Periodically on social media, I have encountered memes praising Daryl Davis, the black musician who has made something of a career out of befriending and converting KKK members. Certainly, Davis is an incredible human being, but I often wonder why no one says much about the ex-Klansmen he counts as
The word for today is… founder (noun, verb): noun: one that founds or establishes verb: 1 : to become disabled especially : to go lame 2 : to give way : collapse 3 : to become submerged : sink 4 : to come to grief Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Founder is related to Latin fundus, meaning “bottom”
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. One thing demographers have
righttolife.org.uk A Canadian church has hosted an assisted suicide ceremony for one of its members. The Churchill Park United Church of Winnipeg held what it described as a “Crossing Over Ceremony” in which 86-year-old Betty Sanguin ended her life through an assisted suicide in the church sanctuary. Minister
The word for today is… arbitrary (adjective): 1a : existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will b : based on or determined by individual preference or convenience rather than by necessity or the intrinsic nature of something 2a : not restrained
The word for today is… wherewithal (noun, pronoun, conjunction): noun: means, resources pronoun: wherewith conjunction: wherewith Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Wherewithal comes from where and withal (meaning “with”), and it has been used as a conjunction meaning “with or by means of which” and as a pronoun meaning “that with
One of the great manias — and they are many and very manic — of the woke left is banning “conversion practises”. What are “conversion practises”? Don’t bother asking, because the language of such laws as the Ardern government’s are so vague that they could mean anything. But that’s
Viktorija Simulynaite sovereignman.com Viktorija, AKA the Sovereign Woman, is a prolific writer, covering topics ranging from offshore strategies and portfolio diversification to global mobility and Plan B thinking. In the late 1960s, the central planners in the Soviet Union decided that they needed to do something to boost their
The word for today is… sanction (noun, verb): noun 1 : a formal decree especially : an ecclesiastical decree 2a obsolete : a solemn agreement b : something that makes an oath binding 3 : the detriment, loss of reward, or coercive intervention annexed to a violation of a law as a means of enforcing
The word for today is… oligarchy (noun): 1 : government by the few 2 : a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes 3 : an organization under oligarchic control Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Oligarchy is one of numerous English words for a type of rule
Mathew Otieno mercatornet.com Mathew Otieno writes from Kisumu, Kenya. The Batwa are a group of pygmy people who have lived in central Africa for millennia. Their homeland spreads across what is now Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Shorter in stature than other Africans, they
Thornton Blackmore Just as Biblical lore speaks on the concept of the ‘end-times’, so too have other cultures and religions explored similar concepts. Interestingly, the Vedic culture of Classical India and the attending Sanskrit texts have spoken extensively of an age of darkness known as the Kali Yuga. This Kali
Kerry McDonald fee.org Kerry McDonald is a Senior Education Fellow at FEE and host of the weekly LiberatED podcast. She is also the author of Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom (Chicago Review Press, 2019), an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, and a regular Forbes
The word for today is… parable (noun): : a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Parable comes from the Latin word parabola, from Greek parabole, meaning “comparison.” The word parabola may look familiar if you remember your geometry. The mathematical
Kevin Bird I know, I know, finance and policy matters are complicated. They give most of us a headache but if you want your money to remain yours, then it is time to pay attention. In recent times our government has rather sneakily made us a guinea pig pilot nation
JM White The language went first. We went from sensible, balanced reporting to explosive language which has no real meaning. Now we no longer get estimates, we get ‘computer modelling’ and ‘record numbers’. A virus doesn’t mutate, it ‘super’ mutates. Ballistic missiles are ‘unleashed’ like dogs – not fired. Fans
