Kurt Mahlburg mercatornet.com Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary, and a young
When even the Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios is defending Novak Djokovic, you know the Australians have got this whole sorry saga badly wrong. Kyrgios has never hidden his contempt for the world number 1 tennis player. While rival Rafael Nadal has struggled to hide his glee at the misfortune
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Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Grant Dalton is a true patriot. He’s under attack for taking the next Americas Cup offshore. I accept there are more boring so-called sporting spectacles, such as people in pajamas tugging at one anothers garments, otherwise known as judo, and certainly rifle-shooting,
Piers Morgan is livid that the sports world continues to allow men who claim to be women to compete in women’s sport. He’s absolutely right. British broadcaster Piers Morgan blasted transgender college swimmer Lia Thomas after she dominated earlier this week in collegiate meets, smashing records previously held
There are growing calls for at least some form of boycott of the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics. Contrary to the popular narrative of “China Joe”, it is the US president who is so far taking the lead. But the only boycotts announced so far, are “diplomatic boycotts”. Australia’s best-
Donald Digby When most people think of the America’s Cup they think of wealthy men sailing around in expensive boats representing exclusive clubs where members gather to cluck cluck and tut-tut about whatever topic is current while enjoying a drop of their favourite tipple. Something that happens for
Darryl Betts darryllrbetts.wordpress.com Darryl is a businessman and a post-graduate student in Philosophy at the University of Auckland, with particular interests in the philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic, and AI. He holds a BSc in Computer Science and a BA in Philosophy, Logic and
MacIntosh Ross Biao Teng mercatornet.com MacIntosh Ross is an assistant professor in kinesiology at Western University in Ontario. Biao Teng is Pozen Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago. On Nov. 2, 2021, Chinese tennis pro Peng Shuai took to Weibo — a Chinese microblogging site — to recount her alleged
Uncertainty over Covid restrictions, among other organisational issues, has forced the cancellation of the next edition of one of NZ’s biggest and best-loved sailing events, CRC Bay of Islands Sailing Week. The event, which would have been celebrating its 20th anniversary in January 2022, will now postpone celebrations
