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Blake Scott Ball aier.org Blake Scott Ball is Associate Professor of History at Huntingdon College and author of Charlie Brown’s America: The Popular Politics of Peanuts (Oxford University Press, 2021). His research has been featured in Time magazine and on PBS, NPR, the London Times radio, and CNN
Well, Anthony Albanese stands behind his Mean Girls, you have to give him that. Or maybe it’s just because Katy Gallagher and Penny Wong threatened to wedgie him in the parliamentary toilets, or else. Whatever, Albanese is standing firm behind Gallagher despite pretty much everyone conceding that she misled
Had the star of the story been the Labour prime minister the real story behind the Tesla (non) story would have been immediately up in headlines on all media outlets. Sadly that was not to be, as coverage of Christopher Luxon is strictly controlled and sanitised; whenever possible, negative, humiliating
Ted Johnston, Deputy Leader of New Conservative states, “As a criminal lawyer working for 3 decades in South Auckland I have seen the constantly worsening state of the criminal justice system.” The recent assault on a 12-year-old by a group just highlights the decline in behaviour and increase
I, your intrepid eye-witness, have been in semi-hibernation for a little while, but having disposed of certain impediments to written communication for now, have emerged temporarily from my cave for a bit of a sniff around, to see what’s been going on. My first impulse on seeing
Gaslighter Ginny Andersen has already won the Gaslighter of the Week award at Reality Check Radio twice. She could be in for the hat trick after her union pals at the Police Association called bull dust on her claims of 1800 new Police. As the Government celebrates its milestone of
Is it too sunny for solar or is it simply because fossil fuels are reliable and get the job done whereas Solar and Wind power are not reliable and cost an arm and a leg? UK heatwave prompts National Grid to fire up coal plant to meet aircon demand The
For Australian PM Anthony Albanese, the parliamentary winter break surely can’t come fast enough. Not just a chance for “Airbus Albo” to jet off yet again to sunnier climes, but a desperate chance to try and escape the louring political storm clouds breaking over his head. Apparently hoping to
Ron Paul ronpaulinstitute.org The Democrats and Donald Trump reminds me of a bad horror movie, where the hapless protagonists only make the monster stronger with each attempt to eliminate it. So goes the Democrats’ endless attempts to finally rid America of the “scourge” of Donald Trump. Thanks to the
Gordon Lightfoot whakatakitimes.nz Prime Minister Chris ‘Chippy’ Hipkins has been teasing for months his focus on meat pies and pastries for the upcoming election. The media coverage on the issue has been undeniable. In March it was reported that the Real Meat Pies bakery in Lower Hutt was still
Two articles in the Weekend Herald caught my attention. One was written by Mike Munro, a former chief of staff for Jacinda Ardern and press secretary for Helen Clark. The other was by Bruce Cotterill, a company director and advisor to business leaders. The articles unsurprisingly, were Chalk and Cheese.
Novak Djokovic claimed the title of Greatest Of All Time tennis player following his men’s singles win at 2023 Roland Garros last weekend. It was a long road to achieving his goal after Victorian Premier Dan Andrews revoked Djokovic’s visa, preventing him from competing at the 2022 Australian
New Zealanders are questioning what is going on. Frustration is building and more are asking the question, “What has happened to New Zealand?” It is so bad some say the country is close to being a failed state! There are big questions and big concerns. A group from the BFD,
