Carolyn Moynihan

Carolyn Moynihan is a New Zealand journalist with a special interest in family issues. She began her working life as a secondary school teacher but always fancied the life of the scribe. Too late, she realised that the latter is even more work than teaching Shakespeare to 15-year-olds and the pay is generally less. Being a reluctant geek, she has never quite got over the surprise of finding herself the deputy editor of an online magazine—a pleasant sensation for the most part.

She once wrote a book—the history of New Zealand’s own anti-porn movement in its heyday—for which she got mixed reviews and no awards. She lives in the country’s largest city, Auckland, which is three hours by plane from Sydney—the hub of MercatorNet—and too far for comfort from anywhere else of importance. Still, it is a very nice vantage point from which to meddle in the affairs of the world.

Making a world fit for the young

30 Apr 2013 |

tags: human ecology, intergenerational equity, youth

Human ecology is a youth issue, too, if only the young would realise that.

The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert

26 Apr 2013 |

tags: book reviews, Christians, lesbians

An English professor's journey from queer theory to Christian faith.

Lessons from the Boston bombings

23 Apr 2013 |

tags: Boston bombings, disaster preparedness, terrorism

Such things will likely happen again. We have to prepare ourselves for the next unexpected attack.

Quiet, please. Complacency at work!

16 Apr 2013 |

tags: abortion, Kermit Gosnell, New York Times

The New York Times has ignored an appalling abuse of human rights in nearby Philadelphia. What explains its indifference to the Kermit Gosnell abortion trial?

Why is Europe committing demographic suicide?

11 Apr 2013 |

tags: birth dearth, birth rates, demographic winter, demography

Frankly, not even the experts have the faintest idea.

2 doctors, 103 women, sterilisation quota achieved

27 Mar 2013 |

tags: India, population control, sterilisation camps

India's target-driven quotas for female sterilisation are producing horrific scenes, all with the aid of Western money.

If two lesbians, why not two sisters?

18 Mar 2013 |

tags: New Zealand, same-sex marriage, siblings

If marriage is all about love, commitment and stability, why can't I marry my sister?

Books for fun and inspiration…

26 Feb 2013 |

tags: book lists, cheerfulness

… and an antidote for the over-cheerful. All good literature, though.

The guilty silence that killed Reeva Steenkamp

19 Feb 2013 |

tags: Oscar Pistorius, sexual behaviour

Why does no one mention the most obvious thing that put Oscar Pistorius' girlfriend in harm's way?

Bill Gates and his mixed up global health agenda

15 Feb 2013 |

tags: Bill Gates, polio eradication, population control

Bill and Melinda Gates want to stop polio and also the growth of third world population. One of these campaigns could be undermining the other.

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