Toby Boraman Lecturer in Politics Massey University Most people today are coping with the rising cost of living individually: cost cutting, looking for a better paid job, taking on “side hustles”, and so on. But not so long ago, many workers globally and in New Zealand approached the same problem
Religion, as Marx is often slightly erroneously quoted as saying, is “the opiate of the masses”. Yet, Marx didn’t say those exact words. Nor did he intend what he actually said as the insult that many of his followers have taken it. The (mis)quote is distilled from a
Jeffrey A Tucker brownstone.org Jeffrey A Tucker is founder and president of the Brownstone Institute. He is also senior economics columnist for Epoch Times, author of 10 books, including Liberty or Lockdown, and thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press. He speaks widely on topics of economics,
For 2,000 years, the history of Western civilisation has been inextricably intertwined with Christianity. In the last century or so, that nexus has stretched, mostly under the assault of virulently anti-religious Marxism, but the intrinsically Christian bedrock of Western culture remains. Almost no one fails to recognise the
Lawrence W. Reed fee.org Lawrence W. Reed is FEE’s President Emeritus, Humphreys Family Senior Fellow, and Ron Manners Global Ambassador for Liberty, having served for nearly 11 years as FEE’s president (2008-2019). He is author of the 2020 book, Was Jesus a Socialist? as well as
As we prepare to chow down on some fish and hot cross buns, and anticipate a whole lotta chocolate, it’s worth pondering, just why is Good Friday, Good Friday? In this secular age, when the Easter holiday is regarded by many as just an extended long weekend, and “Easter”
We are running yet another fantastic book giveaway for our members. We have three copies of educator Roger Childs’ new book ‘New Zealand’s History Curriculum – Education or Indoctrination?’ to give away. Book Review: On the 10th of April, we will give away three copies to three lucky BFD members.
Lawrence W Reed fee.org Lawrence W Reed is FEE’s President Emeritus, Humphreys Family Senior Fellow and Ron Manners Global Ambassador for Liberty, having served for nearly 11 years as FEE’s president (2008-2019). He is author of the 2020 book, Was Jesus a Socialist? as well as
As historian Geoffrey Blainey notes, “At no other decade in the first thousand years of Christianity were women as influential as they were during Jesus’ own brief ministry.” Women abound in the Gospel stories – and a confusing number of them are called Mary. Including not just Jesus’ mother, but another
Despite the fact that Gene Simmons briefly majored in theology at college, religion is not generally something associated with rock group KISS, except in the negative (a long-standing, if false, claim is that their name is anagrammatic of “Knights In Satan’s Service”). Yet, KISS were more on the
Actors are notorious for their weird superstitions. Perhaps that can be put down to the obvious stupidity of a great many actors. Millennia before celebrities were demonstrating their essential idiocy on social media, though, sailors surely took the prize as the most superstitious profession on earth. Some superstitions appear to
New diet fads sweep the Western world about as often as a dieter sneaking off to the fridge. The Israeli Soldier Diet, the Atkins Diet, the Paleo Diet, blah, blah, blah. Perhaps the next diet fad will be the Mediaeval Peasant Diet. But, unless it’s accompanied by the Mediaeval
Sally Christine Reynolds Principal Academic in Hominin Palaeoecology Bournemouth University It’s sometimes difficult to imagine how the planet we call home, with its megalopolis cities and serene farmlands, was once dominated by dinosaurs as big as buses and five-storey buildings. But recent research has helped deepen our understanding
Justin Vovk PhD Candidate, Early Modern History McMaster University On May 6, 2023, eyes around the world will be on Westminster Abbey in London as King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla are crowned. The coronation comes at a critical time for the monarchy. Fourteen Commonwealth countries, including Canada, still have
