The word for today is… reputation (noun) 1a : overall quality or character as seen or judged by people in general b : recognition by other people of some characteristic or ability 2 : a place in public esteem or regard Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : For reputation, the attainment of lexical esteem begins
The word for today is… savvy (adjective, noun, verb)- adjective : having or showing perception, comprehension, or shrewdness especially in practical matters noun : practical know-how, e.g. political savvy verb : understand Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : You may be familiar with the noun savvy, meaning “practical know-how” (as in “he has
Bruce Logan Back in the 1950s (my childhood), before instant news on television, short movies (shorts) were shown in cinemas before the feature film. They varied between news items and documentaries. Often the documentary would finish with a voice-over, “just another step in man’s conquest of nature”. I was
The word for today is… tangible (adjective, noun) – adjective – 1a : capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch b : substantially real 2 : capable of being precisely identified or realized by the mind 3 : capable of being appraised at an actual or approximate value noun – something that is tangible
The word for today is… infantry (noun) – 1a : soldiers trained, armed, and equipped to fight on foot b : a branch of an army composed of these soldiers 2 : an infantry regiment or division Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The Italian word fante (from Latin infans, “infant, child”) originally meant “child,” later
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
