Rachael Wong mercatornet.com Rachael is a barrister, Managing Director at Women’s Forum Australia, and an Adjunct Lecturer in the School of Law at the University of Notre Dame Australia. She previously worked with the Law Reform Commission in Samoa to bring about legislative reform to improve the lives
The word for today is… actuary (noun) – 1 obsolete : clerk, registrar 2 : a person who calculates insurance and annuity premiums, reserves, and dividends Source : Online Etymology Dictionary Etymology : First known use in the 1550s. Registrar, clerk from Medieval Latin actuarius. Copyist, account-keeper, short-hand writer, from Latin actus in
Izzy Kalman mercatornet.com Izzy Kalman is the author and creator of the website Bullies2Buddies.com and a critic of the anti-bully movement. A misguided but well-intentioned anti-bullying message went viral recently. The “crumpled paper” exercise has been used by adults for many years to try to
The word for today is… paean (noun) – 1 : a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph 2 : a work that praises or honors its subject Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : According to the poet Homer, the Greek god Apollo sometimes took the guise of Paean, physician to the
Bruce Logan While all the noise around the justice or injustice of Laurel Hubbard competing in the Olympic Games is inevitable, it’s also beside the point. The debate is nearly always about competing human rights: the right of the transgender athlete to compete and the right of women to
The word for today is… plethora (noun) – 1 : a bodily condition characterized by an excess of blood and marked by turgescence and a florid complexion 2 : abundance, profusion Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Plethora comes from a similar Greek word meaning “fullness.” It was first used in English in the 16th
The word for today is… frugal (adjective) – : characterized by or reflecting economy in the use of resources Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Those who are frugal are unwilling to (lavishly) enjoy the fruits of their labors, so it may surprise you to learn that frugal ultimately derives from the Latin frux,
Jon Miltimore fee.org Jonathan Miltimore is the Managing Editor of FEE.org. His writing/reporting has been the subject of articles in TIME magazine, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes, Fox News, and the Star Tribune. Bylines: Newsweek, The Washington Times, MSN.com, The Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller,
The word for today is… archipelago (noun) – 1 : an expanse of water with many scattered islands 2 : a group of islands 3 : something resembling an archipelago Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The Greeks called it the Aegean Pelagos and the Italians referred to it as Arcipelago (principal sea), but English speakers
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Enjoying the glory of our cricket team winning the inaugural Test Cricket World Cup is a magical moment for sport in this country, and one that we cricket fans can savour for a long time. It almost takes away the bad taste of the other sporting announcement this week; almost,
The word for today is… deep-six (verb)) – 1 : to get rid of, discard, eliminate 2 slang : to throw overboard Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : From the leadsman’s call by the deep six for a depth corresponding to the sixth deep on a sounding line. Before the introduction of shipboard
rt.com The forever wars that the US launched after 9/11 led to a surge in military suicides, a new study claims, with traumatized soldiers taking their own lives as they are repeatedly deployed in conflicts that have no public support. A new report by Brown University’s Costs
Veronica Hays newsbusters.org Courtney Act, a drag queen made famous by RuPaul’s Drag Race, guest stars alongside elementary school children for a segment called “Little Kids, Big Talk.” The five-minute long video was posted to the ABC Kids Community Facebook page. The flamboyant man dressed as a
The word for today is… sprightly (adjective) – 1 : marked by a gay lightness and vivacity 2 : having a distinctively piquant taste Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Sprightly comes from spright, an archaic version of the word we now use for an elf or fairy: sprite. Ariel from Shakespeare’s The Tempest
Jerusha Osberg Conner Villanova University Dr. Conner is a Professor of Education at Villanova University. She holds expertise in student voice, student engagement, and youth organizing and activism. Critical race theory – an academic framework that holds that racism is embedded in society – has become the subject of an intense debate
