If Gender, Why Not Race?
They’re both ‘social constructs’, so why can’t people ‘transition’ their race?
Real Good Oil
In depth political articles for VIP members
Can’t Make It There Anymore
Trump’s tariffs are his way of saying to the world: We are strong enough. We can make it here. Donald Trump’s tariffs have stopped globalisation in its tracks.
The Green Carousel of Freaks
If the Greens have any sense, they’ll turf Doyle out of their party as quickly as possible to eviscerate any suggestion of paedophiliac apologism.
Why Did Everyone Defend Green MP Ben Doyle?
What separates those who think they are good and refuse to commit evil from those who know their actions will be seen as evil but do them anyway, is that the latter support each other. Evil always sticks together.
The NZ Green Policies Explained
Regrettably the Greens are very much here and closer to power than you think. We could wake up with Chloë Swarbrick as finance minister. So it will be a salutary move to hold our noses and delve into Green party policy to see just what could be in store for us.
Election 2025: And We’re Off
How is the field looking as the first week of the campaign unfolds?
It Is Australia’s Big Bribe
Labor’s cynical election budget bribes appear to be having the desired effect.
Stop and Search
Tamatha Paul should investigate the consequences of what happened to her party’s electoral support in 2017 – the last time a young(ish) wahine Māori gave Green voters cause to doubt her party’s attachment to the rule of law.
The Power of Kindness
More exclusive excerpts from Jacinda Ardern’s upcoming memoir (part four).
How This Republican Atheist Found God and King
Atheism and republicanism are childish things I learned to put away.
This Won’t Work
Why challenging Donald Trump’s executive authority in the courts is unlikely to end happily.
The Second Worst Polls Since MMP
Someone needs to do something big and bold and they need to do it right now, because current polling suggests that, if they don’t, they will be New Zealand’s first one-term government in 51 years.
Whom Should New Zealand Deport?
Which of our foreign-born population could we most do without? With more than a quarter of us born overseas, there are a lot to choose from.
The Ebb and Flow
The War on Woke in the United States, and here in New Zealand, is starting to get tricky.
A Defence of Musk and Masculine Virtues
The importance of traffic cones at the top of trees.