When good people stand by and do nothing, their communities will be consumed.
OPINION
I wonder what Professor Richard Dawkins, the self-described “cultural Christian”, thought of the blasphemous Paris Olympics opening ceremony?
Dawkins is famous for his atheism, not so much his work in biology. However, the author of The God Delusion recently had a Road to Damascus moment that maybe all his work to help undermine the religious foundations of the Christian West wasn’t such a good idea after all if its replacement will be Islam.
While the rapidly changing and unprecedented fortunes of One Nation make for exciting politics, there are still plenty of opportunities for this support to dissipate.
There is a conspiracy operating here, but it’s not a new one: it’s the attempt by powerful men to hide from their wives, and the world, what they like doing with powerless young women.
Will the Liberals or One Nation fade away: or is there a third winning possibility?
By announcing an inquiry into the Reserve Bank’s handling of monetary policy in the time of Covid, Nicola Willis has come up with potentially highly effective solution to National’s electoral problems.
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By nightfall, after nearly 12 hours in custody, he was released under caution with more questions to come. The magnitude of his fall from grace seemed etched on his face.
The word for today is… festinate (verb, adjective) - verb : hasten adjective : hasty Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Festinate is one among many in the category of words whose early recorded use is in the works of William Shakespeare. He used it as an adjective (which is pronounced \FESS-tuh-nut) in King Lear,
Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?
