Author Archives: Mark

I watched this very cool movie last night (finished after work tonight). No great drama, but a fabulous character study of a widower and his two late-teen sons, each dealing with their own inner conflicts. Not a lot of action, … Continue reading →

The NZ Herald that is. I took them to task over the basketball article the other day, and although I didn’t mention it here, I also pinged them about a Reuters article they published that had a very misleading title. … Continue reading →

I spent most of the weekend doing some reading on the history of the Middle East conflict and I’ve started writing a brief summary of what I’ve been learning. So far I’m up to the end of WWI. I will … Continue reading →

When I said that “I watched Syriana last night with George Clooney and Matt Damon” I’m not sure that they would appreciate me tipping off the paparazzi. Sorry guys.

I watched Syriana last night with George Clooney and Matt Damon (and there were a few others involved as well!). Actually I watched it twice, and not because I wanted to. The movie has had some good reviews and Clooney … Continue reading →

I just fired a note off to the NZ Herald about the following article – http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=4&ObjectID=10391395 I’m really no basketball fan, but any contest between NZ and Australia is a plainly matter of critical geopolitical importance (especially when NZ wins!), … Continue reading →

A little idle googling tonight led me to a pretty interesting audio stream (.mp3) on the subject of Christianity and Politics – a message by Gary DeLashmutt from Xenos Christian Fellowship in Columbus, Ohio. I’ve never heard of him or … Continue reading →

Further to the earlier reference to the alleged killing of Falun Gong members in China, the issue seemed serious enough for me to send off a letter to NZ Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters. Here is is – Mr Peters, … Continue reading →

Mike Moore has this to say about the Doha nonsense in an article today in the NZ Herald. A deal in agriculture would give Africa four to five times more help than all the aid given by all nations. The … Continue reading →

Interesting article this week in the Sydney Morning Herald about an investigation by a Canadian humanrights lawyer and a former Canadian cabinet minister into alleged state killings of Falun Gong members in order to harvest human organs for transplant. The … Continue reading →