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Duggan Flanakin Duggan Flanakin is a senior policy analyst with the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow. A former senior fellow with the Texas Public Policy Foundation, Mr Flanakin authored definitive works on the creation of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and on environmental education in Texas. A brief history
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com The Ministry of Health has invited the views of New Zealanders on proposals to amend the World Health Organization (WHO) International Health Regulations (IHRs). Open until 18 February 2024, NZDSOS strongly encourage everyone to participate in the consultation process. We have
Paul Malvern Paul Malvern writes from Canada. He is president of The Malvern Consulting Group Ltd, which provides public and private sector clients with advice and assistance in the areas of strategic communication and social marketing. mercatornet.com In his study, On War, the 19th century military theorist, Carl von
Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week. peterallanwilliams.substack.com What sort of housing shortage and what sort of country are we looking towards if we marry up a couple
Personal responsibility: remember that quaint idea? It is positively Dickensian these days, when individual problems are made the responsibility of the country at large by way of various blunt instruments. The bottom line is that large numbers of our citizens accept no responsibility for their choices in their lives – it
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com There’s been a great deal of huffing and puffing over the last few weeks as the tribal elite responds to the threatened erosion of privileges. The Coalition Government’s commitment to equal rights will undermine their lucrative Treaty grievance industry and they are in
Benito Mussolini, a pivotal figure in 20th-century history, emerged from post-WWI Italy to become a polarising leader. Born in 1883, Mussolini initially embraced socialism before founding the Fascist movement in 1919. Exploiting social and economic upheaval, he seized power in 1922 and instituted authoritarian rule1… but how did
Rule of thumb: if a police official’s mouth is moving, he or she is probably telling a lie. Many years ago, a friend of mine who’d emigrated from China told me how refreshing it was to be able to hear anything apart from state propaganda. He referred to
It’s a sad state of affairs when a clown gives more sound legal advice than one of the nation’s supposedly top legal minds, but that’s life in a Clown World, I guess. While the NSW Chief Justice, like so many in his profession, not to mention the
It’s been three decades since the Muttonbirds wished they were in Wellington. These days, they might be inclined to revise that wish somewhat. After all, it’s only been one decade since John Key declared Wellington a “dying city”. It was controversial enough that Key had to retract his
NOTE: I’m not “serious” about Waitangi. I am simply making a point about the reaction of crybabies. One of the universal attributes of left-wingers in New Zealand is despising New Zealand along with the capitalist economic system. This however throws up a tidal wave of hypocrisy by these
In March of this year, I made a number of predictions for election year, despite conceding it was probably unwise to do so. However, rather than listen to my own advice I’m going to make some more for 2024 after reviewing how close I came in 2023. Labour’s
Politicians, boosted by their enhanced narcissism, hubris, and sociopathy never seem to realise when their mouths are writing cheques that no one could possibly bank. Chloe Swarbrick is just another of this ilk making lofty and unattainable promises. But don’t you worry, we will be keeping the receipts, because
Prudence Flowers Senior Lecturer in US History, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Flinders University Flinders University Abortion is shaping up to be a central issue for both parties in the 2024 US presidential and Congressional elections. Nearly two years ago, the US Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe
A government supported artist, Robert Heinlein wrote, is an incompetent whore. He might have added, an abusive one. Of course, there are some weirdos who pay a great deal of money to be abused by whores, but for most people, handing over money to beggars only to be returned a
When White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, made her first appearance in the job, she announced her qualifications. Respectively, her race, her gender, and her sexual preferences. That was it. The ability to string together a comprehensible sentence in English wasn’t one of the qualifications she touted. And
