World Politics
Trump and the US Gravitational Pull
A determined American president does not need to retreat before the angry objections of globalisation’s defenders: not when he commands the economic and military resources of the world’s most powerful nation state.
NZ Should Abolish All Funding of the UN
The UN is a bloated bureaucracy riddled with inefficiency, hypocrisy and corruption, often failing its own missions while serving the interests of the powerful.
The Hard Sense of Trump’s Tariffs
For all the TDS, there’s a hard commonsense to Trump’s agenda.
New Study Reveals DEI Training Increases Hostility
DEI culture has become toxic and counterproductive – so much so that it exacerbates the very problems it claims to resolve.
The Spell Seems to Have Been Broken
The heaviness of a woke agenda, DEI and other absurdities have been knocked clean off their perch and thrown in the garbage truck.
The World Has Hurty Feelings
It is ironic to me that the only person striving for peace is heavily criticised for it outside of America. Ukrainians want peace, Russians want peace. The world wants peace. But the one man who is trying to achieve it is vilified for it.
The Demise of the Paris Agreement
Isn’t it time our coalition government put the national interest and wellbeing of New Zealanders first and opted out of Paris as well?
The Scientific Fallacy That Spawned the Absolutism
Science requires us to challenge received ‘truth’ and seek out better evidence. But that questioning challenges our baked-in respect for authority.
A Tale of Two Continental Tyrannies
Among the poor and lower middle class, they couldn’t really care about Covid tyranny. The rules imposed were simply seen as another government roadblock to them earning their daily wages. They mostly didn’t comply because they could not afford the finances, time, or mental capital.