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PRIVILEGE, PATHOLOGY AND POWER

By and others ⋅ January 4, 2016 ⋅ Post a comment

Wealth can be bad for your soul. That

Islam: Two Very Creative Views

By and others ⋅ November 26, 2015 ⋅ Post a comment

Islamic State’s real aim is to topple Saudi Arabia November 26, 2015 Richard Bulliet By playing the caliph card, IS is bidding for pre-eminence in the Muslim world. Muslim pilgrims pray at Mecca. By targeting Shiites, the Islamic State is proving its Sunni credentials. The undeclared long-range goal of IS is to overthrow Saudi Arabia. […]

ISIS Violence: shall we blame Islam?

By and others ⋅ November 19, 2015 ⋅ Post a comment

Excerpts from a Eureka Street article On blaming Muslims for Paris by Justin Glyn

When terror strikes, Saudi Arabia evades responsibility

By and others ⋅ November 18, 2015 ⋅ Post a comment

Laila Lalami November 18, 2015 We cannot defeat IS without defeating Wahhabi theology. And that means spending as much effort in defending liberal ideas. What happened in Paris on November 13 has happened before, in a shopping district of Beirut on November 12, in the skies over Egypt on October 31, at a cultural centre […]

How to confront this Islamo-Fascist plague

By and others ⋅ November 16, 2015 ⋅ Post a comment

November 16, 2015 Bruce Hearn Mackinnon Enough is enough. We now need some straight talking, from mainstream Muslims but also from the leaders of the West.

National Anthems: an interesting comment on the ethics of abstaining

By and others ⋅ November 11, 2015 ⋅ Post a comment

ANTHEM OUTRAGE REVEALS AUSTRALIA’S SPIRITUAL SHORTCOMINGS BY DR SIMON LONGSTAFF AO 02 NOVEMBER 2015 Australians wouldn’t have any problem with students skipping the anthem for reasons of physical health

Why the Paris climate treaty will be the flop of the year

By and others ⋅ November 4, 2015 ⋅ Post a comment

The chief obstacle to such an agreement is exactly the same as it was at Kyoto in 1997 Political leaders, officials and green activists from all over the world will converge on Paris later this month, hoping for a treaty to save us all from further global warming

British doctor: I cannot forget Syria’s dead and dying children

By and others ⋅ November 3, 2015 ⋅ Post a comment

I have seen the horrors of Syria. This Friday we can end them During heart-rending medical missions to Aleppo, I operated on the innocent victims of a war the West has failed to stop. This week’s peace conference must replace inaction with action The remains of the Great Mosque in Aleppo. The great minaret – […]

Australian border control gulags have had their time (Frank Brennan)

By and others ⋅ October 9, 2015 ⋅ Post a comment

Frank Brennan

Marriage Equality could unleash a rainbow recovery

By and others ⋅ September 28, 2015 ⋅ Post a comment

Malcolm Turnbull should pursue free vote on gay marriage to boost economy Date September 15, 2015 Jessica Irvine Senior writer View more articles from Jessica Irvine Follow Jessica on Twitter Email Jessica Legalising same-sex marriage would spark an outburst of love, acceptance and celebration and an economic spike. Illustration: Kerrie Leishman. What the Australian economy […]

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