When Models and Reality Clash
A review of predictions of epidemic and pandemic mortality. Ginkgo Bioworks have now provided a more detailed report to the New Zealand Royal Commission on Covid-19 Lessons Learned.
World Politics
There Was Nothing ‘Moderate’ About Hassan Nasrallah
Nasrallah was nothing but an evil, theocratic, terrorist living in once-Christian Lebanon that was heavily colonised by Moslem invaders, mostly from Syria and Iran. Christians are now a persecuted minority and have been since the ’90s
Bombs Away and Spare Me the Sanctimony
Victory at all costs: for without victory, inhumanity triumphs.
Disinformation Is Not the Problem Here
Government coverups and censorship are. We are moving fast down that slippery slope to an authoritarian society.
It Is an Act of Projection
Hayek was right when he wrote that under socialism “the worst rise to the top” in politics. They know exactly what they are doing because they are, after all, fascists.
The Day the World Changed
Inexplicably, in the weeks and months that followed, the world turned on Israel and the Jewish people.
Is New Zealand Destined to Be the World’s Fluoridiocracy?
Are our much vaunted scientists and public health policy makers just smarter than the rest of the world that is now abandoning this process?
Chinese Project Targeted Again in Pakistan
Continued terror attacks may be an opening for China to move in.
Freedom of Association and Cancel Culture
The civil rights framework of rules based on ‘protected grounds’, such as race, sex, or religion, violates freedom of association in two ways.
How Foreign Censorship Threatens Free Speech
With the Biden-Harris administration silent in the face of the targeting of American platforms, Republicans are bringing forth legislation to combat foreign threats to domestic speech.
Dr Jackie Stone – A True Loss
Dr Stone was burdened by the enormity of the global forces at play and perhaps saw no way out. Let her sacrifice not be in vain.
CBDCs Undermine Financial Privacy
The government is already using existing technologies to surveil its citizens. There’s no reason to think the government would give up its ability to monitor transactions with the introduction of a CBDC.