World Politics
The ‘Germ’ Games
New emails show how pandemic preparedness was reframed through a military lens at Davos in 2016, with senior NIH officials drawn into the discussions.
The Inversion of NZ Education
Beware of teachers who tell your children WHAT to think instead of teaching them HOW to think.
Social Media Is Not Like Tobacco
Although it is reasonable to age-gate activities such as smoking, drinking and driving, to compare such restrictions to social media age restrictions is a false equivalency driven by far more insidious intentions.
Pride Cometh Before the Fall: The Sporting Backlash
Pride in sport is doing more harm than good.
The Long History of Socialism and Antisemitism
Hatred for Jews on the far left goes back centuries.
No, This Is Not Immigration
Why are the governments of the Western world waging war on their own people? Who is threatening them and who is rewarding them.
The Future of War May Be Underground
For the present, while drones have us looking up, we must not forget to look down as well.
They Ought to Be Careful What They Wish For
African and Caribbean countries were neck-deep in the slave trade – now they want ‘reparations’?
NIH Internal Emails Reveal Prior Pandemic Planning
By the time Covid emerged in 2020, many of the global health power players moved seamlessly into roles they had spent years preparing for.
A Regulator’s Impulse and Banning Social Media
Hasten slowly on social media restrictions.