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Early NZ in the Bay of Islands
Visiting these sites in the Bay of Islands really is a must-do experience once you have an understanding of the history beyond the sanitised bits.
Compulsory Voting Makes for Uninspiring Politicians
For true political tragics like myself, election night will provide some excitement purely from the delight of watching data trickle in. However, the preceding few months promise to be an extraordinary bore.
Video Games Are Not What They Appear
The hungry ghosts of our ancestors have a plan for us. And they are smarter than you can possibly appreciate.
‘Sliding Doors Moment’: Dutton’s Big Pitch
Echoes of Menzies’ epochal ‘forgotten people’ speech.
Why Do Judges Get Off When Bosses Don’t?
The case for judicial (and bureaucratic) manslaughter laws.
Oppressed in 2025: Don’t You Dare
If you have the gall to claim you are oppressed by freedom… maybe it’s your fault.
A Message From Father Christmas
I made sure, for us conservative folk, that Christmas came early this year.
Ode to 2024
What a year it has been. There has been a big vibe shift across the Western world, and the Anglosphere in particular.
Thinking Smart and Dumb About Flat Earth
By introducing a false binary, you can easily steer people to the next logical conclusion, like redirecting a river.
The Power of Kindness
The Jacinda Ardern story (part two). Another exclusive excerpt from her upcoming memoir.
No Hero: Whitlam and Israel
How Gough Whitlam dragged Labor into the anti-Semitic mud.
On Writing to the King
Such comments reveal just how frayed the bonds of constitutional loyalty have become and how little stock the opposition parties now put in the democratic norms of representative government.
An Attempt to Look Tough on Anti-Semitism
Australia has very few free-speech protections and it doesn’t need the prime minister making knee-jerk attacks on what exists to look tough on the domestic stage.
The Weapon No One Is Talking About
Social media has repeatedly been proven the best way to win without explosions.
