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March 30, 2023
Analysis by Keith Rankin. Sex Whoever would have predicted that the definition of ‘male’ and ‘female’ could ever become a matter of contention? My professional life has been in political economy, which includes social science and humanities: philosophy, economics, history, statistics, demography, and geography. Demography in particular, requires a biological definition. The objective science of ... <a title="Keith Rankin Analysis – Sex, Gender, Demography and Culture Wars" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/03/30/keith-rankin-analysis-sex-gender-demography-and-culture-wars/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Analysis – Sex, Gender, Demography and Culture Wars">Read more</a>
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August 31, 2021
Essay by Keith Rankin. Following the completion of the Taliban reconquest of Afghanistan, I heard Helen Clark on the radio news say, among other things, that the Taliban are a “medieval theocracy”. While she’s literally correct, ‘medieval’ has unfortunately become one of those problem derogatory words of casual historical racism; words like ‘neanderthal’, ‘philistine’, cretin’, ... <a title="Keith Rankin Essay: Positively Medieval" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/08/31/keith-rankin-essay-positively-medieval/" aria-label="Read more about Keith Rankin Essay: Positively Medieval">Read more</a>
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February 11, 2019
Political Roundup: Fixing Treaty ignorance in politics and schools by Dr Bryce Edwards 2019’s Waitangi commemorations will be mostly remembered for two debates – whether the Prime Minister should be able to recite the detail of the Treaty of Waitangi, and whether the teaching of the Treaty and colonial history in New Zealand should be ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Fixing Treaty ignorance in politics and schools" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/11/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-fixing-treaty-ignorance-in-politics-and-schools/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Fixing Treaty ignorance in politics and schools">Read more</a>
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