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Kimberly Tower American University School of International Service Camille Gélix Sciences Po Kimberly Tower is a fifth-year PhD Candidate in International Relations and Comparative Politics at the American University School of International Service in Washington, D.C. Camille Gélix graduated in Political Science from the University of Montreal and
Fools, as they say, rush in. As I wrote some months back, China is eagerly hopping into the still-warm grave of the US intervention in Afghanistan. The last US helicopter had barely lifted off when China’s foreign minister was hosting the Taliban and preparing to sign a series
In further signs that the pendulum is swinging back against the transgender ideology, Britain’s Health Secretary is preparing to launch a full government inquiry into “gender treatment” for children. Sajid Javid believes that vulnerable children are being wrongly coerced into having gender hormone treatment. Treatment that will certainly affect
Capitalist In recent days there has been a suggestion that New Zealand will introduce a wealth tax. In typically ignorant fashion it’s portrayed by socialists as a way to eliminate poverty – (I burst out laughing too, dear reader). Apparently, we are living in some Charles Dickens novel come to
How’d’ya like them apples, Jacinda? After five years of politely enduring constant sniping and cattiness from his New Zealand counterpart, Australian PM Scott Morrison has lobbed a big ol’ return serve right across the Tasman. You think things are bad in Australia, Morrison says? Just be thankful you’
Capitalist Information Opinion The reason it is important for us – (you and I, dear reader; the “good guys”) – to keep up the fight for freedom and moral righteousness; to not give up when the forces of evil and wickedness win elections or do something completely revolting, has been demonstrated rather
Jack thecommoner.substack.com Warning Long Read. 1320 words. Information Opinion Much can be learned from the past two years of Covid policy, but if there’s one thing in recent weeks that has struck me the most, it is this: The luvvies of the left-wing journalist class cannot
At least six public polls have now shown that New Zealanders’ love affair with the Labour party appears to be over. The margins are small but show the ebbing tides of public favour for them. On two results in particular in the latest Newshub/Reid Research poll, Labour will struggle
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. He lives in Sydney, Australia. Pro-life campaigners in the United States are singing Alleluias after a leak from the Supreme Court. According to Politico, a majority of the nine-justice bench has voted to overturn Roe v Wade.
Will the real Anthony Albanese please step forward? The hardscrabble lad from the housing commission? The red-ragging radical in the Billy Bragg t-shirt? Or the newly-minted, slimmed-down, soberly suit-n-tie “fiscally conservative moderate who rejects wokeness”? The opposition leader is not nicknamed “Each-Way Albo”
Emma Long University of East Anglia Emma Long joined American Studies at UEA in January 2013 having taken her undergraduate degree (American Studies) and PhD (History) at the University of Kent. According to news website Politico, the US supreme court has voted to strike down Roe v. Wade – the key
Rob Manwaring Charlie Lees Flinders University Grant Duncan Massey University Dr Rob Manwaring is an Associate Professor at Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia. Charles Lees is a Professor of Government in the College of Business, Government and Law (CBGL), Flinders University (2017 – ), as well as a Visiting Professorial Fellow
May 3rd, 2022. It’s a few days until the family returns to NZ, disappointed with the signs of poverty in the UK. A contributor to poverty has been the growth of the second home market. This has caused problems in holiday regions (13,500+ in Cornwall). Whilst recognising the
Would you buy a house knowing that the government will own nearly half of it? And that, should you have the luck to suddenly increase your income above a certain amount, you could be forced to sell? How would you feel, knowing that the gimlet eye of the state will
