Reviews
How the Soviets Stole Nuclear Secrets and Targeted Oppenheimer, the ‘Father of the Atomic Bomb’
Calder Walton Assistant Director, Applied History Project and Intelligence Project, Harvard Kennedy School “Oppenheimer,” the epic new movie directed by Christopher Nolan, takes audiences into the mind and moral decisions of J. Robert Oppenheimer, leader of the team of brilliant scientists in Los Alamos, New Mexico, who built the world’
Barbie Is Stunning in Stilettos but Could She Ever Be a Mother?
Kimberly Ells Kimberly Ells is the author of The Invincible Family. Follow her at Invincible Family Substack. One of the brightest moments of my young life was when I got TWO Barbies (one blonde, one brunette) for Christmas. So on wings of nostalgia but feeling undercurrents of dread, I set
Women in Charge Same as Men in Charge
Text Katie Pickles Professor of History University of Canterbury Spoiler alert: this review contains plot details of the film. At last – after the hype and advance mass-merchandising – the Barbie movie is here. Part spoof, part action fantasy, part Barbie doll virtual museum, it’s a full-blown product placement experience – but
The Truth about the ‘King of Clones’
Benjamin Seevers Benjamin Seevers is a Mises Institute Fellow and holds a BA in economics from Grove City College. He will begin his PhD in economics at West Virginia University in fall 2023. His research interests include private governance, public policy, and libertarian ethics. fee.org Netflix’s new hit
The Movie Hollywood Doesn’t Want You to See
In a previous article, I challenged you to do something about woke Hollywood. It seems that one film could show conservatives that complain about the film industry how to beat Hollywood. In the article I mentioned a film called Sound Of Freedom produced by Jim Caviezel. With the tagline ‘God’
A Tale of Two Cities
Axelheart I travelled to Paris in my early twenties – while on the quintessential OE based in England – visiting the usual tourist spots, including Versailles. Despite my ignorance of the background of the French Revolution, one doesn’t need a history degree when confronted with the magnitude of the Palace of
Shouting Across the Ditch
The collected Lushington D. Brady Vol. 1 Review Let me start by coming clean. I am anything but an impartial reviewer. If there was a Lushington D. Brady Fan Club, I’d be a life member. I still remember the day I read his first column on what was then
Aussie Netflix Sexualizes Young Children for Laughs
Dawn Slusher newsbusters.org An Australian dramedy that was released on Netflix in March was trending in June, so we decided to check it out. Be glad we did so you don’t have to. Looks like Hollywood’s tendency towards paedophilia – or the rights of “Minor Attracted Persons” as
Shouting Across the Ditch – A Review
Shouting Across the Ditch: The Collected Lushington Brady Vol 1 is, as you guessed, the first volume of a collection of essays by BFD author Lushington D Brady. I have to admit I’m a bit of a Lushington fanboy so you have to excuse me for being a tad
Is the New Mario Bros. Movie Really Anti-woke? No and Yes
Jon Miltimore fee.org Jonathan Miltimore is the Managing Editor of FEE.org. (Follow him on Substack.) His writing/reporting has been the subject of articles in TIME magazine, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes, Fox News, and the Star Tribune. Bylines: Newsweek, The Washington Times, MSN.com, The Washington
The BFD Food Column: Dishoom, from Bombay with Love
I recently attained the grand age of 62 years old and to my delight received a beauty of a cookbook as a birthday present from my youngest daughter Mika and her man Shahar. Shahar, just back from a business junket in London, was lucky enough to be wined and dined
Book Review: Righteous Prey
John Sandford is, to my mind, one of the foremost exponents of the cop story of the present time. He has written many books featuring an overlapping cast of characters, and the latest is set in the Biden-era USA amid the Covid mask days. It features his favourite detective, Lucas
New NZ History Curriculum Earns an F
Mike Butler In a new book titled New Zealand’s History Curriculum – Education or Indoctrination? educator Roger Childs eviscerates what he calls “a deliberate, pre-meditated attempt at social engineering”. The push for a compulsory anti-colonist curriculum started in 2014 when pupils from Otorohanga College on a field trip were told
When Govts Enforce Race Relations
George Ford Smith mises.org George Ford Smith is a former mainframe and PC programmer and technology instructor, the author of eight books including a novel about a renegade Fed chairman (Flight of the Barbarous Relic) and a nonfiction book on how money became an instrument of theft (The Jolly
Strong Claims Made without Evidence
Chris Wilson Programme Director, Master of Conflict and Terrorism Studies University of Auckland Since the horrific attacks in Christchurch in 2019 there has been substantial and growing attention paid to the extreme right in New Zealand. The pandemic – and the conspiracy theories and anti-government sentiment that developed in response – increased