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mercatornet.com Many moons ago I endured a course entitled “Western Civilization.” The class was way ‘woke’ before anyone knew of the word as a staple of PC discourse. That was because the professor was down on Western civilization and did his utmost to ensure that us callow Western youth
aier.org [One Fine Spring Day, Over the Phone…] “Oh, and by the way, your background check says there’s a warrant out for your arrest.” This is not, mind you, the kind of thing one expects to hear updating teaching credentials in a very staid university bureaucracy. Nevertheless, there
Opening the Canvas magazine, as is my wont on a Saturday morning, I was initially disappointed to see Sarah Daniell’s smiling face missing from her editor’s article on page three. I find a smiling face something of a tonic going into the weekend. Especially this weekend, as in
ronpaulinstitute.org The world’s most powerful and influential geopolitical voices are meeting from Thursday to Sunday in Portugal to navigate several global crises (many of which they’ve helped to facilitate) and, oddly enough, the corporate media has no interest in reporting on this secretive gathering of powerful figures.
A May Reid Research poll found 70 per cent of people believed the Labour Government is not doing enough to address falling literacy and numeracy rates. Could it be they are too distracted with “smuggling left-wing nonsense into our schools”, as ACT’s Chris Baillie has opined? A hilarious
There is an unwritten rule that you don’t bring family members into the political debate. If you do you run the risk of blowback on you, and worse, on them. They didn’t choose to be involved and every time I see it happen I cringe. After the budget,
New Zealand’s largest single emissions reduction project has been announced for NZ Steel’s Glenbrook plant. A deal has been struck between the government, NZ Steel and Contact Energy: The new furnace – to which taxpayers are contributing up to $140 million through the Government Investment in Decarbonising Industry fund
brownstone.org Over the past three years, the public has seen first-hand the tremendous power the public health establishment wields. Using emergency power that most people never realized an American government possessed, public health violated Americans’ most fundamental civil rights in the name of infection control. We endured three
cfact.org The Italian parliament, demonstrating confidence in Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, this week formally backed her plan to reintroduce nuclear power plants into Italy’s energy mix, reversing the nation’s 1987 moratorium on nuclear power. Meanwhile, energy-starved Germany is feeling the pinch from shuttering all of its
libertynation.com Global geopolitics is roiling as the Chinese-Russian collaboration intensifies, posing a threat to Europe and the Indo-Pacific. The expanding military alliance between two adversaries of the United States and its allies is more than troubling. Beijing’s attempts to be peacemaker in Russia’s war on
mercatornet.com Australians need to know what is happening in the Australian Capital Territory. The ACT government is about to make a compulsory acquisition of Calvary Hospital. In 1979, Calvary Hospital began its good work at the invitation of the Commonwealth government. The lease is for 120 years. There is
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura The behaviour displayed by Te Pati Maori in Parliament last week was highly inappropriate and disrespectful. Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer seem more interested in theatrical displays than engaging in debate on the issues that matter to New Zealanders. Despite proclaiming their strong commitment
lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Yesterday, as part of the Wellbeing Budget 2023, the government announced the scrapping of the $5 prescription charge. This will cost $170 million annually covering around 29 million scripts. They have done this because an estimated three per cent of adults apparently do not collect their medicine
In the lead up to the budget, Chris Hipkins, in an interview with Mike Hosking, avoided most of the questions by answering along the lines of ‘only a few more sleeps to go Mike and you’ll find out’. When the big day came listening to Grant Robertson almost induced
