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What Can We Do About The Oligarchs?
Oligarchies have been around for a very long time in modern terms. The word itself comes from the ancient Greeks, like many of our words for social...
Who Is Driving The Bus?
Do you know who is driving the bus? By this I mean, who is leading our societies and who is making the important decisions that we all follow? It is...
Don’t Check The Facts: Inconvenient Scientific Truths
Imagine if Charles Darwin was still alive today and how his groundbreaking scientific work on evolution would be treated by neocons and MAGA types....
The Replacement Of Elites With ?????
Historians Have To Be Interested In Truth
Historians have to be interested in truth. The facts matter to those endeavouring to decipher things that have happened. Historians, then, tell us...
Welcome To Neoliberalism: Be Free To Pay Forever
Welcome to Neoliberalism. Bienvenida. Here in downtown Neoliberalis there is a new kind of freedom. You are free to pay for everything. User pays,...
Bite & Smile In The Face Of The Sugar Conspiracy
Do you know why humanity has so much trouble with its teeth and gums? It is a sweet betrayal that has engendered centuries of pain. Take a moment to...
Do Not Prop Up News Corp, Please
I do not want Australian tax revenue to prop up News Corp. The Albanese government’s plan to incentivise Meta, Google, Apple, Tik Tok and other big...
Computer Trouble On The Horizon: Post Office Scandal
Many folk have been following the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry and many more have watched the Mister Bates vs The Post Office drama screened on...
Being Stoic: What Is It?
I could begin with a brief history lesson about Stoicism but this is not the essence of it. Being Stoic: What is it? Doing stuff you don’t want to...
Why Appealing To White Working Class Folk Is A Race To The Bottom?
Democrats in America are scratching their heads over Trump’s victory in the recent presidential election. Soul searching is going on, as to how they...
Self-Interest Is Trending In America.
The pundits say you should always back the horse called ‘self-interest’ in any race. Donald Trump franked this adage once again in the US...
Why So Dumb If Some So Smart?
Humanity Is regularly celebrated for its technology, which has lifted us above all other animals. Curing diseases, motorised vehicles, supermarkets,...
The Demonising Of Youth Crime
Australians like to pick on the powerless. Older Australians in particular exemplify this trait in the demonising of youth crime. Let’s get one...
Are You Using Your Brain Power For Better?
Ask yourself – are you using your brain power for better? In all honesty, are you truly utilising the tools you have been given in this lifetime?...
The Whale Watcher: Barfing About Blubber
Watching The Whale I was struck by several insights into the issues raised by this film. Firstly, by how un-American this movie was. Where were all...
Robodebt: What The Royal Commission Revealed
If institutional injustice makes you mad this episode had it in spades. Robodebt: What the Royal Commission revealed to us. A government and a bunch...
The Royal Commission Into The Robodebt Scheme
The tendency for human beings to kick another whist he or she is down is not a well known Christian practice but perhaps it should be. The Royal...
Trump Should Be In Jail
The proposition that Trump should be in jail is supported by many millions of people around the world. Ex-President Donald Trump has broken so many...
The Rise Of Cybercrime: The Widening Gap Between Rich and Poor
The rise of cybercrime: The widening gap between rich and poor is in direct correlation. We have been warned that the continuing divide and...
George Pell Is Dead
Ding dong the witch is dead! Cardinal George Pell has fallen from this mortal coil. George Pell is dead. A convicted sex offender, who was later...
Australia Has Set The Bar Too Low
Australia has set the bar too low, when it comes to societal expectations around things like civic responsibility. Decades of neoliberalism...
The Real State of Democracy In America
Democracy has long been lauded in the United States of America – Home of the Free etc etc. The reality of the situation, however, has been revealed...
People Have Discovered Ukraine
Many people have discovered Ukraine for the first time since the invasion by Russia at the beginning of this year 2022. In a perverted sense they...
Conflicts Of Interest In Australia
Australia has been locked into a cycle of inaction around the major issues facing the nation. Manipulation of the political system by vested...
A Farewell Letter to Scott Morrison
I thought that I should write one last time to you on the marking of your defeat and loss of office. A farewell letter to Scott Morrison on behalf...
Out Of Touch Australian Media
The results of the recent federal election surprised an out of touch Australian media. The success of the Greens and the Teal tidal wave bowled over...
Why Did God Bother Us?
There we were minding our own business and suddenly folks were hearing voices inside their heads. Why did god bother us? According to the stories...
Who Will You Vote For on May 21?
The Australian federal election has finally been called for May 21. Who will you vote for on May 21? Aussies are now gearing up to make a big...
The Actors On Our Political Stage
Some people were surprised to find out that Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was originally a comedienne/actor. In reality, however, all...
Human Beings Must Not Respect One Another
The very idea of a god is a vote of no confidence in ourselves. Human beings must not respect one another if we look to a non-human entity to...
Laissez Faire Capitalism & Western Democracy
After decades of neglect Australia and the US are finally spending some money in the Pacific. The announcement of the laying of an undersea cable...
The Right Side is Wrong
The terms right wing and left wing have become entrenched in today’s political narrative. Historically, the terms have come down to us from the...
Text is the Foundation of Search
Lots of people use the internet without understanding how it works. This is not unusual as most of us do not comprehend exactly how many things...
The Social Contract During a Global Pandemic
The Covid global pandemic has resulted in more than 5 million deaths and counting. Vaccine hesitancy has delayed our scientific solution to...
Racism Underpins the West’s Attitude to China
It was heartening to see former Australian PM Paul Keating speak out sensibly about our relationship with China. Especially after the last couple...
Real Hollywood Gun Death Hurts the Industry
The terrible tragic death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins at the hands of a prop gun is a timely message to an unhealthy industry. There are too...
Not Another Epidemiologist on My Screen
The global pandemic has exhausted me, and I suspect I am not alone on this score. If I see another daily press conference featuring a Premier or PM...
Transplanted Democracy Uprooted in Afghanistan by the Taliban
Any gardener will tell you that if you prune back a plant it will regrow with added vigour. The Taliban in Afghanistan has come back powerfully...
Will Covid Sars-2 Prove to Be Our Dinosaur Extinction Moment?
As I sit here heading into another Covid lockdown, this time from the Delta variant, I ponder about our future. Will Covid Sars-2 prove to be our...
Microbiome and Humans
‘Microbiome’ – Micro meaning very small – Bio meaning life – Me meaning you or me. Remember this term because it is going to become better...
Consciousness: Free Will and Cellular Facts
We are all born into this life without our consent. Nobody asks us whether we would like to play the game of life in human form. Observing the...
Why We Abuse the Elderly
In Australia, we have just completed a Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. Some people were shocked at the findings, which emerged...
The Art of Blogging
I want to make a confession first up, which is that I hate the word blog and all its extensions – blogging, blogger, blogged and blogs. Short for...
RIP Anthony Bourdain
When I was asked to write something about the recent passing of celebrity chef and raconteur, Anthony Bourdain, I realised that he had been a part...
Is American Culture Too Dishonest?
For better or worse American culture is foisted upon the world. Hollywood and American celebrity churn out product that is distributed globally....
Australian Science Paved The Way For The Solar Revolution
Professor Martin Green and his team from UNSW developed Passive Emitter & Rear Cell (PERC) technology, which graces the billions of solar panels...