Everything about politics
George O’Har brownstone.org George O’Har is an MIT Ph.D., Air Force veteran, and former electrical engineer. At Boston College, he taught courses on Literature and Technology, Utopia, Creative Writing, Creative Non-Fiction and American Literary History For the last 27 years I have been a professor
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. Along with fellow scholars at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, I sent a letter today to Department of
As the BFD’s Cam likes to say, we are #ledbydonkeys. The concatenation of failures, fuck-ups and jaw-dropping foolishness that has been our “leadership” over the last three years, who could doubt otherwise? Remember, these are the global elite who believe themselves to be our meritocratic “Guardian” class,
Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi must make New Zealand an attractive destination for working holiday-makers, National’s Immigration spokesperson Erica Stanford says. “New Zealand is experiencing massive labour shortages. If more isn’t urgently done to attract these workers, tourism and hospitality businesses in places like Queenstown will continue to
Capitalist Information Opinion In recent years we have seen some startling changes to the New Zealand Police. There is the wishy-washy Commissioner, the wokeness and the targeting of non-criminal conservative New Zealanders for expressing opinions. Not to mention failing to target actual major criminals (due to their ethnicity)
Arthur Information Opinion On the MSN news yesterday there is an article about the cost of living crisis. Of course, like everything from the MSM these days, it is hyped with panic-inducing language. The road toll is carnage, a storm is a ‘weather bomb’ etc., and of course, the
Darryl Betts darryllrbetts.wordpress.com In February I submitted an official information act (OIA) request for details of expenditure on Covid-19 advertising and messaging by the New Zealand Government. I received a response on 15 March and not surprisingly it was incomplete. The full response, with my request embedded
Kate Cormack National President voiceforlife.org.nz Two years ago today, Parliament failed in its basic duty of care to the most vulnerable members of the community of Aotearoa New Zealand. In passing Labour’s extreme Abortion Legislation Act 2020, they ushered in a new law that liberalised abortion right
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz The Government has delayed the introduction of its fraught hate speech law reforms, and there’s strong speculation they’ll remain on ice until after the next election. In fact, they may never see the light of day again. This is a win for those who
What do Jacinda Ardern and Volodymyr Zelensky have in common? They’re both authoritarian frauds who play the legacy and social media like a fiddle, and who’ve put their countries through hell for little to no gain. Jacinda Ardern has signalled that New Zealand’s regime of vaccine mandates
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com The term “co-governance” trips off ministerial tongues with ease but it’s clear most people don’t know what it means. Nanaia Mahuta would have us believe it simply means that Maori would be guaranteed some sort of undefined say in decision-making. Fair-minded
Christopher Luxon seems to be impressing many people. The problem is that not many of them are conservative voters. His appeal is mainly to the wet, woke and crazy left. Which is everything you really need to know about him. His latest convert is James Shaw: Greens Party co-leader
Leighton Smith Podcast Episode 147 BFD writer Dr Michael John Schmidt writes a weekly column for The BFD From the Desk of a Male Pale and Stale. Listen to his interview with Leighton below. Leighton reads from a couple of Mike’s articles/ letters to the editor published both on
Do you ever have one of those moments when you do a double-take in reaction to something someone has said? I had one of those moments yesterday when I was reading a press release from the National Party’s Paul Goldsmith. Instead of telling you why I had such
Ronald Stein cfact.org Ron Stein is an engineer who, drawing upon 25 years of project management and business development experience, launched PTS Advance in 1995. He is an author, engineer, and energy expert who writes frequently on issues of energy and economics. Today, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) divesting
