“The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-195…
24 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
in economic history, Marxist economics Tags: China
LINDSAY MITCHELL: Alarming trend in benefit numbers
23 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
While there will not be another quarterly release of benefit numbers prior to the election, limited weekly reporting continues and is showing an alarming trend. Because there is a seasonal component to benefit number fluctuations it is crucial to compare like with like. In the ten week period to September 15, 2023 the number of…
LINDSAY MITCHELL: Alarming trend in benefit numbers
Backpackers Abandon Seriously Injured Friend in Grand Canyon After Calling Sheriff
23 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
In torts, we discuss the “no duty to rescue” doctrine in torts. Under the common law, you are not legally required to assist a person in peril if you had no responsibility for their injury. A recent incident in the Grand Canyon National Park raised some of the underlying issues that we debate in our […]
Backpackers Abandon Seriously Injured Friend in Grand Canyon After Calling Sheriff
Manfred von Richthofen’s First Victory – American Volunteers in WW1 I TH…
22 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War I
Review of “An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford” by Richard Norton Smith
22 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
Published earlier this year, Richard Norton Smith’s long-anticipated biography of Gerald Ford is a valuable addition to the small collection of serious biographies of the 38th president. Smith is a biographer and historian who has also served as director of the presidential libraries for presidents Hoover, Eisenhower, Reagan and Ford. With 710 pages of text […]
Review of “An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford” by Richard Norton Smith
Wind Industry’s Rotten Tale: A Story of Bribes and Underhand Dealings
22 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
Crony capitalism is mostly done undercover; only rarely does its insidious work bubble to be the surface. The wind industry isn’t the only business where cash for favours is the order of the day. But the wind industry is alone in its moralising, ‘shut up, we’re saving the world’ mantra. The narrative upon which it […]
Wind Industry’s Rotten Tale: A Story of Bribes and Underhand Dealings
A good summary of the mess that is science education in New Zealand
22 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
If you want to see what the government of New Zealand is up to with respect to science education, you can’t do better than listening to this video/slideshow by two exponents of the “we-need-two-knowledge-systems” view. I’ve gotten a lot of scary stuff from Kiwi educators in the last couple of weeks, but this one site…
A good summary of the mess that is science education in New Zealand
A good summary of the mess that is science education in New Zealand
22 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
If you want to see what the government of New Zealand is up to with respect to science education, you can’t do better than listening to this video/slideshow by two exponents of the “we-need-two-knowledge-systems” view. I’ve gotten a lot of scary stuff from Kiwi educators in the last couple of weeks, but this one site…
A good summary of the mess that is science education in New Zealand
America’s Offshore Wind Industry Covering Up True Cost of Taxpayer Funded Subsidies
22 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: celebrity technologies, wind power
The rent-seekers that profit from the great wind and solar scam are always begging for more: more subsidies, tougher mandates and even greater renewable energy targets. Back in 1983, the American Wind Industry Association claimed that solar and wind would be “competitive and self-supporting on a national level by the end of the decade if […]
America’s Offshore Wind Industry Covering Up True Cost of Taxpayer Funded Subsidies
The Language Of Ministerial Submissions
22 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
One of the foundations of the modern British constitution is the idea that the Sovereign only acts on ministerial advice. However, the relationship between the Monarch and their Ministers is largely shielded from public view, making it difficult to understand how it works in practice.[1] But the material that has trickled into the public domain […]
The Language Of Ministerial Submissions
Rishi Sunak Waters Down Net Zero Pledges
21 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
By Paul Homewood So he did it! Net Zero targets are to be watered down, as long as the Cabinet approves it. The key points are: Petrol/diesel ban pushed back to 2035 Transition to heat pumps switch will be forced only when buying a new boiler, and from 2035. Upcoming property energy […]
Rishi Sunak Waters Down Net Zero Pledges
RICHARD PREBBLE: Who won the Leaders’ debate?
21 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
There was a knockout winner of the Leaders’ debate. Check for yourself. Recall how they looked. If you cannot remember or missed it, the debate is on TVNZ’s website. Turn off the sound and ask; “which one looks like a Prime Minister?” Political scientists have done this experiment repeatedly. Asked people who do not know…
RICHARD PREBBLE: Who won the Leaders’ debate?
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