A crazy article by Halim Rane at the ABC: In the aftermath of violent attacks, public commentary quickly reaches for a familiar label like “religiously motivated terrorism”. The term sounds intuitive but it is analytically flawed, socially harmful and counter-productive to both national security and social cohesion. I would argue that a more accurate and useful…
Yes Islamist terrorism is religiously inspired
Yes Islamist terrorism is religiously inspired
21 Jan 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, economics of religion, law and economics, liberalism, war and peace Tags: regressive left, war against terror
The Guardian defends a moral monster
16 Jan 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, economics of media and culture, International law, law and economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, media bias, Middle-East politics, regressive left, war against terror
When we say that the Guardian is institutionally antisemitic, we mean, in party, that they’re willing to defend, or publish sympathetic coverage of, almost… The post The Guardian defends a moral monster appeared first on CAMERA UK.
The Guardian defends a moral monster
Silence on Iran’s murder of its own people: more hypocrisy from anti-Israel protesters
16 Jan 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, International law, law and economics Tags: Iran, Israel, media bias, Middle-East politics, regressive left
It is reported that Iran has massacred 12,000 pro-freedom protesters in less than a fortnight: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/least-12-000-possibly-20-185320083.html Where is everyone who has been protesting Israel’s actions weekly over the past two years? The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa accused Israel of genocide three days after the Iranian-funded massacre of Israeli civilians on October 7, before Israel had…
Silence on Iran’s murder of its own people: more hypocrisy from anti-Israel protesters
The black market crisis in tobacco
16 Jan 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of regulation, health economics, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: economics of smoking
A comprehensive article in the SST about the rise in black market tobacco sales in NZ. Some extracts: This is again a reminder that prohibition doesn’t work, and neither does trying to tax something so much to prohibit it.
The black market crisis in tobacco
The ICE Elephant: Why the Law Requires All the Facts
13 Jan 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA
Below is my column in The Hill on the refusal of many to consider all of the facts in the…
The ICE Elephant: Why the Law Requires All the Facts
Paul O’Connell: Anticipatory Repression and the Proscription of Palestine Action
12 Jan 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, International law, law and economics, war and peace Tags: British constitutional law, British politics, Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, regressive left, war against terror
The proscription of Palestine Action in July 2025 represents more than an aggressive application of counter-terrorism law. It reveals a broader, qualitative shift in the British state’s approach to political dissent—one best understood, I argue, through the concept of ‘anticipatory repression’. Proscription and Its Critics Palestine Action is a direct action network that has, since […]
Paul O’Connell: Anticipatory Repression and the Proscription of Palestine Action
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith Confirms his Utter Contempt for the First Amendment Before Congress
11 Jan 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, liberalism, politics - USA Tags: 2020 presidential election, free speech
For years, some of us have argued that President Donald Trump’s January 6th speech was protected under the First Amendment…
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith Confirms his Utter Contempt for the First Amendment Before Congress
Quinn Que: To save liberalism, “progressives” must apologize and abandon their air of moral certainty
11 Jan 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, International law, law and economics, laws of war, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: free speech, Gaza Strip, gender gap, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left, sex discrimination, war against terror
This longish diatribe against “progressives” (i.e., left-wing extremists who aren’t Communists) appeared in my weekly Substack recommendations. Intrigued by the title, I printed it out and read it (I can’t read on screens.) Que’s thesis is one you’ve often seen me advance: “progressives” have gone so far that they’ve alienated much of the Left, and…
Quinn Que: To save liberalism, “progressives” must apologize and abandon their air of moral certainty
Berlin’s Terror-Blackout Enters 4th Day As Tens Of Thousands Suffer In Cold Without Heat!
08 Jan 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, economics of crime, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, law and economics Tags: climate activists, Germany
A humanitarian catastrophe unfolds in Berlin after leftwing fanatics sabotage power grid… It’s as if the green movement can’t destroy Germany’s energy supply quickly enough. Now fanatics are resorting to sabotage attacks on lifeline power grids. Epicenter of Berlin’s January 3rd terror attack blackout. For the second time in less than four months, lunatic fanatics…
Berlin’s Terror-Blackout Enters 4th Day As Tens Of Thousands Suffer In Cold Without Heat!
Operation Absolute Resolve: Why Trump Went Off Script and Why it Will Not Matter
05 Jan 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, International law, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: Venezuela
It can fairly be said that the most precarious jobs in the world are those of a golf ball collector…
Operation Absolute Resolve: Why Trump Went Off Script and Why it Will Not Matter
Bondi terror: The heroes we choose to remember
05 Jan 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: regressive left, war against terror
This may be an unpopular opinion.
Bondi terror: The heroes we choose to remember
Anti-Israel protesters today in Auckland intentionally blocked the public’s view of a sign saying HAMAS RAPED ROMI GONEN
04 Jan 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, law and economics, laws of war, politics - New Zealand, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, regressive left, war against terror
Today I was counterprotesting the anti-Israel protest in Auckland CBD by holding a sign saying HAMAS RAPED ROMI GONEN and almost immediately anti-Israel protesters came to block the public’s view of my sign with a large kheffiyeh. Romi Gonen, by the way, is a civilian Israeli hostage who was kidnapped from the Nova music festival.…
Anti-Israel protesters today in Auckland intentionally blocked the public’s view of a sign saying HAMAS RAPED ROMI GONEN
The United States Captures Nicolás Maduro and his Wife
04 Jan 2026 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: Venezuela
In an extraordinary military operation, the United States launched a large-scale military operation in Caracas, Venezuela with special forces seizing…
The United States Captures Nicolás Maduro and his Wife
Own goal by Stamer
01 Jan 2026 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: British politics, war against terror
Alaa Abdel Fattah has been a prisoner in Egypt on dubious charges, and may have been tortured there. It is right and proper for the UK Government to advocate (as he gained British citizenship) for his human rights to be respected. But Starmer did a huge own goal by going beyond that and declaring that…
Own goal by Stamer
New York Times Rewrites History Again With Nikole Hannah-Jones
31 Dec 2025 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: crime and punishment, regressive left, war against terror
Former New York Times reporter and Howard University professor Nikole Hannah-Jones has long been controversial as a writer who expressly…
New York Times Rewrites History Again With Nikole Hannah-Jones
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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