Long time readers of this blog will remember than 5 1/2 years ago I was in a car accident that saw me suffer a herniated cervical (neck) disc and require disc replacement surgery. Readers will also be aware that the pain I lived (live) with did not end after that surgery and that when the […]
Entries Tagged as 'Media'
Flannagan v ACC – Victory
September 12th, 2013 13 Comments
Tags: ACC · Car Accident · Disc Replacement Surgery
Watch Matt on the GCSB Bill on Shine TV
August 1st, 2013 2 Comments
On 30 July 2013 Matt was interviewed on Shine TV about the Government Communications Security Bureau and Related Legislation Amendment (“GCSB”) Bill. The discussion on the issues of civil liberties, spying in times of threats against citizens is very good. The video is here:
Tags: GCSB · MandM on Video · Rights and Freedoms · Shine TV
Matt on Radio: Women tells Court of Appeal being pregnant with a defective baby is an injury
March 5th, 2013 3 Comments
A New Zealand woman has gotten her case against the Accident Compensation Corporation (“ACC”) into the Court of Appeal. The Herald carried the story. Matt was interviewed for his view on Radio Rhema last week. ACC claim mother: I would have aborted Woman says she would have terminated pregnancy had she been told baby was […]
Tags: Abortion · ACC · Court of Appeal · Feticide · Radio Rhema
Matt on David Shearer, Gaza and Performance Pay for Teachers on “The Panel” – with Bob McCoskrie
November 22nd, 2012 Comments Off on Matt on David Shearer, Gaza and Performance Pay for Teachers on “The Panel” – with Bob McCoskrie
If you tuned in to Radio Rhema at 11:45am (NZ time) on 21 November 2012 you would have heard this blog’s Matthew Flannagan and Bob McCoskrie discuss the David Shearer and the political events from yesterday, the latest in Gaza, and whether performance pay for teachers is a good idea or not, on “The Panel” on Pat Brittenden […]
Tags: Bob McCoskrie · Pat Brittenden · Radio Rhema · The Panel
Madeleine on Same Sex Marriage, US Election Result and Scalping on “The Panel” – with Craig Heilmann
November 9th, 2012 Comments Off on Madeleine on Same Sex Marriage, US Election Result and Scalping on “The Panel” – with Craig Heilmann
If you tuned in to Radio Rhema at 11:45am (NZ time) on 8 November 2012 you would have heard this blog’s Madeleine Flannagan and Craig Heilmann discuss the Same Sex Marriage Bill and Louisa Wall’s submission, the US Election Result and if Scalping Tickets is okay, on “The Panel” on Pat Brittenden mornings. You can listen online here.
Tags: Craig Heilmann · Pat Brittenden · Radio Rhema · The Panel
Madeleine on Housing Shortage Public Policy and Swearing at the Boss on “The Panel” – with Bob McCoskrie
October 31st, 2012 2 Comments
If you tuned in to Radio Rhema at 11:45am (NZ time) on 30 October 2012 you would have heard this blog’s Madeleine Flannagan and Bob McCoskrie discuss the housing shortage, the government’s plan to fix it and the legal consequences of swearing at the boss, on “The Panel” on Pat Brittenden mornings. You can listen online here.
Tags: Bob McCoskrie · George Penk · Pat Brittenden · Radio Rhema · The Panel
A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. In the tradition of his popular Is God a Moral Monster?, Paul Copan teams up with Matthew Flannagan to tackle some of the most confusing and uncomfortable passages of Scripture. Together they help the Christian and nonbeliever alike understand the biblical, theological, philosophical, and ethical implications of Old Testament warfare passages.
Tom Wright on Hypocrisy: Catholic Church Sex Scandals, the Media and Jimmy Savile
March 9th, 2013 7 Comments
N T Wright, theologian and research professor at St Andrews University, tells the British media a few home truths about hypocrisy and faux moral outrage. I listened in disbelief as John Humphrys interviewed Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor on Radio 4’s Today programme this week. Surely, he said, like a headmaster addressing an errant teenager, if highly placed people knew about […]
Tags: Hypocrisy · Jimmy Savile · N T Wright · Virtue Ethics