The Slippery Slope of Age Verification
New Zealand should be wary of the coming violation of personal privacy and online liberty in Australia, as a private member’s bill from National MP Catherine Wedd awaits being drawn from the ballot.
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Luxon and Hipkins Just Don’t Compare
To highlight the gulf between then and now, I’ve revisited some key political decisions and indulged in a little alternative history. How would the likes of Luxon and Hipkins have fared?
The Idea of Breeding Socialist Supermen
As early adopters of eugenics, socialists were impatient to get their hands dirty.
Alcohol Reforms Pass, but More Coming
Licence holders have been held hostage by miserable anti-alcohol activists who can object to any licence application in the country, whether they are actually impacted or not.
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Baffled? What utter bullshit
Gayford can claim to be bewildered all he likes. The rest of us are not.
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The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… signify (verb) - transitive verb 1a: to be a sign of : mean b: imply 2: to show especially by a conventional token (such as word, signal, or gesture) intransitive verb 1: to have significance : matter 2: to engage in signifying Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Signify basically