Anonymous author mercatornet.com I am an American working professional and mother. We live on the West Coast. My son is on the autism spectrum and has become convinced that he is transgender. My belief is that much of this new identity is a rewriting of his history. Do you
Carolyn Moynihan mercatornet.com Carolyn Moynihan is the former deputy editor of MercatorNet The pending divorce of Bill and Melinda Gates may not be surprising to those who are close to them. But to those of us who know the famous couple only as an incredibly successful business and philanthropic
I have been driving around Wellington in the last couple of days. Traffic is abysmal, as usual. Stop start, stop start… but there are billboards all over the place advertising the Ru Paul show. Tell me, New Zealanders… do you really think, in the middle of a pandemic, it was
The word for today is… ascetic (adjective) – 1 : practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline 2 : austere in appearance, manner, or attitude Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Ascetic comes from “ask?tikos,” a Greek adjective meaning “laborious,” and ultimately traces back to the Greek verb askein,
Rachel Boddy Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Rachel is a PhD student at Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka looking at social and political life in the eighteenth century. Singer Billie Eilish’s new look for British Vogue, in which she trades her baggy clothes for lingerie
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet Pining for the good old days, a golden era of social and moral certainties, is at best a mistake, at worst, folly. As proof, at least on the topics of sexual morality, autonomy and women’s rights, it’s
Anonymous author mercatornet.com The author is a married mom of two living in a Maryland suburb. She’s an “old fashioned feminist.” She celebrates being a woman and believes in equality. She respects men and their role in society just as much as she believes womens’ strengths play a
The word for today is… cede (verb) – 1 : to yield or grant typically by treaty 2 : assign, transfer Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : 1630s, “to yield, give way,” from French céder or directly from Latin cedere “to yield, give place; to give up some right or property,” originally “to go from,
The word for today is… fiduciary (adjective, noun) Adjective: of, relating to, or involving a confidence or trust, such as:- a : held or founded in trust or confidence, a fiduciary relationship, a bank’s fiduciary obligations b : holding in trust c : depending on public confidence for value or currency
Michael McCaffrey rt.com Michael McCaffrey is a writer and cultural critic who lives in Los Angeles. His work can be read at RT, Counterpunch and at his website mpmacting.com/blog. He is also the host of the popular cinema podcast Looking California and Feeling Minnesota. Hollywood is holding
The word for today is… egregious (adjective) – 1 : conspicuous: especially conspicuously bad 2 : archaic: distinguished Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Egregious derives from the Latin word egregius, meaning “distinguished” or “eminent.” In its earliest English uses, egregious was a compliment to someone who had a remarkably good quality that placed him
Hendrik van der Breggen mercatornet.com Hendrik van der Breggen, PhD, is a retired philosophy professor who lives in Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada. Hendrik’s parents survived the Nazi occupation of The Netherlands. I was still half-asleep as I stepped out to the end of our driveway to retrieve our empty
The word for today is… foist (verb) – 1a : to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant b : to force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit 2 : to pass off as genuine or worthy Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : An early sense of the word foist, now obsolete, referred to
Dieuwe de Boer rightminds.nz This is the seventh episode of the Right Minds Podcast, hosted by Dieuwe de Boer and Origen, recorded on the evening of Tuesday 4th May, 2021. The Right Minds Podcast will air right here every fortnight. It’s been two years to the month since
