Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Retired scientist Dr Bob Brockie recently penned the enclosed article for this blog. In these often contentious and gloomy times, it’s always heartening to encounter some good news. GOOD NEWS The illusion of moral decline. Is the world becoming more immoral? This month, two American
All it took was one game. One game to spark a love affair that’s lasted more than 35 years for Marita Sutherland. The Southland All Blacks mega fan from Dacre, Southland, has a room full of memorabilia, a meticulously curated scrapbook, tattoos and has even named her boys in
Tom Olohan newsbusters.org After July 4th came and went without providing any relief to Bud Light’s cratering sales and stock price, The Daily Wire podcast host Michael Knowles gave the floundering company an ultimatum. Knowles went after Bud Light hard on The Michael Knowles Show, July 6th, noting
Katherine Johnson offered $50 on Facebook if a truck driver would take her son Oliver for a ride for his birthday. But Hart Haulage CEO Barry Hart decided to arrange a truck convoy. Hart put a call out on social media and 64 drivers turned up for Ollie’s birthday
We all know that modern “art” is mostly crap. As the great critic Robert Hughes said of the ridiculously overrated graffiti artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, “In a saner culture than this one, the 20-year-old Basquiat might have gone off to four years of boot camp in art school, learned some real
Karl du Fresne Karl du Fresne blogs here bassettbrashandhide.com There’s a simple step that would ease the financial crisis in the universities while at the same time saving millions and going a long way toward neutralising a key source of the divisive culture wars. All that’s necessary
Harry Palmer I saw a pic of Erika Eleniak in the UK’s Daily Mail the other day. She was apparently quite famous in her day when she starred with David Hasselhoff as the character “Shauni McLaine” in the TV series Baywatch (original series 1989 to 1999). She looked quite
Lindsay Mitchell Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio,tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under commission and exhibits
Imagine that changes to the All Black jersey were to be foisted on us. Nothing would be announced publicly, but the fundamental change would be obvious and all the more remarkable because nobody was officially discussing it. Our uninquisitive fourth estate would be prevented from discussing the changes by conditions
Because he wore a red sweatshirt… He said he was 40 years old, lived with his parents and suffered from a mental illness for which he took medication daily. The man said he has never associated with a gang, minded his own business and did not cause problems for anyone.
Louis 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 There’s been a lot
familyfirst.org.nz Article first published in the Australian earlier this year… Incidents of domestic violence and assault have plummeted by more than a third in Alice Springs since alcohol restrictions were put in place earlier this year, following outcry from locals demanding for months that the Territory government implement
Simon O’Neill is learning the hard way that it’s fatal to the career of an arts luvvie to say what they really think. Even more fatal to assert the superiority of classical Western culture. Because the ruling orthodoxy of New Zealand’s chattering classes is that a literal
Kenneth Grasso Kenneth L Grasso is Professor of Political Science at Texas State University – San Marcos. He received his M.A. and PhD from Fordham University, and his BA in Government and Politics from St John’s University. He has edited or co-edited several books including Theology and Public Philosophy
He may be the youngest royal with a close line to the throne but that hasn’t stopped little Prince Louis finding favour with the masses – even those not lining up to catch a glimpse of his famous family at a traditional royal event. Over the weekend, it was the
