Michael Toscano Wendy Wang Wendy Wang (PhD, University of Maryland) is director of research at the Institute for Family Studies. Dr Wang is a former senior researcher at Pew Research Center, where she conducted research on marriage, gender, work, and family life in the United States. She was the lead
Dr Muriel Newman Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. nzcpr.com Two separate shootings in Auckland
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.
Kate Fitz-Gibbon Kate is Professor and Director of the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre. Her research is in the area of family violence, legal responses to lethal violence, youth justice and the effects of homicide law and sentencing reform in Australian and international jurisdiction. Marie Segrave Marie
Michael Cook Michael Cook is editor of Mercator mercatornet.com More people are being euthanised in Canada than anywhere else in the world. In the last official report, for 2022, 10,064 people died through what Canadians call “medical assistance in dying” (MAiD). In the Netherlands in the same year,
Kimberly Ells Kimberly Ells is the author of The Invincible Family. Follow her at Invincible Family Substack. One of the brightest moments of my young life was when I got TWO Barbies (one blonde, one brunette) for Christmas. So on wings of nostalgia but feeling undercurrents of dread, I set
Camryn Brown Political Commentator commonroomnz.com This article was first published by The Common Room History could not be more clear: when politics become pointless, violence often follows. So, let’s talk about culture wars, how they turn politics into an ineffective sideshow, and the danger we face in New
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
How long before Australians start booing the tedious, fatuous, insulting, endless “Welcome to Country” nonsense? So far, a great many of us have so far settled for quietly rolling our eyes as we are browbeaten with this fabricated nonsense at weddings, school assemblies, sports matches and even every day plane
Alwyn Poole Alwyn Poole founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School in Auckland for 18 years. MH Academy is now an in person private school for Year 11-13. There is now a nationwide online provision called Mt Hobson Academy Connected for Years 1-13. alwynpoole.substack.
As I wrote recently for Insight, the elite are ever-obsessed with controlling language. That’s because language and thought operate in an unbreakable feedback loop. As Orwell said, “language becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us
Hannah Viney Hannah Viney works for the Old Treasury Building Museum. This research was originally conducted for an upcoming exhibition at the Museum. lens.monash.edu There are roughly 22 million jars of Vegemite manufactured in the original Melbourne factory every year. According to the Vegemite website, about 80 per
Harry Palmer I’ve often read the phrase ‘that’s what they want us to do’ written by commenters in response to suggestions that politicians have gone too far and won’t listen and so are provoking a possible civil war. That phrase suggests that if ‘the authorities’ are looking
Sir Ray Avery Scientist, Inventor and Philanthropist commonroomnz.com This article was first published at The Common Room There was once an ambitious Kiwi who loved to invent things that helped people. One of his technologies helped millions of the poorest of the poor see again on a global scale.
As BFD readers are no doubt aware, I often caution against paying attention to the blatherskite of celebrities. Mostly because most of them are as dumb as a box of rocks, and groupthinkers who live by Homer Simpson’s “Code of the Schoolyard”: Never say anything unless you’re sure
Kimberly Ells mercatornet.com Kimberly Ells is the author of, The Invincible Family: Why the Global Campaign to Crush Motherhood and Fatherhood Can’t Win. Follow her at Invincible Family Substack. With the sobering and inspiring film Sound of Freedom hitting theatres this week, we are faced with the reality
