henry correct when he questioned whether New Zealand is on the skids? It’s something we need to
If there’s one politician in the current parliament who stands out as not being afraid to speak out against the woke and ideological left it is Shane Jones. Here is a man who takes no prisoners. What he does take is a pragmatic approach to what he sees as
Bryce Edwards I am Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington, where I run the Democracy Project, and am a full-time researcher in the School of Government. After all the conflict-of-interest scandals that dogged the last Labour Government, the public might have expected that the
Stuff continues to drip out unsavoury facts about Chinese involvement to subvert our democracy. We all know about both Labour’s and National’s dodgy donations, where the idiots at the Serious Fraud Office comprehensively destroyed any credibility they had by failing in all of their prosecutions because of the
The end result can be not feeling like a “real” Maori, but not a “real” Pakeha either. That space between cultures is a strange and uncomfortable place […] Over time, I’ve learned the only way to coexist with that awkward space between is to remember who your tupuna were […] Let’
Here is the replay of The Crunch from this week. My guests were Senator Malcolm Roberts, Liam Hehir and, of course, we have the Buddies. Enjoy! MALCOM ROBERTS: Australian One Nation Party Senator: On The Changing Dynamics In Australian Politics, And His Ongoing Battle Against Globalist Organisations Senator Malcolm Roberts
The Chinese Government is accused of an attempted kidnapping in Auckland of a Chinese man who was left hospitalised with serious injuries after he fought back. Liu “Michael” Quanzhou told his story to Stuff Circuit for the documentary The Long Game, an investigation into Chinese Communist Party (CCP) interference in
First Helen Clark, then John Key, prostrated themselves before the CCP and all the while these sneaky little scumbags have been undermining our democracy. I can’t wait to see the next op-ed from John Key telling us all that the Chinese are our best mates: it can’t
Stuff keeps on banging on about state sector job cuts, like we all care as much as they do about it. We don’t. Most of us want to see harder and faster cuts and are bewildered why the Government isn’t swinging the axe hard. The axe is falling
Peter C Earle Peter C Earle, PhD, is a Senior Research Fellow who joined AIER in 2018. He holds a PhD in Economics from l’Universite d’Angers, an MA in Applied Economics from American University, an MBA (Finance), and a BS in Engineering from the United States Military Academy
While always avidly following politics and culture, James Hol was not politically active until the overreaction to Covid. In a matter of months, James gained invaluable insight into all levels of government, being heavily involved in Federal, state and local election campaigns. US Libertarians met for their National Convention in
