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Louis T. March mercatornet.com Louis T. March has a background in government, business and philanthropy. A former talk show host, author and public speaker, he is a dedicated student of history and genealogy. Louis lives with his family in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. In demographic circles, all
Recently I received an email from the Antique Arms National President, Andrew Edgecombe. In the email, he has a crack at me (Note to Andrew: I don’t use minions) and my messages about the failures of COLFO. I will address his email in this article on the points that
David Seymour ACT Leader The fact that the Prime Minister doesn’t know that white privilege is a core part of a new education programme being used across the country shows a Government in la la land. Jacinda Ardern told media this morning that the words ‘white privilege’ aren’t
The Government has cut the Police Budget by approximately $90 million despite record growth in gang membership, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “This Broken Compass Budget has nothing in it for law and order even though Kiwis are expressing feeling much less safe in their communities and gun
Rather than abandoning social obligations on beneficiaries to send their children to school, we should be enforcing those requirements especially at a time when New Zealand is facing a truancy crisis, National’s Education spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says. “There has been an increase in the number of students not enrolled
David Seymour ACT Leader The ACT Party is leading the way in making sensible laws that will improve the lives of New Zealanders. Since our nine ACT MPs joined me in Parliament just over six months ago, we have all sponsored a Member’s Bill. These Bills will improve policy
David Seymour ACT Leader Certain vocal principals’ responses to ACT policy this morning shows exactly why teacher pay and conditions, and student test scores, have declined under their leadership. Yesterday, ACT announced it would raise standards for teachers to re-register, including meeting higher standards in maths, English and science.
David Seymour ACT Leader Thank you very much to the organisers of ACT’s 2021 rally. It’s great to be here with a crowd of 500 people. To Malcolm Pollock for his tireless work and Regan Pollock for hiring him out again, and the whole committee, thank you for
The adage ‘From the mouths of babes comes truth’ is so old and common to every culture that it even appears some 3,000 years ago in the Old Testament. Lying isn’t an instinct: it’s a learned behaviour, created on the horns of honesty’s somewhat uncomfortable dilemma
Kurt Mahlburg mercatornet.com Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary, and a young
23rd May 2021 Following on from yesterday’s action in Demoso two artillery shells landed in the town today; Ooredoo (one of the telecom suppliers, based in Qatar) the internet is disconnected; Telenor (telecom supplier, Norway based) only ‘E’ is available and you can’t connect any apps. There has
Some years ago, the British comic Viz ran a story: “Poor people ruining the planet for celebrities”. The story focused on how celebrities couldn’t fly their private jets or gaze from the windows of their country estates without seeing disgusting ordinary people in the far distance. Once again, reality
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Viv Forbes A passport was once highly valued by travellers, but not compulsory. Signed by the sovereign, it said: “The bearer of this passport has my protection. He is free to travel anywhere. Do not pester him (or her).” Gradually passports became compulsory bureaucratic tools to control and track international
Reading two articles relating to the Budget in the Weekend Herald served to illustrate the different thought processes of the right and the left on matters of a political and economic nature. One was by journalist Claire Trevett; the other by Steven Joyce, a man with a good dose of
