Troy Bickham Professor of History Texas A&M University As an American living in Britain in the 1990s, my first exposure to Christmas pudding was something of a shock. I had expected figs or plums, as in the “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” carol, but there were none.
Dr. Yvette Alt Miller Dr. Alt Miller lives with her family in Chicago, and has lectured internationally on Jewish topics. Her latest book Portraits of Valor: Heroic Jewish Women You Should Know describes the lives of 40 remarkable women who inhabited different eras and lands, giving a sense of the
Oliver Gingrich Programme Lead BA (Hons) Animation Min Young Oh Lecturer in Animation University of Greenwich Chicken Run 2: Dawn of the Nugget combines the distinctive charm of the Great Escape-esque story that characterised the original Chicken Run (2000), with an action-packed plot, staged in a futuristic setting
Bryce Edwards Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz The mini-sausage budget was launched by Finance Minister Nicola Willis yesterday with her argument that “What New Zealanders care
Gary Moller Gary Moller is a Health Practitioner who is focused on addressing the root causes of ill health or poor performance by making use of a key forensic tool – Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis – and administering healthy, natural and sustainable therapies. garymoller.com Mainstream Media (MSM) just won’t let
Ross Baker Researcher, One New Zealand Foundation Inc EST: 1988. Courtney Johnston CEO of Te Papa, Wellington. Dear Sir, Re: Te Papa’s CEO must take a long hard look at what Te Papa displays! I have been a researcher for the One New Zealand Foundation Inc. since its formation
Kristen Dunfield psychlopaedia.org Kristen Dunfield receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canada and the Fonds de Recherche Société et Culture, Québec. Fantastical beliefs in children are associated with positive developmental outcomes Christmas is a magical time of year, especially for children. Unfortunately, between elaborate Elf
Kimberly Ells Kimberly Ells is the author of The Invincible Family. mercatornet.com When God gazes earthward in December, he gets an eyeful. He sees frantic shoppers and frazzled employees and kids consuming too many candy canes. He sees parents wringing their hands and retailers counting piles of pennies. He
Nick Fuller Charles Perkins Centre Research Program Leader University of Sydney As Christmas approaches, so does the challenge of healthy eating and maintaining weight-related goals. The season’s many social gatherings can easily tempt us to indulge in calorie-rich food and celebratory drinks. It’s why we typically
Tani Newton Welcome to sunny Gisborne, where we spend our time shovelling mud, digging drainage ditches, putting our houses up on stilts and shopping for longer gumboots. What gives with the weather? Recently, it’s all changed again: now the sky has turned a peculiar colour, a sort of bright
Tani Newton ’Tis the season for overspending and overeating, to be followed by a long summer of hardship, hunger and domestic violence. The Salvation Army have their busiest month in January. ’Tis the season to dredge up old grievances and be nasty, catty and backbiting. It’s interesting how people
Bryce Edwards Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.nz The Labour Party’s decline continues, according to the latest opinion poll released by Roy Morgan, which shows its support
MRC Staff newsbusters.org Anti-free speech Google has been hit with multiple antitrust lawsuits. Google suffered an epically devastating defeat in federal court on Dec. 11 after EPIC Games Inc., the company that created Fortnite, successfully sued Google. This lawsuit stems from Google’s decision to ban EPIC Games
Jeffrey A. Tucker Jeffrey Tucker is Founder, Author, and President at Brownstone Institute. He is also Senior Economics Columnist for Epoch Times, author of 10 books, including Liberty or Lockdown, and thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press. He speaks widely on topics of economics, technology, social philosophy,
Kris Gledhill Auckland University of Technology The new coalition government has made its campaign promise to crack down on gangs a priority in its 100-day action plan. But whether the new “get tough” policy genuinely plugs gaps in existing legislation is very much open to question. The policy was
Ann Farmer Ann Farmer writes from the United Kingdom. mercatornet.com In this age of cancel culture, every year I’m pleasantly surprised to see that Christmas has survived. The modern battle against Christianity is not a frontal assault — but it is slowly succeeding. Christmas trees will not get the
