Everything about politics
Forty years ago, almost to the day, we moved to Southland where we spent several pleasant years I remember very fondly. In those days the local newspaper The Southland Times, along with the two radio stations, took an editorial stance that reflected the general viewpoint of their audience. This was
The Ponderer The Brave web browser has recently introduced an AI assistant called “Leo”, to help with various types of queries. Given the widely reported problems with AI tools from major internet companies like Google being programmed to give biased answers and push a particular political agenda (i.e. be
Jennifer Montgomery Faculty of Health Research Associate Clive Aspin Associate Professor of Health Victoria University of Wellington Recent reports by the Chief Ombudsman, the Independent Children’s Monitor and the Auditor General have detailed the grim state of affairs for children and whanau in Oranga Tamariki (Ministry for Children) care.
Here is the replay of The Crunch from this week. My guests this week were Ani O’Brien and Shane Jones, and of course, we have the Buddies… Enjoy! SHANE JONES: Ministers And The Media, The War On Wokeism And Gangs NZ First MP Shane Jones drops in for his
cfact.org Last week, there were more victories for the rule of law over the rule of climate bureaucrats and activists when the judiciary reversed a lower court ruling on a federal coal moratorium and rejected a bogus class-action lawsuit on emissions. These were encouraging steps, but the larger threat
Boy, there’s all sorts of stuff going on in Australia, right now. If only we were allowed to know about it. First, there were the charges against She Who Cannot Be Named of They Who Must Remain Secret, for kidnapping and torturing a man for Reasons We Cannot Discuss.
It’s only taken him, what? Five years to figure it out. ASIO chief Mike Burgess has finally clued in to the literally bleeding obvious: Islamic extremism is our greatest terrorist threat. Next on Magic Mike’s to-do list: figuring out that, holy shit, did you guys know that water
Elizabeth Pearson Programme Lead MSc Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism Studies, Royal Holloway University of London Shamima Begum is not coming home. The Islamic State (IS) poster girl lost her latest appeal against the British government’s 2019 decision to strip her of her citizenship on grounds of national security. The ruling
Gordon Lightfoot whakatakitimes.nz Local thief and former Green MP Golriz Ghahraman has allegedly been asked by police to cooperate in a time saving exercise, as an attempt to clear up this whole mess she’s gotten herself into. ‘The Ponsonby Pincher’, who now has a fourth charge of shoplifting
C. S. Lewis had a number of things to say about “humanitarian” theories of crime and punishment, as they stood in his day. His remarks stand the test of time admirably. After all, who couldn’t read the opening words of The Silver Chair, with its description of “modern” school,
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com This Thursday, on the anniversary of our protest to parliament, we need to meet again. To call for the cessation of COVID injections and a full unbiased investigation. See Event Details. In the heart of democracy, beneath the looming edifice of
Emanuel E. Garcia, M.D. NEWZEALANDDOC Philadelphia-born psychoanalyst, psychiatrist and author who emigrated to New Zealand in 2006. He retired from psychiatric practice in 2021, refusing to be inoculated, after working in the public sector in New Zealand. I read with mild interest in Dr. Peter McCullough’s substack article
Chris Trotter democracyproject.substack.com THE INTENSIFYING POLITICAL CONTROVERSY over the Coalition Government’s policy on gangs promises to be one of those sheep-from-goats moments. While the Left will veer instinctively towards the sociological, the Right will opt to (paraphrasing one of the best lines from Pulp Fiction) “get medieval”
Jan Dewar Head of Nursing Denise Wilson Associate Dean Maori Advancement | Professor Maori Health Gail Pacheco Professor of Economics, Director of the NZ Work Research Institute Lisa Meehan Deputy Director, NZ Work Research Institute Auckland University of Technology During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, policy was being made in
Political journalists and commentators are often prone to examples of exaggeration. Tova O’Brien is one of the worst, but it is understandable when you work for a niche publication that is so close to failing that its staff resort to calamitous exaggerated headlines to attract readers to their dross.
