Kurt Mahlburg mercatornet.com Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary, and a young
The word for today is… hare (noun, verb) – noun – : any of various swift, gnawing, herbivorous, usually shy lagomorph mammals (family Leporidae and especially genus Lepus) that have long ears, short tails, and powerful long hind legs, are usually solitary or sometimes live in pairs, have the young open-eyed and furred
Joanna Williams rt.com Joanna Williams, the founder of the think tank Cieo. She is the author of Women vs Feminism, Why We All Need Liberating From the Gender Wars and is a regular columnist for Spiked. You have to hand it to the Duchess of Sussex. Despite all the
Back in the pre-European times, the local inhabitants of our fair land were fond of telling stories about, among other things, where and whence they came from. This of course is nothing new as all countries have oral traditions. Most of course had written traditions as well but in the
The word for today is… pertain (verb) – 1a (1) : to belong as a part, member, accessory, or product (2) : to belong as an attribute, feature, or function (3) : to belong as a duty or right b : to be appropriate to something 2 : to have reference – e.g. books pertaining to
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
