Melanie Phillips: The malignancy of the left

An astonishing ovation revealed the importance of anti-Zionist Israelis to the global campaign to destroy the Jewish state

Sometimes, a curtain draped across a mirror is torn aside, and a horrified public suddenly glimpses what it has become.

Two things happened this week which briefly interrupted the smooth acceleration of pathological Jew-hate in the West.

Nathan Smith: Change Comes From Within, Paul Henry

I like Paul Henry. He was always a bit of an unserious joker, but I think all his joking around has caused him to be confused about the reality of New Zealand politics.

Part of his stated reasons for getting into politics is to restore the country back to what he considers the “good old days” when he was growing up. He wants his grandchildren to enjoy the same benefits he enjoyed, and so his goal requires rolling back some of the more insane policies accrued over the decades.

Colinxy: Profit vs. Plunder - The Two Economic Moralities

Two Ways of Seeing the World

Every political ideology rests on an implicit theory of how wealth comes into existence. Strip away the slogans, the moralising, the academic jargon, and you find only two fundamental worldviews: