Author Archives: Mark

NZ Herald, Nov. 15 2005 Hard on the heels of the recent news that NZ has the lowest unemployment rate in the developed world, the Herald reports that NZ also has the highest official interest rates of anywhere in the … Continue reading →

This thing in Australia is out of control. Five separate articles today in the Sydney Morning Herald on the controversy over the teaching of ID -

Sydney Morning Herald, Nov. 14 2005. This is another article that reports a White House aide again failing to rule out the use of torture on terrorist suspects. It quotes Stephen Hadley as saying that “The president has said that … Continue reading →

Sydney Morning Herald, Nov. 13 2005 This article refers to a DVD that is being distributed by Campus Crusade for Christ to 3000 public and private schools in Australia promoting ID. I can’t help wondering if this is a little … Continue reading →

http://www.slate.com/id/2130028/ This article from Slate of Nov. 11 is a pretty damning criticism of the Bush administration’s interpretation of acceptable treatment of prisoners under US and international law. It claims that during the confirmation hearings for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, … Continue reading →

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10354987 This is an Interesting article that links a crash in bird and sea life in the Pacific NW to rising ocean temperatures caused by global warming. But something seems a little fishy (if you’ll excuse the expression). They cite … Continue reading →

After watching quite a few movies in the last few weeks and being only moderately impressed with them, it got me thinking about movies I’ve seen over the years that I have really liked. So this is a quick stab … Continue reading →

There have been a number of articles in the last few weeks about the Reserve Bank’s concern over the overheated housing market and possible policy changes aimed at “correcting” that. Bollard warns of ‘excesses’ in economy – NZ Herald 14 … Continue reading →

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=3&ObjectID=10354535 The NZ Herald reports that unemployment in NZ has fallen to a 23 year low of 3.4% – the best in the developed world. The next lowest is South Korea with a rate of 4.1%. This is really an … Continue reading →

I’ve watched three movies in the last couple of weeks and In the Bedroom was by far the most satisfying, even if a little ponderous at times. The other two were Hitchcock’s Notorius and a Val Kilmer thriller called Spartan. … Continue reading →