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Mathew Otieno Mathew Otieno is a Kenyan writer, blogger and dilettante farmer. Until 2022, he was a research communications coordinator at a university in Nairobi, Kenya. He now lives in rural western Kenya, near the shores of Lake Victoria, from where he’s pursuing a career as a full-time
Michael Cook Michael Cook is editor of Mercator. mercatornet.com If The Voice means anything, it means improving the lot of Australia’s Aboriginal people. There is a life expectancy gap of 20 years. They have some of the worst incarceration rates in the world. Life in some outback towns
Graham J Noble Chief Political Correspondent & Satirist at LibertyNation.com. Raised and inspired by his father, a World War II veteran, Graham learned early in life how to laugh and be a gentleman. After attending college, he decided to join the British Army, where he served for several years
dailytelegraph.co.nz Late Friday afternoon Sue Grey received news that the Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal has struck out charges against her and found no case to answer as she had not breached professional standards. The charges had stemmed from complaints instigated by pro-government lobby group FACT Aotearoa,
To paraphrase author of Catch 22 Joseph Heller: Just because you’re paranoid, it doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you. In other words – sometimes there is genuine substance to that which disquiets us. The Post [on Saturday] editorialises Winston Raymond Peters, and the piece is reasonably
Dr Muriel Newman Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. nzcpr.com Two separate shootings in Auckland
The new Transport Minister has delivered a fantasy promise of a new harbour crossing using tunnels. The price tag is eye watering, but they’ve announced it like we are expected to take them seriously. The Government’s pick for an alternative Waitemata Harbour crossing will include two three-lane
Yesterday, the Green Party launched a policy on making dental treatment more readily available and free for all, not just those under the age of 18. The party wants to see dental vans and mobile clinics increase to 398. Health spokesperson Ricardo Menéndez March said an estimated 40 per cent
Roger Koops Roger W. Koops holds a PhD in Chemistry from the University of California, Riverside as well as Master and Bachelor degrees from Western Washington University. brownstone.org For those who may not recall Chicken Little (AKA Henny Penny), the character was derived in the 1880s and was meant
Catherine Salgado Catherine Salgado is a staff writer with Media Research Center’s NewsBusters’ Free Speech America. She also has a column, Washington’s Bayonette, on The Rogue Review and her own SubStack newsletter, Pro Deo et Libertate. newsbusters.org The third installment of the Facebook Files has been released,
Kurt Mahlburg Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary, and a young adult pastor.
Don Ritter Don Ritter holds a Science Doctorate from MIT and served fourteen years on the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce and Science and Technology Committees. He was a National Academy of Sciences Fellow in the USSR, speaks fluent Russian, and was Ranking Member on the Congressional Helsinki Commission
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura The news that New Zealand might be a net absorber of CO2 is exciting and challenges our approach to emissions management. The Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) requires an emission certificate for each tonne of CO2 equivalent emitted, encouraging consumption choices towards lower emissions. The benefits
Alexander Gillespie University of Waikato theconversation.com When Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022, German Chancellor Olaf Scholtz proclaimed a “Zeitenwende”, or historical turning point. It resulted in Germany’s first ever official national security strategy. The equivalent wake-up call in New Zealand was the 2019 Christchurch terror attack.
Opening the online news sites each morning is a routine reveal of yet another crime: another murder, another gun-related incident, another case of domestic violence, another ram raid, another ‘youth’ crime, another case of child abuse, of gang warfare, etc. As it was this week when two people were
