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Colin Parkinson I received an email from Simeon Brown inviting me to help with his campaign. This one was addressed as a generic “Dear All” rather than the much more personalised “Hi friend,” that he usually uses. Has Simeon stopped thinking of me as a friend? Should I be hurt
Olivia Boyd familyfirst.org.nz Olivia Boyd is our teenage guest writer who is very passionate about supporting the pro-life movement and ending human trafficking. Upon completion of her High School education, she intends to study law and psychology. She has an interest in human rights and social psychology,
The NZ Herald had an article yesterday outlining how Jacinda Ardern’s decision to bail out early, despite promising that she’d stay full term, went down. Basically, the poor dear had had a tough year. Boo hoo! Ardern said when she made her announcement that there was no specific
Murray Leith Professor of Political Science University of the West of Scotland When Jacinda Ardern resigned as New Zealand’s prime minister a few weeks ago, Nicola Sturgeon assured voters she still had plenty left in the tank. Yet apparently, Scotland’s first minister had been thinking about her own
No wonder Anthony Albanese doesn’t want to give any details of his planned Constitutional changes. Because, the more Australians learn about it, the less they like what they see. The more Albanese is forced to let on, the harder voters reject it. That’s the inescapable conclusion from the
Judge people by what they do, not what they say. The Labor government can blither all they want that they’re not about to repeat their disastrous borders mistakes, but their actions are clearly telling us otherwise. When the navy is being scrambled to the northern waters, we know that
Right To Life News righttolife.org.uk Speaking at a meeting in the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, hosted by the Republic of Korea Government’s Ministry of Reunification, a British member of the House of Lords said “without (the) right to life…all other rights are worthless”
Jeffrey A. Tucker brownstone.org Jeffrey A. Tucker is Founder and President of the Brownstone Institute. He is also Senior Economics Columnist for Epoch Times, author of 10 books, including Liberty or Lockdown, and thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press. He speaks widely on topics of economics,
Veteran journalist Glenn Greenwald recently took aim at the current establishment mania over “disinformation”. Anyone, Greenwald said, “who claims to be: a ‘disinformation expert’, an ‘anti-extremist expert’, an ‘online safety expert’ is a fraud”. Greenwald probably hasn’t heard of the likes of Siouxsie Wiles, Kate Hannah or Byron
Peter Murphy cfact.org Peter Murphy is Senior Fellow at CFACT. He has researched and advocated for a variety of policy issues, including education reform and fiscal policy, both in the non-profit sector and in government in the administration of former New York Governor George Pataki. He previously wrote
There’s a wonderful exchange in the Coen brothers’ classic O Brother, Where Art Thou, when the trio of escaped convicts seek shelter with one’s brother. Who promptly betrays them to the police. But Pete Hogwallop (John Turturro) is less enraged by his brother’s betrayal, than by the
Timothy Welch Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning University of Auckland Another extreme weather event has highlighted the weak points in New Zealand’s critical infrastructure. As Cyclone Gabrielle ripped across the North Island, nearly 225,000 people lost power. The cause is relatively obvious: many houses and buildings are connected
If Cyclone Gabrielle has taught us anything it is that when it comes to so-called climate change or global warming, charity begins at home. It’s past time we stopped trying to save the world (which we can’t) and looked at the crises we have in our own
Professor Elizabeth Rata bassettbrashandhide.com Dear Prime Minister Hipkins, We, the undersigned, draw your attention to two major problems in the Ministry of Education’s Curriculum Refresh policy and in the associated NCEA qualification reforms. These problems were created during your tenure as Minister of Education and can only be
