Be Not Enticed to Tyranny
Targeted by smart doorbells or license plate readers, but tempted just to shrug off losses of privacy? The cumulative price of surveillance is higher than we can imagine.
World Politics
Why Is Israel Held to a Different Standard?
We must affirm Israel’s right to defend its citizens with the same moral clarity we afford every other nation. To do otherwise is not just inconsistent – it’s unjust.
Self-Inflicted Truths Hurt the Left
They preach growth on the one hand while taxing the lifeblood out of the very people who can make it happen. Their ideology says you can tax your way to wealth.
The Meaning of ‘Never Again’ in a World That Forgets
Holocaust distortion, denial, and erasure seep subtly into classrooms, campuses, and discourse. We must remain vigilant – not only out of solidarity with global Jewry, but as a commitment to our own democratic and humane values.
When Terror Wears a Red Crescent
When terror wears a red crescent, it isn’t protected – it is disguising itself. And the world must stop pretending otherwise.
China Caught Cheating Trade Rules Again
Trying to sneak their cheap crap through South Korea.
From the Desk of a Male, Pale and Stale
What if the tariff strategy fails? (Trump tariff strategy, part three)
America Can Still Lose the AI Race
America and the world risk letting China race ahead in the most significant technological revolution of modern times greatly extending its global influence in the process.
Climate Cult Carrying Coals to Newcastle
The idea of selling coal in Newcastle seemed so ridiculous, they coined a term for it that applies to any attempt to do something ridiculous. Fast forward to 2025, and England now has to import coal from Japan. Really.
Israel Is the Greatest Decolonisation Project Ever
Israel is not just a state – it is the embodiment of the triumph of a people over history’s greatest injustices, and a living example of the enduring power of the human spirit to overcome even the harshest of adversities.
Kiwi Team Covers WWI Battlefield Remains
The small group – made up of NZDF personnel and staff from the New Zealand Embassy – recited a karakia and The Ode, and played the Last Post across the landscape, where trenches have re-emerged following wildfires in August last year.