Fr Frank Brennan SJ mercatornet.com Fr Frank Brennan SJ is the Rector of Newman College, Melbourne, the Distinguished Fellow of the P M Glynn Institute, Australian Catholic University, and the former CEO of Catholic Social Services Australia (CSSA). Cardinal George Pell’s conviction in a Melbourne court of historic
Dark Jester The New Lynn shopping mall attack shows that despite our reassurances, there are Jihadist and ISIS linked elements in New Zealand. But what was interesting was the reaction on social media underneath. Many of the comments underneath the articles that covered the New Lynn attack would be considered
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 and is a policy advisor for Family Watch International. Israeli Labor Party Leader Merav Michaeli has momentous news: she has a new baby. This news
Trojan Pony As a qualified journalist with a record of contributing to society, it’s been a sobering ride into the bowels of the welfare system in just a matter of weeks: not so much that I find myself a fresh graduate without a full-time job, but more so to
The word for today is… wherefore (adverb, noun) – adverb 1 : for what reason or purpose : why 2 : therefore noun : an answer or statement giving an explanation : reason – wants to know the whys and wherefores Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : A bit of a rarity this morning, an adverb. When Shakespeare’s
The word for today is… bivouac (noun, verb) – noun 1 : a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter 2a : encampment usually for a night b : a temporary or casual shelter or lodging verb 1 : to make a bivouac 2 : to take shelter often temporarily Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : In
The word for today is… jeremiad (noun) – : a prolonged lamentation or complaint Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Jeremiah was a naysayer. That Jewish prophet, who lived from about 650 to 570 BC, spent his days lambasting the Hebrews for their false worship and social injustice and denouncing the king for his
The word for today is… urbane (adjective) – : notably polite or polished in manner Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : City slickers and country folk have long debated whether life is better in town or in the wide open spaces, and urbane is a term that springs from the throes of that debate.
The word for today is… hagiography (noun) – 1 : biography of saints or venerated persons 2 : idealizing or idolizing biography Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Like “biography” and “autograph,” the word hagiography has to do with the written word. The combining form “-graphy” comes from Greek graphein, meaning “to write.” “Hagio-” comes
Andrew Torba CEO, Gab.com Only Jesus Saves Information Opinion I spent all of August working all hours of the day to help fight back against the medical tyranny going on around the world while also fighting off the slings and arrows of the Globalist American Empire who wasn’t
Oh God! It’s Maori Language Week. I have no problem with people who speak or are trying to learn Maori, in the same way that I have no problem with those who are learning French, Japanese or Swahili, but we are not having those languages rammed down our throats
The word for today is… expropriate (verb) – 1 : to deprive of possession or proprietary rights 2 : to transfer (the property of another) to one’s own possession Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : If you guessed that expropriate has something in common with the verb appropriate, you’re right. Both words ultimately
righttolife.org.uk Doctors at a hospital in Birmingham aborted a healthy baby instead of his sickly twin. The incident occurred at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation and has come to light via a Freedom of Information request by The Independent. The anonymous mother decided to abort
The word for today is… guttural (adjective) – 1 : articulated in the throat 2 : being or marked by utterance that is strange, unpleasant, or disagreeable Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Though it is now used to describe many sounds or utterances which strike the listener as harsh or disagreeable, the adjective guttural
Elizaveta Poliakova York University, Canada is a PhD Candidate in Communications and Culture at York University. I hold an MA from the same program and a BA (Hons.) with a major in Book and Media Studies from the University of Toronto. My research interests include self-publishing, the history of the
The word for today is… attenuate (verb) – 1 : to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken 2 : to reduce the severity, virulence, or vitality of 3 : to make thin or slender 4 : to make thin in consistency : rarefy 5 : to become thin, fine, or less Source : Merriam -Webster
