Michael Absolum

@rickygervais brilliant, thank you

David Seymour: Government is lying about bill to cut MPs pay newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather…

Sad news of the passing of Jeanette Fitzsimmons, a great values-led NZer

Only the UN would fly some bureaucrat all the way to New Zealand to compare the Auckland housing market with what’s happening in Syria or Darfur. We need to replace the RMA, not hyperbole from the UN. newshub.co.nz/home/politics/…

Literacy professor @haemesmer reminds leaders that there are 4 foundational #reading skills, not just #phonics, that all work together @EdWeekOpinion #edchat #elemchat ow.ly/JmRY50yaoqo

Did the Left learn anything in 2019? Very thoughtful analysis from Karl stuff.co.nz/national/polit…

Mum and dad earn the money, they buy and wrap the presents. Children believe Santa did it. It's like how taxpayers earn the money, they fund schools and healthcare. Lefties believe government did it.

@NZQandA Brilliant fellow with brilliant reforms that were all about progress and equity

what a surprise! the quality of the teaching seems to make a difference. How come Singapore knows this and we ….

Excellent article from Alwyn nzh.tw/12155888

The Economist | A manifesto via @TheEconomist a manifesto for the second enlightenment economist.com/node/21750721?…

The value of ridicule in free speech explained thetimes.co.uk/article/the-ri…

@emmawehipeihana Actually people like @DonBrash and @StephenFranks do support Hone and other people’s rights to free speech. Brash has just supported rights of protesters opposing him debating free speech at Uni of Akld tonight.

Brilliant proving of Dons case by protesters. Reinforced when they left afterwards, showing they weren’t interested in other views. Well done. Kia kaha nzh.tw/12104338

When Los Angeles Unified School District started publishing data on its teachers' value-added ratings, teachers with higher ratings ended up teaching more of the higher-achieving students, making the achievement gap worse: bit.ly/2M7CYbl ($).

@BillyRalston @CitizenBomber This is only going to get worse as it has o/s where minorities dictate what hate speech is and then demand that the majority not be allowed to listen / or not, and make their own informed decisions

@BillyRalston Don Brash has been speaking against racism for decades, He speaks for equality for all people under the rule of law in the manner of Martin Luther King. judge me on my character, not my skin colour etc.. More and more people in NZ are opposed to that.

Ah yes, maybe. But that was before we had snowflakes.

@BillyRalston Meanwhile, @UoADebsoc at @AucklandUni is staging a public debate on "political correctness" and free speech, with me and @FranOSullivan and, guess who? Don Brash! This Thursday 6.15 at Owen Glenn Bldg, details under Think Big Debate here: debating.co.nz