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Craig Rucker Craig Rucker is a co-founder of CFACT and currently serves as its president. Widely heralded as a leader in the free market environmental, think tank community in Washington, DC, Rucker is a frequent guest on radio talk shows, written extensively in numerous publications, and has appeared in such
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that Chlöe absolutely deserves to be co-leader of the Greens. And I mean that as a compliment in the best way possible. The problem is that, while there is no doubt she’s smart (after all, she has a
Jon Miltimore Jonathan Miltimore is the Editor at Large of FEE.org at FEE. fee.org John Joseph Mearsheimer recently summed up in a single sentence why Julian Assange should go free. “Journalists don’t go to jail for publishing classified information in the United States,” Mr Mearsheimer, a political
Geoffrey Miller PhD candidate in Politics, University of Otago Miriam Neigert Lecturer in German Studies, University of New England As the 2024 academic year begins in Australia and New Zealand, optimism over the state of foreign language learning at universities is in short supply. Languages have taken a post-pandemic battering.
The 1960 US presidential race was interesting for various reasons. On the Democratic Party side the race to become its presidential candidate was characterised by a couple of hard-fought primary elections between John Kennedy and a man called Hubert Humphrey (basically forgotten by history these days) but the other main
Jacqui Van Der Kaay Jacqui Van Der Kaay is a former journalist, holds a Masters degree in Political Science from Victoria University of Wellington and has a specialist interest in political leadership, voter behaviour, immigration and how social media affects democracy. Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz For the last
Hello, it’s John Porter on Bay FM and today I’m talking about Critical Race Theory (CRT). No, not heard of CRT? Well, it’s a significant issue around the world these days and seems to be becoming embedded in the thinking of certain sectors of our society. Critical
Aditi Upmanyu, PhD candidate in English Literature University of Oxford The onset of the French Revolution, at the end of the 18th century, had a seismic impact on British thinking. Ideas of the nation were being hardened through xenophobia, an unquestioned reverence for institutional authority and a vocabulary of English
Dr Latus Dextro PhD clinician drlatusdextro.substack.com stooge: a person who is forced or paid by someone in authority to do an unpleasant or secret job for them synonyms of ‘stooge’ In 2017 Dr. Anthony Fauci predicted a pandemic ‘…So, the thing we’re extraordinarily confident about is that
As I reported recently, a majority of American voters are sick of being asked to play the world’s policemen. They’ve already seen thousands of their sons and daughters killed and mutilated in a futile attempt to impose liberal democracy on goat-herding savages. Most especially, they’re fed up
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science NZDSOS.com Engaging with the NZ Covid-19 inquiry is important – for our healing and for our futures. As we continue to navigate the brave new world post covid, it is crucial for us as citizens to take a critical look at the past
Alwyn Poole alwynpoole.substack.com 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 Year 11 – 13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1 – 13. Despite
It is appalling to realise that people who would usually be regarded as having their heads screwed on fell so easily for obvious deception. It was a shock to think they listened to things that would never work but went along with them. Standing behind the parliamentary ‘podiums of truth,
Dr Bryce Edwards democracyproject.substack.com Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington Is the new government reducing tax on rental properties to benefit landlords or to cut the cost of rents? That’s the big question this week, after Associate
My review won’t be submitted because it does not fit the Royal Commission [RC] criteria for submission and I do not believe a more comprehensive review with a new unbiased panel is justified. Just under $74B was set aside for Covid-19 [C-19] and more than $10M was spent on
Peter Allan Williams peterallanwilliams.substack.com Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week That Golriz Ghahraman and District Court Judge Maria Pecotic were once lawyer colleagues is incontrovertible. There is published evidence that
