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As Thomas Sowell said, “It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong”. It’s even worse when those same people are given license to keep on
Imagine standing up at the opening of a Holocaust museum to announce that you’re fast-tracking visas for fleeing Nazis. That’s effectively what Australian PM Anthony Albanese has just done. Almost 900 Palestinians granted temporary visas since Hamas’s October 7 attacks on Israel will be subject to
Sofia Hörder Sofia Hörder writes for ADF International (@ADFIntl), the legal advocacy organisation supporting Räsänen’s legal defence. mercatornet.com Who comes to mind when criminal charges categorised under “war crimes and crimes against humanity” are levied? Likely a dictator, corrupt general, or other terrorist actor. But the world has
Javier Perez-Saavedra fee.org Javier Perez-Saavedra, originally from Guatemala, is a passionate entrepreneur with a bachelor’s degree focused in Business Administration and Management from Kennesaw State University – Michael J. Coles College of Business. He serves FEE as our Product Development Director- Educational Strategic Projects and leads our
In news that should surprise absolutely no-one, another Labor climate policy is heading for disaster. Just like all the other ones: remember Julia Gillard’s “Cash for Clunkers”, not to mention the carbon tax? Or Kevin Rudd’s dodgy home insulation scheme, which caused house fires and the deaths
Sarah Williams, Senior Lecturer in Nursing Leon Benade, Associate Professor, School of Education Auckland University of Technology Given the health and education challenges many New Zealand children face, it is surprising (and even depressing) how little crossover and collaboration there is between these two vital sectors. The inequities in health
Puff-piece profiler, writer Michelle Duff (it’s too much of a stretch to call her biographer of Dame Jacinda Ardern) scolds the political centre from her left-wing observation post in an explainer “How Dame Jacinda Ardern’s profile went from saint to witch” on the TVOne page. As
Will a new government, an unprecedented three-party coalition, be sufficient to halt the destructive tendencies begun under John Key but thrust into warp speed by the Ardern Government? Will it have the fortitude to unwind the legislation supporting our continued destruction? Jacinda Ardern broke the law during Covid by
Late yesterday afternoon we heard that the deals are done and the various parties are now informing their boards and caucuses, ahead of an announcement and signing ceremony later on today. The leaders of National, ACT and NZ First have issued a joint statement, confirming their plan to seal the
Antonio Graceffo mercatornet.com Antonio Graceffo, PhD, China-MBA MBA, is a China economic analyst teaching economics at the American University in Mongolia. He has spent 20 years in Asia and is the author of six books about China. His writing has appeared in The Diplomat, South China Morning Post,
They don’t call Anthony Albanese “Each-Way Albo” for nothing. The Australian PM has earned that moniker as much as he has the “Airbus Albo” tag, because if there’s one thing Albanese is addicted to almost as much as buggering off overseas, it’s sitting on the fence
As the Australian left spirals deeper into the dark night of its own, drawn-out Kristallnacht, a government that’s been playing with matches is finally starting to smell the smoke. It should come as no surprise to anyone that a movement which kicked off by celebrating the worst massacre
Bobbie Anne Flower Cox brownstone.org Bobbie Anne, a 2023 Brownstone Fellow, is an attorney with 25 years experience in the private sector, who continues to practice law but also lectures in her field of expertise – government over-reach and improper regulation and assessments. I hope you are sitting down
Faith Quintero besacenter.org BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,235 November 21, 2023 Faith Quintero is the author of Loaded Blessings, a family saga that alternates between Inquisition-era Spain and modern-day Israel. It’s among the Federalist’s top books of 2019 and was a Montaigne Medal
Here we go again. Remember when Jair Bolsonaro was elected? Giorgia Meloni? You just know how the mainstream media are going to frame the election of Javier Milei in Argentina. Ready the cliches and buzzwords! “Populist!” “Far right!” And, of course, the single word guaranteed to send the mainstream media’
Rosemary Abbott whakatakitimes.nz THE LAST DANCE New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister position is set to be determined not by policy debates or parliamentary prowess but by a battle of the twerks between the two hopefuls, David Seymour and Winston Peters. ACT Party leader David Seymour is tipped to
