Rowland Croucher
Girls much more likely to suffer abuse, violence and trauma
Girls much more likely to suffer abuse, violence and trauma, study finds Date November 17, 2013 Jill Stark Senior writer for The Sunday Age Sixty per cent of young women included in the study said they had self-harmed, compared to 31 per cent of the young men. Photo: John Donegan A startling snapshot of Victorian […]
Islamic terror and suicide murderers
How to confront a cult of terror By Waleed Aly July 16, 2005 Cult psychology may help explain why young men become suicide murderers. Zealots who tend to violence are meant to be easy to spot. That is why the identities of the alleged London bombers are so arresting. All were British born and raised. […]
Evangelicals beginning to act on Climate Change
Climate Change Threats To ‘The Least Of These’ Compel Evangelical Christians To Act Posted: 04/05/2014 “Climate change is a really bad reason to get divorced.” Katharine Hayhoe, a leading climate scientist, recalled the trial she and her husband Andrew, an evangelical Christian pastor, faced when they discovered they weren’t on the same page about global warming. […]
Self Care in the Life of Service
“First Fit Your Own Mask”: Self Care in the Life of Service Monday, 7 April 2014 | Jennifer Turner ¢â‚¬Å“First fit your own mask before helping the person next to you. ¢â‚¬ The routine message about emergency oxygen masks before a plane takes off always gets me thinking: Does the same thing apply in life? Do I […]
Protecting abused Cambodian kids…
James McCabe is on a mission to protect abused Cambodian kids Date December 1, 2013 Stephanie Wood A disgraced former Victorian policeman is leading the fight against child sex crimes in Cambodia. All heart: Investigator James McCabe with his daughter Samantha. Photo: Ben Rushton The photographs that James McCabe is flicking through on his computer screen […]
Belief in God, atheism, science, and new age nonsense
New age nonsense Date November 12, 2013 Now that’s a relief. “When people stop believing in God, they don’t believe in nothing, they believe in everything,” wrote English author GK Chesterton. It’s a rather apt description of many God-sneering Australians who’ve turned their back on organised religion but embraced the kooky catch-all of “spirituality”. […]
Space turning into orbital junkyard
Author: Brad Plumer Date: 26/10/2013 Source: AGE Cleaning up the flying trash is possible but nobody wants to pay for it, Brad Plumer reports. Space is getting awfully messy. The amount of debris in Earth’s orbit keeps multiplying each year, damaging satellites and putting astronauts in harm’s way. If the problem gets severe enough, it […]
Bigotry and minority groups (Bill Bryson)
The times they were a changin’ Date November 2, 2013 Michael Lallo Entertainment reporter Bill Bryson’s new book focuses on a pivotal year in the history of the US. Illustration: John Spooner. It is widely known Henry Ford had a problem with Jews. But, as Bill Bryson discovered when researching his new book, One Summer: America […]
Happiness
Money can’t buy happiness, but being happy pays Date September 18, 2013 Daniella Miletic Social Affairs Editor, The Age Professor Satya Paul says Fairfax’s poll results on his study of how happiness affects one’s income are “encouraging” and shares with us some tips for being the most content. Does being happy make you better off […]
Asylum-seekers: solutions (simply stated)
This seems simple, eh? Letter in today’s Age (7/04/2014) ~~ We are the problem ”100 days without a boat” reads the headline (30/3). Problem solved. But what was the problem? They were ”illegal”? No. What is illegal is our failure to honour the Refugee Convention. They are all ”economic refugees”? No. Nobody would take such […]
Categories
Articles may be reproduced in any medium, without applying for permission
(provided they are unedited, and retain the original author/copyright information - and a reference to this website :-)!
26,756 articles online.
Protected by Akismet, Digital Ninjas and an Ion Cannon. Really.
Blog with WordPress