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We are encouraged to rely more and more on government officials to do for us what we could equally well do for ourselves—and, maybe more importantly, not to do what might help us solve our own problems.
Sep 08 2024
10 mins
If we imagine a metric called the Pinocchio Scale, which measures the number of lies told by a politician as a percentage of his or her overall public statements, our current prime minister (for want of a better description), Airbus Albo, has moved well into uncharted territory.
Sep 06 2024
5 mins
What Really Happened in the Sixties
The history of the Sixties has been outlined by Helen Trica in The Australian as part of its 60th Anniversary celebrations. (‘“If you remember the 60s, you weren’t really there”) Really?’ This article offers an alternative interpretation that ties the Sixties directly to the current cultural and political crisis.
Cultural Revolution In recalling the 1960s the most essential thing to understand is the impact of the ‘Sixties Cultural Revolution’ that reached a crescendo between c.1965 and c.1974. Crucially, it involved the Baby Boomer Generation (BBG), which constituted a huge demographic bulge that came of age in a period of massive change, unprecedented affluence, and demographic, sexual, and educational revolutions, but was then exposed to a bewildering array of radical theories and lifestyle choices.
Paradox And at the centre of this revolution was a paradox – the co-presence during the Sixties of exuberant hope and deep anxiety. On one hand, the Sixties were born…
If we imagine a metric called the Pinocchio Scale, which measures the number of lies told by a politician as a percentage of his or her overall public statements, our current prime minister (for want of a better description), Airbus Albo, has moved well into uncharted territory.
Sep 06 2024
5 mins
The Justice’s legal analysis is superficially plausible but, nevertheless, the judgment is woefully woke. This is because the law, even if it were argued that the Court correctly applied the law, is incompatible with the biological fact that there are two sexes.
Sep 01 2024
14 mins
You can imagine my surprise when I recently became aware, courtesy of my cousin Paul, of the letter below, addressed to Mr J.A, Farquar, Commissioner of the South Australian Railways.
Aug 31 2024
2 mins
