The Herald has documents in relation to the court case between Te Pati Maori and Mariameno Kapa-Kingi. What is fascinating is how they reveal the extent of the Tamihere family control of the party. It goes well beyond what we already knew. Here is what has been revealed: So a majority of the officers and…
Is it a party or a family?
Is it a party or a family?
15 Feb 2026 Leave a comment
Why Rescinding the Endangerment Finding May Survive Lawfare
15 Feb 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, law and economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice Tags: constitutional law
Some thoughts from my browser AI. My Question: What are the legal matters, such as major questions requiring congressional action, that favor ending EPA CO2 Endangerment Finding? Search Assistant Reply: The legal matters surrounding the repeal of the EPA’s CO2 Endangerment Finding involve the major questions doctrine, which suggests that significant regulatory authority should not […]
Why Rescinding the Endangerment Finding May Survive Lawfare
Changes in the Gender Wage Gap for Business Professionals
14 Feb 2026 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, managerial economics, occupational choice, organisational economics, personnel economics Tags: gender wage gap
In the United States, much of the gap in earnings between men and women is due to the persistent gap for high wage earners. This paper explores changes in the gender wage gap for MBAs graduating from a large public university over 30 years. We document large gender wage gaps on average, which grow in…
Changes in the Gender Wage Gap for Business Professionals
Bet On It Book Club: For a New Liberty, Chapter 2
14 Feb 2026 Leave a comment
in libertarianism, Murray Rothbard
SummaryIn this chapter (“Property and Exchange”), Rothbard introduces the “non-aggression axiom,” also often known as the “non-initiation of force axiom.” The intuition is simple enough: No one has the right to start using physical violence or the threat thereof against another person or his property. This is one of the first moral rules we learn as…
Bet On It Book Club: For a New Liberty, Chapter 2
Japan 2026: A landslide enabled by the electoral system, but tempered by the nomination strategy
14 Feb 2026 Leave a comment
This landslide really was made possible by the electoral system and opposition fragmentation more so than LDP popularity. It could have been a little bigger if only the LDP had presented a few more list candidates.
Japan 2026: A landslide enabled by the electoral system, but tempered by the nomination strategy
Finland Regrets Its Green Grid
14 Feb 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: Finland, wind power
“Imagine an argument so airtight about science so settled over technology so reliable that you have to use censorship to make sure nobody gives a dissenting opinion.” @ProctorZ Tyler Durden reports at zerohedge “Electricity Market Is Fubar”: Finland Wind Turbine Blades Freeze, Curbing Green Power Output. Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. […]
Finland Regrets Its Green Grid
Trump Reverses Obama’s CO2 Endangerment Finding
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in economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - USA Tags: constitutional law
By Paul Homewood It’s official: WASHINGTON – Alongside President Trump in the White House’s Roosevelt Room, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the single largest deregulatory action in U.S. history. In this final rule, EPA is saving American taxpayers over $1.3 trillion, eliminating both the Obama-era 2009 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) […]
Trump Reverses Obama’s CO2 Endangerment Finding
Bill Maher’s New Rule on gambling
13 Feb 2026 Leave a comment
in television, TV shows
Well, I can’t omit Bill Maher’s 8-minute weekly comedy monologue, especially because this week it’s about betting. I’ve always called gambling, betting enterprises, and lotteries “taxes on the stupid”, because people who spend their money that way don’t seem to know that the expectation of money is far less than they’re spending. And it’s a…
Bill Maher’s New Rule on gambling
In support of a pragmatic alliance
13 Feb 2026 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of crime, economics of religion, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, property rights Tags: free speech, political correctness, regressive left
For centuries, atheists, Christians, and Jews have regarded one another as intellectual and cultural adversaries. Their disagreements are real and often profound. They disagree about the existence of God, the authority of scripture, the nature of morality, the meaning of history, and the destiny of humanity. These disputes have generated entire libraries of argument and […]
In support of a pragmatic alliance
German Gas Crisis…Chancellor Merz Allegedly Bans Gas Debate Ahead of Elections!
12 Feb 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: Germany
Germany’s energy woes were compounded by the country’s move away from coal and nuclear power as part as its transition to green energies. According to Spiegelsperger, “We have switched from nuclear and coal now mainly to gas; every day we produce an average of between 15 and 20 GW with gas-fired power plants, which naturally…
German Gas Crisis…Chancellor Merz Allegedly Bans Gas Debate Ahead of Elections!
Bill Maher on deranged Republicans
12 Feb 2026 Leave a comment
in television, TV shows
I missed this Bill Maher “New Rules” clip from last October, but better late than never. In this segment called “Crazy in gov,” Maher assesses whether Democrats or Republicans are more deranged, Although he does point out some craziness on the part of “progressives,” but it is the Republicans who get the Most Deranged prize.…
Bill Maher on deranged Republicans
Polls are snapshots, not predictions: how to read them critically this election year
12 Feb 2026 Leave a comment
in econometerics, economics of education, economics of information, politics - New Zealand
With nine months to go, how much can opinion polls tell us about the general election on November 7? Short answer: not much. Based solely on polls, no one could have predicted the past three elections this early in the year they were held. Trends shifted over the subsequent months, and events (especially COVID in 2020) […]
Polls are snapshots, not predictions: how to read them critically this election year
Two killers who shouldn’t get parole
12 Feb 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, health economics, law and economics Tags: crime and punishment
The Herald reports on Scott Watson: That’s a pretty good sign that Watson shouldn’t be released. Unprovoked violence. And they also report on Clayton Weatherston: The reports referred to his diagnosis of narcissistic personality disorder – specifically characterised as “gross narcissism”. They also mentioned “psychopathy” and categorised Weatherston as being a high risk of reoffending. …
Two killers who shouldn’t get parole
NYRB article attacks the biological definition of sex holding with definitions based on self-identification
12 Feb 2026 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, economics of regulation, gender, health economics, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA, property rights Tags: political correctness, regressive left, sex discrimination
I used to subscribe to the New York Review of Books, which, while sometimes a repository for boring academic cat-fights, often included engaging and illuminating articles—until fabled editor Bob Silvers died in 2017. Now, under the leadership of editor Emily Greenhouse, the magazine, always Left-leaning, seems to have become more progressive. The article by gender…
NYRB article attacks the biological definition of sex holding with definitions based on self-identification
Framing and omission in BBC coverage of Israeli president’s Australia visit
11 Feb 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, politics - Australia, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, media bias, Middle-East politics, regressive left, war against terror
Early on February 9th the BBC News website published a report by Sydney correspondent Helen Livingstone headlined “Israeli president lays wreath at Bondi at… The post Framing and omission in BBC coverage of Israeli president’s Australia visit appeared first on CAMERA UK.
Framing and omission in BBC coverage of Israeli president’s Australia visit
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