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
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
The word for today is… categorical (adjective) – 1 : absolute, unqualified 2a : of, relating to, or constituting a category b : involving, according with, or considered with respect to specific categories Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The ancestor of categorical and category has been important in logic and philosophy since the days of
Jani Allan rt.com By Jani Allan, a writer and talk show host. She has written for the London Sunday Times, the Spectator, the Daily Mail and various other British publications. Her memoir Jani Confidential was published by Jacana Media. Controversial right-wing self-declared former homosexual Milo Yiannopoulos plans
blarney (noun) – 1 : skillful flattery 2 : nonsense, humbug Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The village of Blarney in County Cork, Ireland, is home to Blarney Castle, and in the southern wall of that edifice lies the famous Blarney Stone. Legend has it that anyone who kisses the Blarney Stone will gain
Bruce Wilds brucewilds.blogspot.com Bruce Wilds is the author of the book “Advancing Time.” Both the book and his blog focuses on how the ever-quickening pace of change impacts today’s society and the massive challenges it creates. Anyone that thinks we can simply store huge amounts of
Melvin M. Vopson University of Portsmouth Dr Melvin M. Vopson is Senior Lecturer in Physics at the University of Portsmouth. His previous appointments include two postdoctoral fellowships at the University of York, senior R&D scientist at Seagate Technology (a world leading high-tech company) and over six years
Celia Wolf-Devine mercatornet.com Celia Wolf-Devine is retired from her position teaching philosophy at Stonehill College. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island, USA with her husband Phil Devine, who is also a retired philosophy professor. She has her B.A. from Smith College and her Ph.D. from
James Davidson In today’s setting around the West, there is only one conception of freedom: “do what you want, as long as it doesn’t infringe on anyone else’s rights”. This definition sounds compelling, in fact, it sounds liberating. Under it one can do, be or say anything
exodus (noun) – 1 capitalized : the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture 2 : a mass departure Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The Biblical book of Exodus describes the departure of the Israelites from Egypt, so it’s no surprise that the word has come to refer more generally
