It is common nowadays to speak of "rights" to any number of things: abortion, affordable healthcare, state benefits, etc. We are even told that certain groups (and straight white cis men are not among them) have "rights" to nebulous concepts like "a voice," "respect," "inclusion," or even "love."
In plain words, halal is anything that is created under the Islamic law called sharia. There are 5 types of ahkam (which means activity) that confined the action of Moslems, halal literally means it is in the “allowed” category, whereas terms like haram means it is forbidden under Islam.
Earlier this month, I got to experience the "new left" firsthand, for the second time in my life. Within five minutes of arriving, the handful of police officers on the scene radioed for backup.
"Never mind what they say, watch what they do." It's an old adage, and like most old adages helps us better understand the world around us. The relationship between the United States and Russia is one of the most important on the international stage.
Last year, I got my first ever summons for jury duty. Some are excited by this and others view it with dread. I was in the former camp, not out of a special sense of duty, but because I wanted to experience our justice system for myself.
Ten years ago this week, on the 10th of February 2007, President Vladimir Putin of Russia made a cut through speech at the 43rd Munich Security Conference.
The New Zealand government is considering a proposal to devolve the funding of the provision of various government funded services to local boards in certain demarcated regions.
Late Monday night, Chris Turner was finishing some paperwork and about to lock up, when several men entered his eatery. When he confronted them, they beat him, robbed him, and left him for dead.
It's not often that I'll go out of my way to sing the praises of a multinational corporation, however I've just seen an advertisement from ANZ which has an important theme. Whether it was intentional or not I don't know.
We take a look at the announcement for election day, a new Green/Labour policy for compulsory Maori lessons, a Labour challenger in Ohariu, Gareth Morgan goes full-racist, and Willie Jackson might be making the jump to Labour.
Monday morning's news cycle in New Zealand was once again dominated by Trump. The gossip rags were filled with like headlines including statements like "Trump's ban on travellers from Muslim countries."
Our media is known to be a joke, so much so that they're actually less trusted than politicians. Let's take a look at how they did covering the first week of the Trump presidency.
For a while it looked like the elite would do anything to stop Brexit from happening. London will secede! The Supreme Court will block it! The Labour Party will block it! It seems now, though that reality has dawned on the political elite.
Did you know that you, the taxpayer, have generously donated $7.7 million to the Clinton Foundation? The money was given to an affiliate of the foundation, the "Clinton Health Access Initiative".
The dust is now settling after the epic US Presidential election. Donald J Trump has finally been sworn in. The world is transfixed to see how the first few days and weeks of his administration will unfold.
