Time for honesty and aspiration in NZ education
The crisis already exists but has been covered up for a long time. It is now widely known that our education system is a mess and many schools are simply not fit for purpose.
Sean's big thank you to Dr. Jordan Peterson
More popular than ever he has expanded his activities to include an online university and continues to grow in popularity and controversy as one of the world’s leading public intellectuals.
A great free speech conference - but where were the journalists?
I thought it was an outstanding success, not so much in terms of the number of attendees – roughly 150, although I understand several hundred more watched online – as for the quality of the speakers and the ideas they put forward.
Relearning the Art of Debate
I’ve noticed this ‘mob mentality’ pop up in directions all around me. We latch onto our mob as if it’s our identity, which means really, we have an identity crisis brewing.
0-800-STASI
The PM has immersed herself in this misinformation, disinformation, bad actors stuff, to the point where she can no longer think rationally about national security matters
The pleasure of having one's prejudices confirmed
I forced myself to watch Web of Chaos, Tuesday night’s state-funded TVNZ documentary that promised “a deep dive into the world of disinformation”.
A Considered Refutation of the Farm Emissions Tax and the ETS
The other primary concern is the carbon forestry industry and the fact it is overtaking farming and our natural environment at an alarming rate.
A Culture war over hate speech and free speech is unlikely
There really is no chance that Labour wants to spark a culture war on free speech as it’s about to go into election year.
Where Hamilton West goes, goes the country
Regardless of how good National’s candidate maybe Hamilton West voters will be offended that they are being used to improve the party’s diversity credentials.
The new SIS woke nark stasi campaign is the price we pay for Mallard’s refusal to de-escalate Dumb Lives Matter protests
That’s why it was so essential for NZ to NOT allow the Dumb Lives Matter fiasco on Parliament’s Lawns to metastasise into the dark treacle of hate that has oozed into the political subterranean.