Faith and Science
The word “faith” is not appropriate here in conjunction with “science”....
View ArticleFlood Levies at Charleville
We think of “flood levies” as nicely rounded, grass-topped and sturdy walls of earth, but seeing these thin concrete walls holding back the swollen Warrego River at Charleville is pretty sobering....
View ArticleABC – Winning the Homework Wars … and comments
I was horrified at the comments posted to a reasonable article here: http://www.abc.net.au/health/thepulse/stories/2012/02/21/3432588.htm I’m not sure if my response will get published but here ’tis....
View ArticleThoughtful Debate on Same-Sex Marriage
Here’s an article (which happens to be about same-sex marriage) that shows how unattractive and un-liked it has become to write in a transparently pseudo-academic style. The authors have attracted...
View ArticleNew Zealand will take 150 refugees from Australian asylum seeker detention...
Perhaps a step in a useful direction, but really a drop in the bucket. I’d also like to see the basic human rights violations we are perpetrating on refugees being addressed. Also let’s stop calling...
View ArticleReligion and Ethics
Can anyone explain why the ABC has combined Religion and Ethics together? They used to be separate areas of the web site. Is religion the sole source of ethics? Has religion been worthy of...
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