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Memorial Drinks for Dr Stephen Edwards
For anyone who knew him, there are memorial drinks in Sydney at the El Rocco Room corner Brougham and William St Kings Cross from 6.30 to 9.30 pm on Tuesday December 9! Stephen passed away after a long struggle with cancer at the Sacred Heart Hospice late last month....
The Long Drive: Goodbye Road
Michael Gray Griffith There is so much space out here – it’s as if the gods left before they could bother with mountains, valleys, or grand forests. You could misplace an entire civilisation inside it. We did, and they are still lost. On the beaches near Eucla –...
Criminals are weaponising vulnerabilities in Australia’s construction industry to steal millions of dollars
Australian Federal Police Assistant Commissioner Cyber Command Richard Chin has announced that the Australian Federal Police are tracking a concerning rise across the industry in what are known as Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams. These involve cyber criminals...
Everyone Hates Israel Now Because Our Own Institutions Made It Personal
Reading by Tim Foley: Everyone hates Israel now, and what’s funny is this wouldn’t have happened if our society had been the tiniest bit normal about Gaza. If everyone wasn’t constantly being forcefully told they’re not seeing what they’re seeing, it wouldn’t have become so
In This Dystopia You Can’t Vote Against Wars But You Can Gamble On When They’ll Start
Reading by Tim Foley: I can’t get over the fact that people were casting bets on whether the US would bomb Iran the other day. It just says such dark things about the type of civilization we are living in. In this dystopia, Americans are
Regime Change The US Empire
Reading by Tim Foley: I support regime change in the United States. The real kind, not the “new face at the front desk every few years” kind. I’m all for overthrowing tyrannical power structures, I just think we should start with the worst one. Why
READING A SIGNED EVERALD BOOK IS A VERY PLEASANT WAY TO ENJOY YOUR CHRISTMAS BREAK.
Nothing better can happen to you during the holiday season than to spend a couple of hours every day in a cool spot under a shady tree reading an entertaining book that has a page-turning message to renew your soul. It won’t surprise you to discover that I...
MEET ME AT REDCLIFFE ON MELBOURNE CUP NIGHT (TUESDAY)
An active group of Progressive Christians meet regularly at Redcliffe to debate the core issues of modern Christianity. They call themselves the REDCLIFFE EXPLORERS and they are interesting people who have expansive minds. I am delighted to have accepted their...
I INVITE YOU TO CLICK BELOW TO READ AND SIGN MY PETITION TO PARLIAMENT TO HAVE A PREAMBLE ADDED TO AUSTRALIAN CONSTITUTION STATING EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN AUSTRALIAN.
(Alfred Deakin, pictured below, tried in 1895 to include a Preamble in our Constitution but Federation delegates couldn’t agree on its wording) https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN8147 PETITION CLOSES 22 OCTOBER. Together, we can ensure that, before they...
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Mr. Trump: Greenland is not for sale
Trump’s absurdity seems to have no limits. Feeling emboldened after invading Venezuela, he feels he can now swallow another country at his whim. His eyes are now fixated on Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, under the pretext that it is necessary for American national security. The irony is that
The cry for myth
My path toward Classical education did not begin with a love of antiquity, but with disillusionment. While studying psychology, I sensed that no matter how diligently I applied myself to its methods, the discipline could not account for the fullness of the human person. The problem was not psychology’s concern
Candid imperialism: Trump, racketeering and Venezuelan oil
It usually takes archival digging, the golden gaffe, an ill-considered remark and occasional spells of candour by those in power, to admit that the United States has, in common with other imperial powers, brutal ambitions. An example of the latter was General Smedley Butler who, at his death in 1940,
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