Dr. Yvette Alt Miller Dr. Alt Miller lives with her family in Chicago, and has lectured internationally on Jewish topics. Her latest book Portraits of Valor: Heroic Jewish Women You Should Know describes the lives of 40 remarkable women who inhabited different eras and lands, giving a sense of the
“Palestine” is dirt-poor. It has one of the lowest GDPs per capita. But then, it’s Arab neighbours aren’t much better, and that’s even with massive natural resources, oil most notably. Yet, it’s neighbour Israel, which is also a desert country with no real natural resources,
Bryce Edwards Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz The Labour Party’s decline continues, according to the latest opinion poll released by Roy Morgan, which shows its support
If there was one left-wing politician I’ve always had a lot of respect for it was Roy Jenkins. He was a UK Labour MP, albeit on the right wing of the party, a cabinet minister in the Wilson Governments; Home Secretary, and Chancellor of the Exchequer. He was
Richard Kelly Richard Kelly is a retired business analyst, married with three adult children and one dog and devastated by the way his home city of Melbourne was laid waste. Convinced justice will be served one day. brownstone.org In their famous ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ bout, Muhammad Ali and
Joanne Nova A prize-winning science graduate in molecular biology. She has given keynotes about the medical revolution, gene technology and aging at conferences. She hosted a children’s TV series on Channel Nine, and has done over 200 radio interviews, many on the Australian ABC. She was formerly an
Duncan du Bois There’s a significant parallel between the drivers of the COP28 summit and the construction of the Tower of Babel in the Old Testament. In both cases the goal of the proponents was and is the achievement of ‘one people, one language, one government’ in a borderless
cfact.org As I pointed out several years ago, the climate alarmists have a civil war going on between radicals and moderates. Radical leader Greta Thunberg’s famous “How dare you” was addressed to moderate COP negotiators, not skeptics. In recent years, every COP had been dominated by an angry
Harry Palmer I reckon the emergence of the contempt politicians now openly express for voters began in the 1980s, when the British and Kiwi Governments sold off the ‘family silver’ of publicly owned utilities, like power generation and railways. It seems they did it just for the sake of it,
As I wrote, regarding the craven joint statement by Anthony Albanese, Chris Luxon and Justin Trudeau, it’s notable that not one of them has ever called for a ceasefire in Ukraine — yet Israel is supposed to just lie back and take it from the bloodthirsty savages of Hamas. The
Peter Jacobsen Peter Jacobsen is a Writing Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education. fee.org Promises made; promises kept. On President Javier Milei’s first day in office, he made the best move he could’ve made. Milei signed an executive order cutting the number of Argentinian government ministries
December 11th, 2023 As the year draws to a close, various conflicts around the world are getting more active and even my little bit of rural England has seen a couple of Palestinian flags on display in the high street. I had an interesting conversation in London last week about
“Fritz!” bellowed Klouse (the K is silent) Swab, leader of the Wicked Eugenicist Fascists (WEF) and would-be dictator of the world. “Schnell, schnell, Fritz. A lame snail could on ze razor blades faster than you move.” Fritz rushed to stand before his master, knowing full well that were he
Rule of thumb: if the climate cultists are whinging, then it can’t be all bad. In fact, it’s usually downright hilarious. COP28, the latest of the annual climate cult beanos, has delivered the goods in spades. Particularly delicious is that Australia’s ‘Climate Change and Energy Minister’ has
Rebecca Strating Director, La Trobe Asia and Associate Professor La Trobe University Taiwan is gearing up for important presidential and legislative elections next month. How to manage “cross-strait” relations with China is not surprisingly emerging as the critical issue of the campaigns. Taiwan first held competitive presidential elections in
John Strawson Honorary Professor of Law and director of LLM programs University of East London “The attacks of October 7 continue until all the hostages return home.” So said an Israeli citizen called Guy Lenman speaking to me in Tel Aviv last week. His father-in-law Dror Kaplan is
