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  • The Silver Linings of a Republican Shellacking
  • It’s Time to Give New Zealanders the Freedom to Turn Left on Red
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  • Seattle Spent $99 Million on Bike Infrastructure. Bike Commuting Fell.
  • Still Performing: Jim Henson, Kyle Busch, and the Danger of Powering Through
  • “Te Reo Māori Only” Sounds Noble — But Is It Sustainable?
  • Alienation and the Failure of MMP
  • America broke up with New Zealand years ago – we just seem not to have noticed
  • Thinking Small Is How You Stay Small
  • Bondi Beach, Antisemitism, and Moral Clarity
  • Two Kerrs, One Mini, 2,500 Miles
  • Stemming the tide of alarm over rising water levels
  • When Renovations Become Revolutions (Only in Chris Trotter’s Mind)
  • You don’t need a law to lead on plastic waste
  • It’s Policy, Not Geography, That Holds New Zealand Back
  • The Dangerous Fiction Behind a Viral Cartoon—and Why It Must Be Called Out
  • Roger Kerr, the Father
  • The Return of the Entrepreneur-Statesman
  • Trump’s Path Back: How Shifting Politics and Powerful Voices Reshaped the Election
  • Electoral College Critics: Ready to Reconsider Your Favorite Leaders?
  • Wartime heroine was treasured
  • Isolationist policies start to catch NZ up
  • Loving Uncle Sam
  • More evidence of child COVID lockdown harm
  • Raising happier kids
  • Aussie kids’ increased drowning risk—another consequence of COVID lockdowns
  • What do we look back on in life?
  • UK spike in non-COVID deaths a sign of things to come in other countries that locked down hard?
  • Why CEOs who believe in free markets must defend them
  • The case for COVID-19 vaccines for healthy kids falls apart
  • Articles that caught my eye – February 2022
  • The pandemic ‘fear porn’ must stop
  • Thoughts on ‘Whatever happened to American conservatism?’
  • What grocery store cartel?
  • Coronavirus contemplations III
  • Like most parents, we won’t be giving our kids the COVID vaccine right away
  • Women more empowered to pursue career aspirations in developed countries
  • Email from Roger Kerr to Sir Douglas Myers, June 2011
  • Crisis in the Dallas Diocese
  • The perils of COVID-zero—how policymakers should manage endemic COVID-19
  • No, children with COVID-19 aren’t filling up Texas intensive care units
  • Coronavirus contemplations II
  • Remembering Joyce
  • Virtual schooling led to dramatic learning loss
  • Unleashing New Zealand’s Potential and Suppressing Washington State’s—Lessons for Texas
  • US healthcare system comes to aid of another Kiwi
  • What cut-throat free market?
  • When CEOs don’t stand up for free markets
  • New Zealand had no choice but to lock down
  • Roger Kerr RIP
  • Enlightened thinking in Texas
  • The Private Sector’s COVID-Era Triumph
  • Podcasts for the pandemic
  • Pandemic learning gaps make clear the need for public school reform
  • When voters don’t keep extremism in check
  • Roger Kerr – Nomination for a New Zealand Royal Honour
  • Paul Baines: Letter of support for nomination of Roger Kerr for royal honour
  • Sir Paul Callaghan: Letter of support for nomination of Roger Kerr for royal honour
  • Nick Calavrias: Letter of support for nomination of Roger Kerr for royal honour
  • Sir Roderick Deane: Letter of support for nomination of Roger Kerr for royal honour
  • Rodney Hide: Letter of support for nomination of Roger Kerr for royal honour
  • Murray Horn: Letter of support for nomination of Roger Kerr for royal honour
  • Stephen Jennings: Letter of support for nomination of Roger Kerr for royal honour
  • Roger Partridge: Letter of support for nomination of Roger Kerr for royal honour
  • Graham Scott: Letter of support for nomination of Roger Kerr for royal honour
  • Sir Ralph Norris: Letter of support for nomination of Roger Kerr for royal honour
  • Sir William Birch: Letter of support for nomination of Roger Kerr for royal honour
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  • New England Journal of Medicine embarrasses itself
  • Honoring traditions and being part of the solution post-RBG
  • Farewell Seattle
  • Reopen schools for the sake of our children
  • Seattle exemplifies the fast-growing private-public school pandemic gap
  • Reflections on a Life Well Lived—Tribute to Sir Ron Trotter
  • Free to create, labs out-innovate each other
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  • How business leaders helped save New Zealand from socialism—Lessons for Washington State
  • RIP Lime bikes—another case study in Seattle City Council regulatory incompetence
  • Assorted links – August 2019
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  • The Incredible Whiteness of Washington State’s ‘Progressive’ Policies
  • A response to a hatchet job in Crosscut
  • Waitstaff 1: Bosses 0–thanks free market
  • Five years of ‘The Kerrant’
  • Moving beyond Kavanaugh
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  • Socialism’s apologists ignore Venezuela’s human tragedy
  • Elizabeth Warren’s financial illiteracy
  • Seattle’s homeless contradictions
  • Seattle’s sickening rape that could have been prevented
  • Gun control that works requires smaller government
  • Pumping up freedoms in Oregon – redux
  • Capturing your kids’ moments from behind
  • If not economic growth, then what?
  • New Seattle Mayor and her opponent opt their kids out of public school
  • Politics and the science of motherhood
  • Email from Roger Kerr to Sir Douglas Myers on receipt of 2011 Queen’s Birthday Honour
  • Gratitude for and memories of Dad

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About the Author

Nicholas Kerr is a Dallas-based marketing and loyalty executive, currently leading loyalty and CRM marketing for Chili's Grill & Bar and Maggiano's Little Italy at Brinker International. Previously, he led Microsoft Rewards and held senior leadership positions in consumer marketing and loyalty.

Raised in New Zealand, Nicholas writes The Kerrant, sharing his perspectives on economics, public policy, business, technology, and life. His commentary has appeared in National Review, The Washington Examiner, The Australian, The Australian Financial Review, and New Zealand newspapers including the Otago Daily Times. He has also addressed Chambers of Commerce, think tanks, and other organizations in Seattle and Dallas.

The views expressed on The Kerrant are entirely his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Brinker International, his employers (past or present), or any other organization with which he is affiliated. Read More…

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