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Bernard Moran Bernard Moran is a retired journalist, with an interest in modern social movements. Woke activists are inserting their ideology into the workplace. Their zealotry threatens and intimidates us to self-censor what we think and speak. We end up parroting their thoughts in order to “go along – to
Jeffrey A. Tucker brownstone.org Jeffrey A. Tucker is Founder and President of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press and ten books in 5 languages, most recently Liberty or Lockdown. He is also the editor of The Best of
David Seymour ACT Leader Once again the Government has been caught taking a nap as it takes seven long days to identify close contacts of Omicron Jacinda should use her time in isolation to ask herself if her policy of contact tracing and isolation is not actually a costly but
At a time when supply chains are already frayed, the Government’s inaction on border class exceptions for time-critical workers could have an impact on food production and distribution in New Zealand, National Leader Christopher Luxon says. “Workers for the grain harvest are needed here in February, but because
Alwyn Poole alwynpoole.substack.com Alwyn Poole Founded and was the Principal of Mt Hobson Middle School and the Villa NCEA Academy in Newmarket, Auckland for the first 18 years. One of my pet hates is the nonsense spoken by government politicians, of any persuasion, when they tell the people,
Mark J Patrick sojournal.co.nz How to Lie with Statistics is a book written by Darrell Huff in 1954. Admittedly I haven’t read the book, but it rose to prominence in recent years due to being on Bill Gates “Summer Book List” from 2015. While it was surmised
Clayton Fox brownstone.org Clayton Fox was a 2020 Tablet Magazine Fellow. He has been published at Tablet, Real Clear Investigations, Los Angeles Magazine, and JancisRobinson.com. Looming over my city of Evanston, Illinois is Northwestern University, home of the Wildcats, alma mater of David Schwimmer, Kathryn Hahn, and real
After Friday’s attack, words cannot describe the anger and despair felt by Sri Lankans across Aotearoa. Many, including my parents, moved here to escape violence. It’s sickening that a member of our own community chose to hurt innocent Kiwis. He’s one of us – but he’s not
Bellis said getting pregnant in Afghanistan can be a “death sentence” and the decision to decline her emergency application left her “in shock”. “When the Taliban offers you – a pregnant, unmarried woman – safe haven, you know your situation is messed up,” she wrote. […] GB News presenter Wootton, who was born
Jeffrey A. Tucker brownstone.org Jeffrey A. Tucker is Founder and President of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press and ten books in 5 languages, most recently Liberty or Lockdown. He is also the editor of The Best of
Laura Rosen Cohen brownstone.org Laura Rosen Cohen is a Toronto writer. Her work has been featured in The Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, National Post, The Jerusalem Post, The Jerusalem Report, The Canadian Jewish News and Newsweek among others. She is a special needs parent and also a
Back in the good, old days, the elites did what they wanted and the peasants did what they were told. Any uppity serf who dared dissent quickly found themselves on the wrong end of a noose. The lords of the manor didn’t have to worry about “public relations” — “PR”
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Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002 and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 Over the last few years, and especially since the current Government was elected late in 2020, there has been an increasing trend to use the Maori language where
He Puapua – Blueprint For Breaking Up New Zealand – Book review: Author: Dr John Robinson, Tross Publishing (2021). He Puapua, a new book, encompasses an in-depth study of the many issues surrounding New Zealand moving towards self-government for Maori. The publication, based on a report of the same name,
