Commentary
Discover fresh commentary and articles on important topics from both New Zealand and overseas. Stay informed, and get a viewpoint that challenges the mainstream media narrative.
Commentary
Discover fresh commentary and articles on important topics. Stay informed, and get a viewpoint that challenges the mainstream media narrative.
Research: TikTok Serves up ‘Humorous’ Cannabis Videos to Teens
It’s very concerning that teens are at risk of illicit drug use after being exposed to TikTok videos that portray cannabis-use as “humorous or entertaining” ...
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Pregnant man emoji coming to Apple iPhones
Pregnant man? Like the media, Big Tech have become increasingly woke, and increasingly confused on biology. The continued push to make the biologically specific phenomenon ...
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Festival One forced to cancel
Festival One being forced to cancel is terribly sad, but was completely avoidable yet totally predictable. While 60,000 fans fill a soccer stadium every day ...
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Research – Significant Association Between Cannabis Use and Psychotic Disorders
Researchers find that recreational use of cannabis was significantly associated with a diagnosis of psychotic disorder. Their findings have been published in The American Journal ...
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Trans women athletes hold competitive edge, even after testosterone suppression
Scientists argue that transgender female athletes hold a competitive edge over their biologically female competitors that one year of testosterone suppression therapy cannot mitigate. You ...
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Rise of vaping-addicted teens in NZ
One in five New Zealand secondary school students are now addicted to vaping according to research by the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation, which surveyed more ...
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NZ Importer has 3.5 million rapid antigen tests but can’t get approval from Ministry of Health
Yesterday we shared that NZ health experts are now saying rapid antigen tests will be a critical tool for managing Covid-19 in New Zealand, with ...
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Rapid antigen tests a “critical tool for managing Omicron”
For some time we’ve been advocating for the addition of rapid antigen tests (RATs) in the fight against Covid-19. Now even Dr Michael Baker is ...
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Canada’s Conversion Therapy Ban – Consent by adults is now illegal
After two failed attempts, Canada has now banned conversion therapy. Advocates say it’s one of the most comprehensive (meaning it’s ‘extreme’) laws of its kind ...
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USA: Think Legal Weed Cut Down On Crime? Think Again
Just like we’ve been saying – legalising dope does not reduce crime. In fact it looks like crime increases, with gangs moving in to scoop ...
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Pharmacy-provided rapid antigen tests permissible for holiday travel
So it appears that unvaccinated kiwis will now be allowed to travel over the summer holiday season with the use of rapid antigen tests provided ...
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I’m Sorry, Birth Certificates are now meaningless under new law
Letter from Bob McCoskrie Parliament today passed a law that renders birth certificates as meaningless, and which continues the relentless push to nullify biological sex, ...
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Canada: Renowned neuroscientist criticises extreme ‘Conversion Therapy’ ban
Canada’s House of Commons just unanimously passed an extreme conversion therapy bill similar to the one proposed in New Zealand. That’s how left the Canadian ...
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USA: Cannabis tax suspended to help compete with drug dealers
How’s that wonderful promise of a massive marijuana tax revenue doing? Not very well, from what we can see in San Francisco. The city has ...
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The next National Party leader… where do they stand on key family issues?
With the sudden departure of Judith Collins from the leadership of the National Party, the battle is now on for a new leader (and ultimately ...
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NZ Crime Statistics and the ‘3 Strikes Law’
THE PROBLEM The latest NZ National Survey of Victims and Crime shows that 29% of adults had been a victim of crime at least once ...
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3 Strikes Law
Family First NZ says that the proposed scrapping of the Three Strikes Law will only be celebrated by repeat violent offenders, but it will do ...
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Woke Westpac ‘cancels’ men from their branding
You’d assume that many of Westpac NZ’s customers are men, as well as kiwi families that include fathers? But not if you view Westpac’s website ...
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The advert that the Sunday papers weren’t that keen on you seeing
We tried to place this full page advertisement in the 2 national Sunday newspapers today (Herald on Sunday and Sunday Star Times). But both of ...
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The Ministry of Health released this – but hoped you wouldn’t notice
When a public service doesn’t want people to see a publication, they release it late on a Friday when the media are celebrating the end ...
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Bob McCoskrie launches new series of hard-hitting ‘5-min’ videos
As part of his McBlog channel, Bob McCoskrie has launched a new series of ‘bite-sized’ videos where he discusses the latest issues to do with ...
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