The Despair and Joy of Niggling
How the author who ‘cordially disliked allegory’ created one of the most remarkable allegories ever written.
Books
Review of “Hillbilly Elegy” by JD Vance
His ideas could be applied to our own depressed rural zones – that’s the strength of Vance’s writing – it’s not just for Kentucky or Ohio.
What Seinfeld Learned While Reading Marcus Aurelius
Jon Miltimore Jonathan Miltimore is the Senior Creative Strategist of FEE.org at the Foundation for Economic Education. Emperor of Rome from 161–180 AD, Marcus Aurelius is remembered as the “Philosopher King,” largely because of his classic work Meditations, a cornerstone of Stoic philosophy that delves into such themes
The Heroic Nurses in Horrible Hospitals
Bruce W Davidson Bruce Davidson is professor of humanities at Hokusei Gakuen University in Sapporo, Japan. Even those who already know a lot about the recent man-made medical disaster may be shocked by the raw, firsthand accounts in this book of the horrors perpetrated at many American, British, and Canadian
Ans Westra – A Life in Photography
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com When I was a schoolboy, few of our teachers, or anyone else, had ever been to university. Anyone with a degree was looked upon with awe. Sixty years later it seems everyone goes to university, largely thanks to the commercialisation of universities, now cluttered with
Is Digital Technology Responsible for Anxious Children?
Margaret Hickey Margaret Hickey is a regular contributor to Position Papers and Mercator. She is a mother of three and lives with her husband in Blarney. mercatornet.com The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt | Allen Lane, 2024,
Book Review: The British Empire, A Force For Good
The British Empire, A Force For Good. By John McLean, Tross Publications. Reviewed by Crispin Caldicott This tome represents not just a labour of love, but at nearly 600 pages a massive piece of scholarship. 101 of the territories that made up the British Empire are investigated for their fortunes,
Book Review: Who Really Broke The Treaty?
Title: Who Really Broke The Treaty? Author: John Robinson Genre: New Zealand History Publication Date: May 2024 Review by: Andy Oakley Author of ‘Once We Were One, the Fraud of Modern Separatism’, and ‘Cannons Creek to Waitangi, Te Pakeha’s Claim for Equality’ . In his latest book, prolific author John
A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes
Tiger Book Review: A brief history of time: from the big bang to black holes. Stephen Hawking ISBN 978-0-857-50100-4 This has been the most difficult book to write about. Why? Because I’m not sure I understood it. I do know that a man with a broken body and a
Get Outside and Play
Simon O’Connor Husband, step-father, and longtime student of philosophy and history. Also happen to be a former politician, including chairing New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Committee. onpointnz.substack.com Rachel and I have just returned from Noosa, Australia and a couple of things struck us – and
Rushdie Confronts a World Where Principles Are Dying
Paul Giles Professor of English, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, ACU Australian Catholic University Knife is Salman Rushdie’s account of how he narrowly survived an attempt on his life in August 2022, in which he lost his right eye and partial use of his left hand. The attack
Life after Lockdown: Foreword by Rand Paul
brownstone.org [The following is Senator Rand Paul’s foreword to Jeffrey Tucker’s book, Life after Lockdown.] In Life after Lockdown, Jeffrey Tucker paints a picture of the living hell that was the government lockdown and outlines a roadmap for never again allowing such a police state to occur.
J K Rowling’s Courageous Stand for Truth
Kurt Mahlburg Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary, and a young adult pastor.
Of Kings in Yellow and True Detectives
In the early 2000s ‘Golden Age of Long-Form Television’, the first season of True Detective must surely rank as one of the greats. One part of its genius was that it worked effectively on multiple levels. On the surface level, it was a thoroughly disturbing slab of Southern Gothic, in
Book Review: “Judgement Prey”
The Lower Hutt Library recently sent me an email to advise a book I had placed on reserve was now available. So I sped down to the local branch (Stokes Valley) to pick the book up, in the expectation I would be well entertained over the weekend. The book was