Utopia, you are standing in it!

A hugely significant gain for ACT is somewhat camouflaged by legislative jargon. Under the heading ‘Oranga Tamariki’ ACT’s coalition agreement contains the following item: • Remove Section 7AA from the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 According to Oranga Tamariki: “Section 7AA is our practical commitment to the principles of the Te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi.”…

LINDSAY MITCHELL: Oranga Tamariki faces major upheaval under coalition agreement

This month, the Coolidge Reagan Foundation has called upon the Michigan bar to investigate and sanction Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., over her comments on Gaza and Israel. While I have been critical of Tlaib over her rhetoric and claims on the Hamas attack and later war, I believe that such sanctions would be inimical to […]

No, Rashida Tlaib Should Not Be Sanctioned by the Michigan Bar

Wilders won resoundingly in the Netherlands, and polled much stronger after October 7.  Yesterday there were anti-immigrant riots in Dublin, typically a relatively open city (most likely an Algerian migrant stabbed several people).  The “far right” party in Austria is very popular, AfD is doing well in Germany, and France could flip.  Italy already is […]

The Geert Wilders victory, and more

Maybe I’m just cynical, but all the reports I saw in the liberal media, which includes the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and the Guardian, seemed positively gleeful that Israel couldn’t instantly uncover all the tunnels that the IDF claimed were under al-Shifa Hospital.  If they couldn’t, the papers’ implications went, then Israel would […]

More tunnels under al-Shifa hospital: an embarrassment to the Western media and an indictment of NGOs

You’ll remember during the election campaign how National (Willis and Luxon) repeatedly told us that their fiscal plans (notably the Back Pocket Boost giveaway plan) was fully funded. Whenever doubts were raised about the foreign buyers’ tax revenue estimates National (a) asserted full confidence in their numbers, and b) reiterated that their plan was…..fully funded. […]

Breathtaking

Bryce Edwards writes – New Zealand’s rules to regulate money in politics can now officially be declared broken. Although, in theory, political parties are required to publicly declare any large donations, we now know that in practice they sometimes don’t, and the enforcement and legal consequences can be extremely weak. We know this because this […]

BRYCE EDWARDS: Court ruling shows big political donations can be given secretly

“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.” – Sun Tzu (544 ─ 496BC)ISRAEL’S LEGAL RIGHT to strike back at Hamas is unchallengeable. No nation, having suffered the sort of horrific attack unleashed upon Israel by Hamas terrorists on 7 October 2023,…

The Right Move Against Hamas Was Not To Make One.

Below is my column in USA Today on the “deactivation order” issued to a controversial pro-Palestinian group at the University of Florida. The order in my view is unconstitutional. We need to focus on deterring acts of destruction and any violent threats or acts on our campuses. We can maintain a safe space for all…

Florida’s “Deactivation” of Pro-Palestinian Group is Unconstitutional

Under the English common law doctrine of jure uxoris, the property and titles belonging to a woman became her husband’s upon marriage, and it was feared that any man she married would thereby become King of England in fact and name. Because of this common law, and with Mary being England’s first Queen Regnant of […]

November 17, 1516: Birth of Queen Mary I of England and Ireland. Part IV.

Opening The Post on Monday morning it was as if the 2026 election campaign had gotten underway already, even as we sit waiting for the new government to form. Under the headline “An answer to National’s revenue gap” was a column by the CTU economist, and former Grant Robertson adviser, Craig Renney suggesting that National […]

“Windfall” taxes

Royal Marriage: Family Background Now aged 37, Queen Mary turned her attention to finding a husband and producing an heir, which would prevent the Protestant Elizabeth (still next-in-line under the terms of Henry VIII’s will and the Act of Succession of 1544) from succeeding to the throne. Edward Courtenay and Reginald Pole were both mentioned […]

November 17, 1516: Birth of Queen Mary I of England and Ireland. Part III.

The picture the commentariat presents of Winston Peters is a misleading caricature. If we don’t try to understand the complexity of the man, we cannot understand what is going on in New Zealand politics. Brian Easton writes – Winston Peters has been active in New Zealand politics longer than any other current politician. He stood […]

BRIAN EASTON:  Understanding Winston