James Scott University of Otago NASA’s Perseverance rover successfully touched down on Mars this morning, and has already begun beaming back images. But people might be surprised to learn there have been another 48 missions to the red planet so far. Of these, more than half failed at stages
Fan Yang Deakin University Robbie Fordyce Monash University Facebook’s “news ban” in response to Australia’s proposed media bargaining code, has been hard to miss if you’ve spent any time on social networks recently. The social media platform has effectively halted all posting of links from Australian news
The Ponderer Pastor James Coates, of GraceLife Church, Alberta, Canada, has been jailed, for the new “crime” of holding church services for more people than the government’s mandated maximum capacity of his church hall under Covid rules. They were allowed to hold church services – but had more people attend
Ed Coomber’s opinion piece in Stuff (19 Feb) is insightful regarding the motivation behind the recent push to ban conversion therapy. It is clear from his article that ‘conversion therapy’ does not refer merely to a medical treatment, but as Tamati Coffey said last October 2020, “Conversion therapy is
Is it just me? Or did many other viewers find it pathetic? I’m talking about the sight of Serena Williams bursting into tears when asked about her defeat in the Australian Open semi-finals. Ms Williams is a 40-year-old professional tennis player, surely old enough to know
I state this from personal experience as a former immigration officer involved in uncovering fraud in the immigration context. As a New Zealand born citizen Suhayra Aden has an absolute right to return to New Zealand at any time. Her citizenship cannot ever be “removed”. She can only lose her
Kimberlee Josephson fee.org Dr. Kimberlee Josephson is an Assistant Professor of Business and the Associate Dean for the Breen Center for Graduate Success at Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pennsylvania. Since the start of 2021, debates about hosting sites, web services, and social media bans have drawn attention from
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Have fact checkers at the New York Times, so diligent and scrupulous over the past four years, taken an extended holiday? That’s what occurred to me after reading a Times feature on the joy of commercial surrogacy under a new law in the Empire State
Tim Thompson Teesside University Tim Thompson, Professor of Applied Biological Anthropology, Teesside University There’s something about mummies that always fascinates people. We see this from the attention given to mummies in museum exhibitions and in their frequent appearance in books, films and games. Perhaps it’s the fact that
Right to Life News righttolife.org.uk Almost a quarter of pro-life students have been “threatened, abused, alarmed or distressed” for being pro-life at university, according to new poll. According to polling by the national student pro-life group, the Alliance of Pro-Life Students (APS), over 71.
Dale Steinreich mises.org Dale Steinreich is an economist and an Associated Scholar of the Mises Institute. A sitting US president is suspended from Twitter, Facebook, and email service provider Campaign Monitor. A pillow entrepreneur not only loses his personal and business Twitter accounts but also ten retail stores for
Craig Rucker papundits.wordpress.com Craig Rucker is the current President of, and the co-founder of the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT). Green energy policies have failed Texas. Power outages, in large part caused by frozen wind turbines and snow covered solar panels, are still keeping nearly 500,
Diana Bossio Swinburne University of Technology Diana Bossio, Lecturer, Media and Communications, Swinburne University of Technology Facebook this week made good on its threat to block Australians from accessing or posting news content. The ban includes blocking links to Australian and overseas news publishers. Facebook said the ban was a
Ann Farmer mercatornet.com Ann Farmer lives in the UK. She is the author of By Their Fruits: Eugenics, Population Control, and the Abortion Campaign (CUAP, 2008); The Language of Life: Christians Facing the Abortion Challenge (St Pauls, 1995), and Prophets & Priests: the Hidden Face of the Birth Control
John Robson mercatornet.com John Robson is a documentary film-maker, columnist with the National Post, Executive Director of the Climate Discussion Nexus and a professor at Augustine College. He holds a PhD in American history from the University of Texas at Austin. [Editors Note] *Trump’s second impeachment trial
Michael Snyder endoftheamericandream.com Big Brother is watching you. Sadly, most people don’t realize how extensive the surveillance grid has now become. As you drive to work or to school, license plate readers are systematically tracking where you travel. In major cities, thousands of highly advanced security cameras (many
