The Reason for Death Rituals
In just a few days, many Christians will be celebrating Ash Wednesday, and we will hear the words “Meménto, homo, quia pulvis es, et in púlverem revertéris”.
History
America Is United on Only One Issue
This isn’t going away. It’s going to get worse. We haven’t even scratched the surface of the rot. And you can’t rebuild trust until you cut all of it out.
They Knew Where He Was
The question is what the world will finally demand of those who turn cemeteries into concealment, children into soldiers, humanitarian aid into weapons – and death itself into strategy.
This Seems To Be a National Illness
If the billions that Australia devoted to bans and buybacks had instead been used to understand and treat mental health, including phobias, perhaps we would have something other countries would be interested in.
Waitangi Day 2026
The coalition, in spite of claiming they are committed to equal rights and opposed to race-based law, is not doing nearly enough to protect New Zealand from the threat of tribal rule.
The Myth and the American Manifesto
We did not find America: we willed it into being and the fates lacked the nerve to say no.
The Treaty or Te Tiriti? It Matters…
In election year it is time to wake up lazy political aspirants. Quiz them. Do they know what they are signing up to if they talk about “Te Tiriti”?
Waitangi Day – A Day of Pride
Waitangi Day will never bring unity. New Zealand Day just might.
The Forgotten Master Who Made C S Lewis
He died in 1905. Lewis called him the closest writer to the Spirit of Christ. The church buried him anyway.
On the Cession of Sovereignty, the Record Is Clear
History should discipline politics, not be reshaped by it. On sovereignty, the record is clear – but politically inconvenient for some.
The Panic of 1857: An Austrian View
A massive amount of money was created, interest rates fell below the natural rate, and money flowed into malinvestments of higher-order goods like land and railroad construction.
Diving into Obscurity: the Films of Jesus Franco
How a trash-cult auteur helped shape modern cinema.
Why Western Tasmania Wants to Burn
Like the rest of south-east Australia, Tasmania is a landscape shaped by humans for millennia.
Remembering the Holocaust When the Witnesses Are Gone
When my wife describes her teacher’s tattoo, I’m reminded that the Holocaust was made possible by the deliberate reduction of a person to a number. Jan 27 marks the day the world found the courage to reject that logic. When the witnesses are gone, education will matter more than ever.
Challenger Blew up in a Different World
The disaster shocked the world and marked the beginning of the end for NASA.
