Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet Can you really be transgender at four years old? Matthew Stubbings, and wife Klara Jeynes, both 44, from the English city of Doncaster, believe so. Their “son” Stormy was born as a girl named Emerald. However, from 18 months
Joseph Turow University of Pennsylvania Joseph Turow is Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Media Systems & Industries at the Annenberg School for Communication. Turow is an elected Fellow of the International Communication Association and was presented with a Distinguished Scholar Award by the National Communication Association. You decide to call
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet Pining for the good old days, a golden era of social and moral certainties, is at best a mistake, at worst, folly. As proof, at least on the topics of sexual morality, autonomy and women’s rights, it’s
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust The new one-liner from the lefty gang apologists is that “not all gang members are criminals, and not all criminals are gang members.” Well, with that bottom of the barrel basic level of logic, it is as fundamentally meaningless and pointless
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David Albert Jones mercatornet.com Professor David Albert Jones is Director of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre, Oxford; he was appointed in 2010. He is also a Research Fellow at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford University and Professor of Bioethics at St Mary’s University, Twickenham. A US-Chinese team of scientists have
Anonymous author mercatornet.com The author is a married mom of two living in a Maryland suburb. She’s an “old fashioned feminist.” She celebrates being a woman and believes in equality. She respects men and their role in society just as much as she believes womens’ strengths play a
AIJAC A major conflict between Israel and Hamas-ruled Gaza has been ongoing this week, after Hamas launched a large-scale rocket barrage against Israel on Sunday evening following weeks of tension in Jerusalem. Since then, at least 1750 rockets have been launched toward Israel from Gaza, with some 300
AIJAC Transcript: Ran, what’s your understanding of the current crisis? Hi, Gabriela Well, first of all, I have to say that the loss of life is very saddening in Israel, across the board. But there is only one actor to be blamed for it. That’s 100% Hamas terrorists
Judy Maynard aijac.org.au Judy Maynard is a policy analyst at the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council The very first line of Human Rights Watch’s recently released report, titled “A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution”, gives an inkling of the manipulation
Dr James McDowall ACT MP A Bill introduced to the UK Parliament this week shares the same goal as my Member’s Bill and should be debated here in New Zealand. Free speech on campus is critical. Fostering the ability of students to discuss and debate ideas is an essential
David Seymour ACT Leader Fourteen months since the first COVID restrictions, New Zealanders deserve certainty about the Government’s response, not random remarks suggesting the country might indefinitely live at an undefined Level 2.5. The Director-General must reveal the planning and documentation his remarks were based on. We’
Ben Hope Waikanae watchers waikanaewatch.org A recently released Government-instigated review of Fish and Game that manages trout, salmon, duck and game bird resources sets out changes that are a major step towards full state control say critics. Dr Peter Trolove, chairman of the NZ Federation of Freshwater Anglers,
righttolife.org.uk The Queen’s Speech has set out the Government’s intentions to introduce laws designed to protect freedom of speech at universities. In her speech this Tuesday as part of the State Opening of Parliament, the Queen outlined the Government’s intention to push ahead with the
aijac.org.au The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) on Tuesday strongly condemned Hamas for the barrage of hundreds of rockets directed from Gaza at Israeli civilians, which caused injury and damage and forced hundreds of thousands of Israelis to stay in bomb shelters. AIJAC chairman Mark Leibler
Michael McCaffrey rt.com Michael McCaffrey is a writer and cultural critic who lives in Los Angeles. His work can be read at RT, Counterpunch and at his website mpmacting.com/blog. He is also the host of the popular cinema podcast Looking California and Feeling Minnesota. Hollywood is holding
