Thursday, October 31, 2019

When bigotry poses as intolerance of bigotry

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(First published in the Manawatu Standard , other Stuff regional papers and Stuff.co.nz , October 30.) Professor Jim Flynn, an internat...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2019

The Listener's ringing defence of free speech

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The latest Listener has an outstanding editorial on freedom of speech and the need to oppose those who clamour to shut it down. It will be ...
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Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Never mind democracy - off with his head!

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Meng Foon, the recently appointed race relations commissioner, thinks newly elected Tauranga city councillor Andrew Hollis should resign b...
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Friday, October 18, 2019

We're big enough to look after ourselves

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(First published in The Dominion Post and on Stuff.co.nz , October 17.) A long time ago – 1978, to be precise – I wrote an article for ...
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Thursday, October 17, 2019

Captain Cook and the consequences of colonisation

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(A slightly shorter version of this column was published in Stuff regional papers and on Stuff.co.nz , October 16.) Gisborne is one of...
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Saturday, October 12, 2019

Jim Flynn: a hero of free speech

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Further to my recent post (October 9) on academic freedom of speech, Stuff's Your Weekend has an excellent piece by Yvonne van Dongen o...
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Wednesday, October 9, 2019

News flash! Academics defend freedom of speech

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This was by far the most important thing in my Dominion Post – in fact anywhere in the New Zealand media – this morning: https://www....
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