The word for today is… culture (noun) – 1. (a) The arts, beliefs, customs, institutions, and other products of human work and thought considered as a unit, especially with regard to a particular time or social group. (b) These arts, beliefs, and other products considered with respect to a particular subject
You can lead a mind to a diploma but you can’t make it think. In the past 50 years, the percentage of Western adults with a university degree has risen from about 10% to over 30%. The Western world has never been so educated. And so very, very stupid.
Kurt Mahlburg mercatornet.com Kurt Mahlburg is a teacher, freelance writer, and the Features Editor of the Canberra Declaration. He contributes regularly at the Spectator Australia, Caldron Pool and The Good Sauce. He hosts his own blog ‘Cross + Culture’ at kurtmahlburg.blog Rockstar Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson is back after
The word for today is… suffrage (noun) – 1. (a) The right or privilege of voting; franchise. (b) The exercise of such a right. 2. A vote cast in deciding a disputed question or in electing a person to office. 3. A short intercessory prayer. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Late
Rich Dell’Isola mercatornet.com Rich Dell’Isola, M.MFT, LMFT, is a Doctoral Candidate in Couple and Family Therapy at Kansas State University. Raise your hand if you have experienced or witnessed any of the following: A joyful family gathering explodes into heated debate over masks; a politically-charged article
Science is in a largely unspoken crisis. From the all-but-broken peer-review system to “replication crisis” (many published studies are either never being repeated by other researchers, or, when they do, their results cannot be replicated), science is spiralling into a nadir that the “IFL Science” crowd will never admit to.
The word for today is… requite (verb) – 1. (a) To make return for (something done or felt) in a similar or appropriate fashion. (b) To avenge (an insult or wrongdoing). 2. (a) To respond to (another) or do something to or for (another) in return for that person’s action
The word for today is… forte (noun) – 1. Something in which a person excels. 2. The strong part of a sword blade, between the middle and the hilt. [French fort, from Old French, strong, from Latin fortis; see fort.] Usage Note: Forte, meaning “something in which a person excels,” can
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com New Green MP Elizabeth Kerekere told the media, “It was fantastic that New Zealand has the queerest Parliament in the world”. Why this is fantastic she did not say, instead adding there’s still a long way to go. “Parliament is still lacking representation, as
The word for today is… estival (adj) – Of, relating to, or appearing in summer. Source : The Free Dictionary Etymology : Estival and festival look so much alike that you might think they’re very closely related, but that isn’t the case. Estival traces back to aestas, which is the Latin
lens.monash.edu/@monash-life Making a prosthetic can cost thousands of dollars, but social entrepreneur Mat Bowtell is using 3D printing to make it affordable. When Mat Bowtell was retrenched from his job at Toyota in 2017, the father of two decided to use his redundancy payout, and his skills
Laura Vidal PhD Candidate, Criminology, School of Social Sciences lens.monash.edu/@politics-society The death of 20-year-old Ruqia Haidari in Perth in January this year, allegedly murdered by her husband whom she wed only two months earlier, and the recent arrests of three of her family members, brings forced marriage
Kurt Mahlburg mercatornet.com Kurt Mahlburg is a teacher, freelance writer, and the Features Editor of the Canberra Declaration. He contributes regularly at the Spectator Australia, Caldron Pool and The Good Sauce. He hosts his own blog ‘Cross + Culture’ at kurtmahlburg.blog Woke capitalism, like the #MeToo movement before it,
The word for today is… empathy (noun) – 1. The ability to identify with or understand the perspective, experiences, or motivations of another individual and to comprehend and share another individual’s emotional state. 2. The projection of one’s own feelings or thoughts onto something else, such as an object
The word for today is… holiday (noun) – 1. A day free from work that one may spend at leisure, especially a day on which custom or the law dictates a halting of general business activity to commemorate or celebrate a particular event. 2. A religious feast day; a holy day.
Last week, I looked at the history of the Ouija board and how what was for decades seen as a harmless parlour game became a pop culture icon as a gateway to demonic forces. But I left untouched the question: what do Ouija boards really do? Well, what they really
