Kurt Mahlburg mercatornet.com Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. Since 2018, Kurt has been the Research and Features Editor at the Canberra Declaration. He is also a freelance writer, and a regular contributor at the Spectator Australia,
mercatornet.com Reconceiving of marriage in terms of “self-expression” has been a terrible, value-laden mistake, betraying the pretensions to liberal neutrality. Plural marriage is inferior for raising children and for maintaining marital harmony; but most of all, in today’s climate, it creates a culture dedicated to adult sexual self-expression
alwynpoole.substack.com This week I was on the Leighton Smith podcast and we traversed parenting, education, leadership, Elon Musk and in NZ how we chop down high achievers [and] free and creative thinkers. We didn’t mention him but Martin Crowe came to mind. I have recently completed a
I have a love-hate relationship with Richard Dawkins. On the one hand, I often find his pretensions to philosophy ill-informed and annoying. I mean, he openly professed ignorance of epistemology, after writing a book on what was, in fact, epistemology (The Magic of Reality: How We Know What’s Really
Ah, me: the Boomers. Here I go, readers will think: taking the stick to my favourite whipping-boys. Not quite. Read on, geriatric Boomers, and don’t get your Depends in a knot, just yet. Way back in the depths of the pandemic, I commented on social media that the response
Corina Shields There has been a lot of talk about race-based policies in New Zealand. And why wouldn’t there be? The Maori Health Authority, the rebranded Three Waters reform, compulsory Te Reo Maori education for children… These are just some issues for many and rightfully so. Not everyone is
Daniel Hirst It doesn’t take an encyclopaedic knowledge of history and politics to know humanity tends to scapegoat individuals or groups to water the thirst for collective violence or to resolve tensions and angst. The scapegoating mechanism is at the heart of the Western canon: both Socrates and Jesus
Arts-nobbling catfights are almost always pass-the-popcorn entertainment. Not least because they end up exposing only the sheer vacuity, simple-minded greed, and schoolgirl-bitchiness of the pseudo-intellectual elite. A great case in point was the “Demidenko Affair”. Although the putative expose of the affair was a young Helen Dale pretending to be
Animals have long featured in philosophical discussion. Xenophones wrote that, if horses or oxen could draw, they would draw their gods as horses or oxen. Plato likened humans to cattle: fit only to be slaves. Thomas Nagel explored consciousness by asking, “What is it like to be a bat?” More
Michael endoftheamericandream.com A lot of people seem shocked that the fabric of our society is steadily unravelling all around us, but the truth is that this shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. What we are witnessing is simply the law of cause and effect in action. We
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The Dominion-Post recently ran a lengthy article about a young couple who’s little bloke is about to start school. The guts of the piece was the need to build a new school in their burgeoning suburb, their lad for example, having to be driven
In 1976 comedian Ronnie Barker had a skit on his show The Two Ronnies called “The Ministry of Sexual Equality”. In 1979 Monty Python’s The Life of Brian was not only banned but also took the piss out of all sorts of things, including trannies, and South Park in
People who’ve achieved little of note are often resentful of those who have. The same goes for cultures. It’s often embarrassingly obvious when one visits contemporary museums and galleries, where “indigenous” exhibits are given pride of place. The National Gallery of Victoria, for instance, has a world-class collection
I’m currently reading a fascinating history book: Young Nelsons: Boy sailors during the Napoleonic Wars. It’s astonishing to read of boys of ten, 12 and 13 not only going to sea with the Navy, but fighting with distinction in some of the greatest battles of their time. While
Working means income, but working also means productivity, two very separate outcomes that New Zealand government policy managed to annihilate during the Covid years. Working from home became necessary and popular around the world, although the working aspect can be a misnomer. What’s not to like? Bloomberg reported that
Louis T. March mercatornet.com 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. South Korea just broke
