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Entries Tagged as 'Public Policy'
Thank God for the New Zealand Anti Terrorist Squad: Online
October 16th, 2016 1 Comment
Tags: Ethics · Just War · Pacifism · Philosophia Christi
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 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 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
“Same-Sex Marriage is not Valid Marriage” – A Potentially Convict-able Statement
October 4th, 2012 41 Comments
In MandM on Same-Sex Marriage and on being “sneaky” we referred to section 56 of the Marriage Act 1955 which provides: 56 Offence to deny or impugn validity of lawful marriage (1) Every person commits an offence against this Act, and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 100 pounds, who— (a) alleges, expressly or by […]
Tags: Freedom of Expression · Freedom of Religion · Gay Marriage · Louisa Wall · Marriage Equality · Ne Temere · Same Sex Marriage
Auckland Uni Debate “This House supports the legalisation of same-sex marriage in New Zealand” Feat. Louisa Wall, Colin Craig, Matthew Flannagan, et al.
September 24th, 2012 9 Comments
Matt has accepted an invitation from the Auckland University Students Association (AUSA) to participate in a public debate on the Same Sex Marriage Bill to be held at 7pm at the University of Auckland on Tuesday 2 October 2012 in Library Basement 28. The moot is: “This House supports the legalisation of same-sex marriage in New Zealand” […]
Tags: Auimatagi Joe Moeono-Kolio · AUSA · Bonnie Hartfield · Colin Craig · Debates · Events · Levi Joule · Louisa Wall · University of Auckland
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.
Michael Huemer on Wokeness
September 8th, 2025 Comments Off on Michael Huemer on Wokeness
Political Philosopher Michael Huemer weighs in on the question: what is wokeness? I have been known to describe the essence of wokism as “reverse bigotry”. In the past, various forms of bigotry were common: prejudice against blacks, against women, against gays, against transgender people, and more. Wokism proposes, rather than to eliminate bigotry, to reverse […]
Tags: Michael Huemer · Political Correctness · Political Philosophy