Geoffrey Miller Geoffrey Miller is the Democracy Project’s geopolitical analyst and writes on current New Zealand foreign policy and related geopolitical issues. He has lived in Germany and the Middle East and is a learner of Arabic and Russian. He is currently working on a PhD at the University
Charles Krblich Chuck Krblich works in the insurance and reinsurance industries as a catastrophe manager. brownstone.org Il nous faut de l’audace, encore de l’audace, toujours de l’audace! (We need audacity, more audacity, always audacity!) Georges Jacques Danton Just a short time ago, on a Saturday, before
How much longer can the UN be allowed to continue? As we reported at The BFD some years ago, the UN agency in ‘Palestine’, the UNRWA, was found to be complicit in not just “sexual misconduct, nepotism, retaliation, discrimination and other abuses of authority” but directly distributing violently antisemitic propaganda
Christian Toto newsbusters.org Celebrities routinely suffer for sharing their political views, and no one bats an eye. Just ask Kevin Sorbo, who watched his mainstream Hollywood career implode for being an openly Christian conservative. Actor Antonio Sabato, Jr shared a similar story in recent years, forcing him to create
Harry Palmer Politicians, their associates and handlers can wield the power of life and death over citizens. Those in the UK and to a slightly lesser degree the USA are currently rattling their sabres; warning that a war with Russia is on the horizon and that conscription of innocent youth
Harry Palmer NZ’s newly elected government has yet to prove it’s different from the rest but look at the kind of politicians and ‘officials’ that are firmly embedded in power in Europe, the UK and the USA. They’re not going to be voted out because they’re
David Bell David Bell, Senior Scholar at Brownstone Institute, is a public health physician and biotech consultant in global health. He is a former medical officer and scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO), Programme Head for malaria and febrile diseases at the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) in
Baby boomers, of which I am one, have a lot to be thankful for. Looking at later generations, including the one immediately after (for which we must take some responsibility), are very different from ours. The generations prior to ours – involved in two world wars – were subjected to more horrors
Some might deem this article harsh. They would be right. I am writing about the realities the free world has to deal with as a result of the war in the Middle East. They are all risking the peace and order of the world. I intend to be harsh on
Harry Palmer After the American War of Independence was won in 1783, when Benjamin Franklin walked out of Independence Hall in Philadelphia after the Constitutional Convention in 1787, someone shouted out, “Doctor, what have we got? A republic or a monarchy?” Franklin supposedly responded, “A republic, if you can keep
John Klar libertynation.com The WHO (World Health Organization) took center stage during the Covid pandemic as the global coordinator of effective response. Questions about the organization’s proper role – and competence – preceded and now survive the Covid crisis. Was the WHO effective and apolitical in its response, and can
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, has
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 then
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
