Category Archives: New Zealand

Biodiversity Crisis Drives Eradication Campaign Against Super-Predators (6-10-22)

Posted on June 10, 2022 by Luke Ford

00:10 New Zealand’s Biodiversity Crisis Prompts Extreme Measures, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/05/world/australia/new-zealands-predator-mammals.html 01:00 Tucker Carlson on January 6 hearings 14:00 Scientist: E.O. Wilson: A Life In Nature, https://www.amazon.com/Scientist-Wilson-Life-Nature/dp/038554555X/ 17:00 Professor of Apocalypse: The Many Lives of Jacob Taubes, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=143590 27:00 Tucker interviews Ashli … Continue reading →

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A Sunday Chat With Donovan Worland, Charlottesville, Aussie Singer Nick Cave (7-11-21)

Posted on July 11, 2021 by Luke Ford

00:00 Donovan Worland’s channel, https://www.youtube.com/user/donworland 01:00 Donovan has a white father, black mother 02:00 Donovan on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/donworland 03:00 Donovan’s Twitter account, https://twitter.com/don_arete 04:00 Donovan on Minds, https://social.quodverum.com/@Donovan 12:00 Oriental medicine 18:50 Oregon vs California 22:00 Donovan feels more comfortable … Continue reading →

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Fairness and Freedom: A History of Two Open Societies: New Zealand and the United States

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Luke Ford

Here are some highlights from this 2012 book by David Hackett Fischer: * When one compares these many accounts, one notices that the same language of description tends to occur. Karl Popper described New Zealanders as “decent, friendly and well-disposed.” … Continue reading →

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Do we sufficiently love our thought leaders, our public intellectuals and our tall poppies?

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Luke Ford

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/the-thirty-tyrants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Smith_(journalist) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum/legacy/papers/lightman.html https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2017/07/11/why-academics-should-strive-be-public-intellectuals-not-thought-leaders-essay https://www.tumblr.com/markblackham/109527094963/uppity-poppy-syndrome https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/opinion/65626235/eleanor-catton-should-speak-the-truth-as-she-sees-it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Catton https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/bryce-edwards-the-politics-of-eleanor-catton-and-public-debate/BVQCOSPJJDJSYNKBE3WXIVZNKE/ https://medium.com/@maetl/land-of-the-wrong-white-clowns-f21b9908b856 https://www.pundit.co.nz/content/how-shallow-is-intellectual-life-in-new-zealand https://web.archive.org/web/20160202124242/http://www.metromag.co.nz/editors-blog/eleanor-catton-confronts-men-scythes/ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/steve-braunias-the-secret-diary-of-eleanor-catton/ZASUTIJADV5ORUG3A4XHPJ2HBU/

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Milwaukee, Cedar Falls(!), Melbourne: Three Black Riots—Three Explanations

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Luke Ford

John Derbyshire writes: When these riots happen, you get a lot of thumb-sucking pieces about why they happen, what causes them. Well, what does cause them? You’re asking me? Well, I’m a race realist, so I’ll give you an answer … Continue reading →

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