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As I’ve written before, the timeline of the Watergate scandal was drawn out far further than popular memory would have it. In all, it was two years from the burglary to Nixon’s resignation. And that was with the media actively pursuing the scandal. By contrast, the media have
Debbie Lerman brownstone.org Debbie Lerman has a degree in English from Harvard. She is a retired science writer and a practicing artist in Philadelphia, PA. When the Covid vaccines first came out, I thought everyone should get at least one shot. My belief was based on evidence that the
New Conservative New Conservative asks, “Two years on from the first lockdown, how well have lockdowns served us?” The initial Covid elimination policy had the goal of limiting pressure on our hospital system from covid patients. This has been successful. Even now with high numbers of Omicron cases we are
Data from Retail NZ showing retailers expect prices to rise 7.5 per cent in the next three months should be a wake-up call for the Government, says National’s Finance Spokesperson Nicola Willis. “This price-hike warning will send another wave of anxiety through squeezed Kiwi households already
Dr James McDowall ACT MP New research showing the apprehension Kiwi academics have to speak freely at New Zealand universities highlights the urgent need for my Member’s Bill requiring tertiary education institutions to protect freedom of expression. Curia research commissioned by the Free Speech Union showed almost half of
Capitalist In recent weeks there has been an ongoing conflict in Ukraine. The Russians invaded and the gallant Ukrainian people grabbed guns, knives, baseball bats and probably rolling pins in order to repel the invasion. They put the Froggies circa 1940 to shame. The Ukrainian President, when contacted and told
When editing an Insight: Politics article, Do you feel in control? written by Nathan Smith, the penny dropped for me when he explained about “frame control”. Frame control is a game every 7-year-old knows how to play. One day they hold up a pen and tell their parent
Remember Phil Twyford promising to build 100,000 houses in 10 years? It seems like a long time ago now. Instead of fixing the housing crisis as they promised, this Labour Government has made the situation worse for thousands of Kiwis. Housing is rapidly becoming a luxury in this country:
Some time in the next day or so there will be an attack piece by propagandist for the regime David Fisher. For those who don’t know, David Fisher has an axe to grind with me and this site and he is hopelessly biased in everything he does. His attack
“Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.” Mark Twain Maori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi has suggested lowering the New Zealand Superannuation age for Maori to 57 — eight years lower than the current requirement. The Waiariki MP says the
Strange things can happen when a moribund government seems to be facing its reckoning. In 1990, the Australian Labor Party fully expected to be wiped out at the next election: the result was Labor In Power, an extraordinary documentary where a raft of Labor pollies who figured they had nothing
Dan Sanchez Liam McCollum fee.org Dan Sanchez is the Director of Content at the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) and the editor-in chief of FEE.org. Liam McCollum is a student at the University of Montana studying philosophy and journalism. He is the host of The Liam McCollum
Chris Baillie ACT Education spokesperson Control freak politicians are now taking over the job parents used to be expected to do. First, Labour decided parents couldn’t be trusted to make sure kids got lunch. Now, it’s decided to take away fizzy drinks and is proposing to replace them
Aaron Kheriaty brownstone.org Aaron Kheriaty, former Professor of Psychiatry at the UCI School of Medicine and Director, Medical Ethics at UCI Health, is a Senior Scholar of the Brownstone Institute. From the lepers in the Old Testament to the Plague of Justinian in Ancient Rome to the 1918 Spanish
I recently wrote about The Dumbest Things Said about Ukraine. So Far. Unsurprisingly, world-class bozo John Kerry was one of the first out of the blocks, fretting about how the war would affect the climate. But Kerry is far from the dumbest stump in the Biden White House. So
One of the biggest of the innumerable Big Lies of the climate lobby is that “renewables are cheaper than fossil fuels”. If this is true, one must ask two simple questions: why are energy costs spiralling in direct correlation with adoption of renewables, everywhere it’s being tried? And why
