Christine Recently our youngest child got married. She is 24, so not a child at all but she was living at home until married. In the weeks leading up to the wedding, I started to notice a shift in my thinking and reactions. There were some things I knew would
Have we indeed reached Peak Woke? By which of course, I do not mean a peak of Wokeist drooling idiocy. Like all human stupidities, that one is a never-ending river of lunacy. No, what I mean is that we appear to have reached the end of the tether of normal
Tierin-Rose Mandelburg Tierin-Rose grew up in a large Christian family on the coast of Connecticut. After high school she moved to Alabama to dance with a professional ballet company while attending Liberty University. She served as an MRC Culture intern in Spring 2021 and became staff shortly there after. Her
bobmccoskrie.com It was a good week for biology, the medical profession and children with gender dysphoria last week. The narrative that children can change their sex with the aid of social transitioning, puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, chest binders and tucking is exploding before our eyes. Around the world, medical
Thomas Lickona Thomas Lickona, PhD, is a developmental psychologist, former SUNY Cortland education professor, and blogger for Psychology Today. mercatornet.com A single mother who works full time says that when she gets home from work and asks her 16- and 14-year-old daughters for help with dinner, they respond, “That’
Hello, it’s John Porter on Bay FM and today I’m talking about Critical Race Theory (CRT). No, not heard of CRT? Well, it’s a significant issue around the world these days and seems to be becoming embedded in the thinking of certain sectors of our society. Critical
Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com When news of Australia’s most loved sportswoman Sam Kerr’s arrest broke, I could scarcely believe it. But not for the usual reason, namely the sheer absurdity of the ungrammatical “Racially Aggravated offense”, this occurring after a taxi fare row and Sam, who’s of
Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.realitycheck.radio three days a week peterallanwilliams.substack.com The NRL Judiciary hands down an eight week suspension to Sydney Roosters forward Spencer Leniu , an Auckland born Samoan, after he
Harry Palmer Though people from Britain’s colonies have always been welcomed to the heart of the Empire, the trickle became a stream following WWII when a number of shiploads of immigrants from the Caribbean, notably Jamaica, arrived, many of them on board the HMT Empire Windrush, which was in
Barry Brownstein Barry Brownstein is professor emeritus of economics and leadership at the University of Baltimore. He is the author of The Inner-Work of Leadership, and his essays have appeared in publications such as the Foundation for Economic Education and Intellectual Takeout. aier.org We want to think that the
So, what’s the next Current Thing going to be? Ukraine is so 2023, already. Even the anti-Semitic left are going to get bored with screeching at Israel, eventually (after all, being social media-motivated, their concentration spans rival a gnat’s). It’s as certain as the failure of socialism
Louis T. March Louis T. March has a background in government, business, and philanthropy. A former talk show host, author, and public speaker, he is a dedicated student of history and genealogy. Louis lives with his family in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. mercatornet.com First off, it’s
Lawrence W Reed Lawrence W Reed is FEE’s interim president, having previously served for nearly 11 years as FEE’s president (2008–2019). fee.org Isolation, feudalism, and military dictatorship governed the Asian nation of Japan from 1603 until 1868. Known as the period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, its
Owen Cumming Owen is a science communicator with a background in ecology and evolutionary biology. Owen enjoys surfing, hiking and convincing himself that his terrible woodworking has a “rustic” look. He firmly believes that quokkas’ smiles imply malicious intent. particle.scitech.org.au For millennia, as flames licked into the
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.
There are political leaders who make their valedictory addresses a fitting sign-off for greatness. Eisenhower’s prophetic warning of a “scientific-technological elite”, for instance. Others make an apparent valedictory address as the keystone of a mere interregnum in a long and storied career, such as John Howard’s speech relinquishing
