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.

Works, not faith

24 Aug 2012 |

tags: Mitt Romney, Mormons, US presidential election

Mitt Romney’s fitness for the presidency should be judged on his policies and record, not on his Mormon beliefs.

The mixed legacy of Helen Gurley Brown

17 Aug 2012 |

tags: marriage, media criticism, sexual revolution

The Cosmopolitan editor’s sexual agenda has been a spectacular failure for women. What a shame it obscured some rather good advice.

Striking a blow for equality, perhaps

10 Aug 2012 |

tags: equality, Olympics, women

What kind of victory is it for women to appear on the world stage punching each other?

Should we boycott the moral opposition?

3 Aug 2012 |

tags: boycott, same-sex marriage

The experience of a fast-food chain in the United States this week suggests not.

Goodbye Sarajevo

27 Jul 2012 |

tags: books, Bosnia, films, war

Two sisters separated by the siege on Sarajevo in 1992 write a memoir which is a true story of love, courage and survival.

The joy of music

12 Jul 2012 |

tags: family values, music, The Piano Guys

The Piano Guys have pooled their talents to create some of the nicest music videos you will find in cyberspace.

Pictures in a cave

22 Jun 2012 |

tags: anthropology, cave paintings, prehistory

Are the earliest rock paintings older than we think? And does this mean Homo sapiens owes his ancestors more respect?

The Queen’s English no more

15 Jun 2012 |

tags: English, grammar, linguistics

This month witnesses the end of a brave attempt to stop the rot in the English language. What next?

Protecting children online

1 Jun 2012 |

tags: internet safety, pornography

Opt-in filtering for porn would be a great help to parents. Why should it be so difficult?

Too much information, too little thought

18 May 2012 |

tags: communications media, silence

There’s something more threatening to human communication than the digital divide.

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