On the first Thursday of every month, Auckland bloggers gather for the Bloggers Bar Bash: What: Auckland Bloggers Drinks When: Thursday 5 November from 6.30pm Where: Galbraiths, 2 Mt Eden Road, Mt Eden, Auckland Open to anyone who happens to be in Auckland. Past attendees include bloggers and bloupies from Annie Fox, Not PC, Interest.co.nz, […]
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Auckland Bloggers Drinks – This Thursday!
October 31st, 2009 Comments Off on Auckland Bloggers Drinks – This Thursday!
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Auckland Bloggers Drinks Feat. Pamela Anderson and John Key – This Thursday!
September 25th, 2009 7 Comments
Following on from the success of last week’s packed out impromptu Auckland Bloggers drinks featuring blogging celebrity David Farrar, Peter Cresswell and I have decided that we should feature celebrity guests more often. This week Pamela Anderson is in Auckland for Fashion Week and John Key is back from New York, fresh from his success […]
Tags: Anna Woolf · Bloggers Drinks · John Key · Pamela Anderson · Peter Cresswell
More Evidence of Student Association Delusions of Grandeur
August 25th, 2009 2 Comments
I just got this in my inbox: AN OPPORTUNITY HAS ARISEN:On Wednesday the 26th of August at the AUSA [Auckland University Students Association] Winter General Meeting there has been an opening to incorporate the UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS into the AUSA constitution. WE NEED 200 PEOPLE IN THE QUAD TO VOTE IN FAVOUR AT […]
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No
August 21st, 2009 102 Comments
The results of the anti-smacking referendum are in. In answer to the question “Should a smack as part of good parental correction be a criminal offence in New Zealand?” 87.6% of voters said “no.” Fairly resounding. Vote No seem happy. We are too. Now it is time to sit back and see how the government […]
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The Freedom of Association Bill
August 21st, 2009 51 Comments
Fantastic news! Yesterday the Education (Freedom of Association) Amendment Bill 75/1 was drawn from the ballot. Sponsored by ACT’s Sir Roger Douglas, the explanatory note states: The purpose of this Bill is to uphold students’ right to freedom of association, by ensuring that no student is compelled to join a students association. Section 17 of […]
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Contra Mundum: A New Column in Investigate Magazine
August 20th, 2009 8 Comments
MandM have officially joined the ranks of New Zealand blogs with print columns; Kiwiblog’s David Farrar writes for the NBR, Cactus Kate writes for The Dominion Post and now MandM write for Investigate Magazine – you can now get your MandM fix both online and at your magazine stand! Pick up this month’s edition of […]
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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.
Progressive Enslavement: The Seductions of Scientism
January 18th, 2011 138 Comments
One of the silly characteristics of our age is the credulous and naive veneration of science. It has led to the emergence of what we call scientism–faith in science as the ultimate source of truth and wisdom. This faith is pervasive. How many social issues or ethical questions are falsely claimed to be resolved by […]
Tags: J Judd Owen · John Dewey · R J Rushdoony · Science and Religion · Scientism · Stephen Prickett