Everything about politics
This weekend groups of women will meet in Wellington and Auckland to discuss a topic one would assume would be welcome in 2023: women’s rights. As has always been the case in the feminist movement, the groups will be disproportionately made up of mothers and lesbians; the kind of
Kurt Mahlburg mercatornet.com 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
As Dutch provincial elections were the latest to show, people across the Western world are fed up with establishment politics. Because, on nearly every issue of substance, two-party systems have become a Tweedledum-Tweedledumber game of furious agreement with left-wing talking points. Few more so than on the
Marianna Davidovich fee.org Marianna is the Chief External Affairs Officer at the Foundation for Economic Education aimed at teaching the humane value and ethical principles of free markets and entrepreneurship to FEE’s student audience. The world’s top tennis player—currently ranked #1—Novak Djokovic of Serbia was
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Less than a month since we reported on the Cochrane Library’s Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses, the conflicts of interest which we wrote about have taken centre stage again. Public health is a diverse
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
John Hawkins Senior Lecturer, Canberra School of Politics, Economics and Society University of Canberra There has been a lot of talk about the risk of financial contagion following the collapse of California’s Silicon Valley Bank. Perhaps too much talk. While the frequency of bank runs in the past shows
Wayne Brown is a plain speaking man who says what he means and damn the consequences. Yesterday the Auckland Council voted to quit the most useless quango organisation in New Zealand, Local Government NZ, and in the process has saved Auckland City at least $640,000. As a parting gift
Karl du Fresne karldufresne.blogspot.com Driving between Eketahuna and Masterton recently, I came across some road works. The road was reduced to one lane each way. There were the usual Stop/Go controls at either end, but this time there was a new twist. I was at the head
March 23rd, 2023. There were a few interesting comments on my last letter which I shall try to answer here. I mentioned that I had worked in the Ukraine, but I had avoided commenting on the situation in my letters. The answer is complex but here goes. I was in
The closed fist, what does that mean? Are they preparing to use violence against women? It is a very threatening logo. See you Saturday pic.twitter.com/jGS0ifxkcU — Shane te Pou (@PouTepou) March 22, 2023 Discuss it on The BFD. If you would like to access exclusive Member content or
Justin Hart brownstone.org Justin Hart is an executive consultant with over 25 years experience creating data-driven solutions for Fortune 500 companies and Presidential campaigns alike. Mr. Hart is the Chief Data Analyst and founder of RationalGround.com which helps companies, public policy officials, and even parents gauge the
It’s rather noticeable that the “indigenous” culture-vultures on both sides of the Tasman show no inclination to actually live the authentic lives of the cultures they play-act at. Raiwiri Waititi is no sooner going to turn in his natty suits for a grass skirt and grub in
Who would have thought that we’d be depending on the Deep South to stand up for sanity and science? This being 2023, that’s exactly where we are, though. Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday signed a law prohibiting transgender people at public schools from using the restroom
Jon Pike Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, The Open University World sport has been convulsed over the past few months – indeed years – by questions about trans athletes, especially trans women, competing in their acquired gender. Most recently, World Athletics announced its “preferred option” of a reduced 2.5nmol testosterone limit for
Michael Cook Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. He lives in Sydney, Australia. Voluntary assisted dying in the Australian state of Victoria was legalised in 2017 and the first legal euthanasia took place on July 15, 2019. The legislation had succeeded despite bitter opposition. Perhaps MPs believed assurances from
