Religion fused with worldly notions of holiness and power ceases to be faith at all; it becomes its violent brother, belief in the self. This is a warning taken up by the theologian-philosopher Jacques Derrida in his call for what he described as “religion without religion”. It is difficult to get over-excited about the space voyage of four astronauts riding the monster Artemis II in a four-person capsule no bigger than “a minibus”. If New Zealand were reliant on that terminal, Qatar’s shutdown would have meant our insurance premium would have soared overnight as global gas prices surged. Australia’s success in driving prices down through aggressive renewable investment shows that harvesting our own wind and sun is the only way to achieve price stability.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 05, 2026 23:01 UTC