mercatornet.com I am a French mother whose teenage daughter recently announced to me that she was gender dysphoric and wanted hormones. Being left-wing politically oriented, a feminist, and sensitive to the rights of minorities, I first thought my daughter had to be supported in the difficult path to transition.
H. Colleen Sinclair Mississippi State University Online shopping is already booming this holiday season. While last year’s big increase in holiday e-commerce due to the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t going to be repeated this time around, November and December online shopping is projected to top US$200 billion for
Colin Parkinson Looking back to a time almost two years ago now, I did not expect to be writing this. I was probably one of the very few promoting a vaccine for a disease that many readers here possibly had not even heard of at the time. My mother-in-law was
My retired parent lives in a retirement village. He/she lives independently in his/her own apartment. Part of the monthly fee pays for having a lunch provided. Before August the people from the apartments met in the residential dining room and all ate together. Since the lockdown in August
The word for today is… ark (noun): 1a : a boat or ship held to resemble that in which Noah and his family were preserved from the Flood b : something that affords protection and safety 2a : the sacred chest representing to the Hebrews the presence of God among them b : a
Tom O’Connor MNZM, JP. SEPARATISM This is the fifth of a series of articles on inter-ethnic relationships in New Zealand in the early 21st century and the development of an informal duality of citizenship, the acceptance of that duality by community leaders and the long-term potential for dis-harmony. An
The word for today is… inchoate (adjective): : being only partly in existence or operation Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Inchoate derives from inchoare, which means “to start work on” in Latin but translates literally as “to hitch up.” Inchoare was formed from the prefix in- and the noun cohum, which refers
The word for today is… collude (verb): : to work together secretly especially in order to do something illegal or dishonest Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Our English “lude” words (allude, collude, delude, elude, and prelude) are based on the Latin verb ludere, meaning “to play.” Collude dates back to 1525 and
The word for today is… lucid (adjective): 1 : very clear and easy to understand 2 : able to think clearly Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : It’s easy enough to shed some light on the origins of lucid: it derives—via the Latin adjective lucidus, meaning “shining”—from the Latin verb lucere,
The word for today is… vignette (noun): 1a : a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper b : the pictorial part of a postage stamp design as distinguished from the frame and lettering 2a : a short descriptive literary sketch b : a brief incident
The word for today is… precarious (adjective): characterized by uncertainty, insecurity, or instability that threatens with danger. Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : “This little happiness is so very precarious, that it wholly depends on the will of others”. Joseph Addison, in a 1711 issue of Spectator magazine, couldn’t have described
The Productivity Commission says pre-pandemic rates of immigration are “unsustainable” with migration outstripping the ability of public infrastructure to cope with it, adding to “burdens for the wider community”. It wants a law change to require governments to “explicitly consider how well New Zealand can support and settle more people”
The word for today is… exonerate (verb): 1 : to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship 2 : to clear from accusation or blame Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Exonerate derives via Middle English from the past participle of the Latin verb exonerare, meaning “to unburden,” formed by combining the prefix ex-
Jon Hersey fee.org Jon Hersey is managing editor of The Objective Standard, fellow and instructor at Objective Standard Institute, and Hazlitt fellow at Foundation for Economic Education. Author’s note: This article is republished with permission from The Objective Standard. I’ve omitted characters’ names and other information in
Whatever else, Australian media personality “Dr Karl” Kruszelnicki is no slacker. Besides graduating as a physicist in the late 60s, Dr Karl also worked as a taxi driver, mechanic and roadie. He commenced his medical degree in his early 30s. When friends commented that he would be in his 40s
The word for today is… tumbrel (noun): 1 : a farm tipcart 2 : a vehicle carrying condemned persons (such as political prisoners during the French Revolution) to a place of execution Source : Online Etymology Dictionary Etymology : mid-15c., “two-wheeled cart for hauling dung, stones, etc.,” earlier an instrument of punishment of uncertain
