Ralph Wood mercatornet.com Until his recent retirement, Ralph C Wood had served as University Professor of Theology and Literature at Baylor since 1998. He holds the BA and MA from Texas A&M University-Commerce as well as the AM and PhD from the University of Chicago. PD James
Ben McCann University of Adelaide In November 1942, a romantic drama directed by a Hungarian immigrant and starring an ex-naval officer and an obscure Swedish actress was released. The film began shooting without a finished script. Many at Warner Brothers Studios thought the film would quickly disappear into obscurity. It
Michael Cook Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. He lives in Sydney, Australia. We’ve selected a dozen of the year’s releases for our readers. Not all of them are Oscar material, but they combine artistry, engagement and reasonably humane values which put them a cut above the
The Doctor Ewan Campbell is best known for his innovative soil-conditioning system. It was apparently such a threat to mainstream fertiliser companies that he became the subject of a weird commerce commission investigation for misleading claims. Then, to top off the persecution, he was imprisoned for tax crimes on behalf
“The Great Reset” is nothing new. In essence it’s another variation of “repent or perish”. Put in the simplest possible terms: if, as human beings, we do not collaborate to confront our existential challenges (the environment and the global governance free fall, among others), we are doomed. Thus, we
On the day I started high school I was plonked in a desk beside a person who has turned out to be my closest lifelong friend. We hit it off immediately: email twice a day, speak on the telephone several times per week, and they pop down here once a
Vanessa Marr University of Brighton Vanessa Marr is Principal Lecturer at University of Brighton where she is a researcher and course leader. She is also practicing artist and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. She explores fairy tales from a feminist perspective, with a particular interest in their
Simon Seymour New Zealand The Benefits of Colonisation By Adam Plover 113 Pages excluding references and preface Tross Publishing Those who regard with skepticism wild, latter-day claims about the virtuous – if not utopian – lifestyle of the early colonisers of New Zealand will be well informed by the details in this
At the age of 79, Nelson DeMille could be excused for hanging up his keyboard and calling it quits in the writing of his inimitable thrillers. But his latest has recently appeared, so it seems that he has yet to install the hook on which to hang his keyboard. His
On a Saturday afternoon when there is nothing on the television, what does one do? One goes to the movies. Among the dross that Hollywood pumps out, we found a feel-good genre movie about an English war widow who dreams of buying and owning a dress designed by Dior of
Robert Eggers is known for the rigorous historical verisimilitude of his films, so it’s no stretch to say that his The Northman is Hamlet as it might really have been. The Northman is, in fact, based loosely on Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus’s telling of the legend of a
Reviewer: Rob Paterson Retired Lawyer Tauranga Book Review Regaining a Nation Equality and Democracy (2022) Rating 5 Star ***** Author: Dr John Robinson PhD Price: NZD $35.00 (postage included) Size: A5 Type: Paperback Pages: 238 Main Topic: The Benefits of Colonisation for New Zealand Publisher: Tross Publishing Email: trosspub@gmail.
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out With Science nzdsos.com Information Opinion World-leading Infectious Disease Epidemiologist, Professor John Ioannidis of Stanford University, features in Out to See, a documentary released last week. An NZDSOS volunteer wrote this brief review on the film and her own experiences relating to Professor Ioannidis. What
Gabriel Andrade mercatornet.com Gabriel Andrade is a university professor originally from Venezuela. He writes about politics, philosophy, history, religion and psychology. As evidenced by the wild success of Netflix’s Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, American culture is obsessed with criminals, and all too frequently such individuals enjoy cult-like
