Rowland Croucher
A.A.A.D.D.
Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D (Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder) This is how it manifests: I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car, and decide my car needs washing. As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail […]
Religion
From a friend: I’ve just been reading an interesting philosophy argument in the Mensa mag, wherein the author argues that religion was created not only to answer “why am I here?” and “who am I?” but also “how do I control things weaker than myself and propitiate things stronger?”, so that an inherent part of […]
ANZAC is more than symbolism
23 April 2008 Press Release Well-Being Australia chairman Mark Tronson says that the national day of commemoration of those who sacrificed in times of war immortalised on the 25 April each year (ANZAC DAY) has become much more than a symbol of a battle. Our current generation of new adults has captured and taken ownership […]
Evolution: 24 myths and misconceptions
* 18:00 16 April 2008 * NewScientist.com news service * Michael Le Page If you think you understand it, you don’t know nearly enough about it It will soon be 200 years since the birth of Charles Darwin and 150 years since the publication of On the Origin of Species, arguably the most important book […]
Masturbation Reduces Men’s Chance to Develop Prostate Cancer
By Anna Boyd 13:40, April 24th 2008 Believe it or not, masturbation appears to have more benefits than previously thought or at least this is what Australian researchers suggest. According to the latest study in this field, men could reduce their risk of developing prostate cancer through regular masturbation. For the study, the researchers questioned […]
‘Mellow Out!’ (says Jesus)
Noted somewhere in a long Usenet thread: I’m picturing Jesus, looking down at this poster and thinking “Oh for Christ sake, another nut wants me to wipe out a whole bunch of people just to prove his theory”. But, I heard Jesus was a good guy. He was the first peacenic/hippie, with his long hair […]
The West and China
West is bear-baiting China By Michael Backman The Age April 23, 2008 BEAR-BAITING was a popular pastime in medieval England. A wild bear would be captured, brought to a public place and chained to a pole. A pack of dogs would then be let free to taunt and attack it. The bear would swipe back […]
Kevin Rudd: Faith and Politics
October 2006 | The Monthly Essays Faith in Politics Kevin Rudd Above the Great West Door of Westminster Abbey are arrayed ten great statues of the martyrs of the Church. Not Peter, Stephen, James or the familiar names of the saints sacrificed during the great Roman persecution before Constantine’s conversion. No: these are martyrs of […]
The Truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth (Hans Kung)
The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth Hans Kung April 26, 2008 A KEY ethical question for US President George Bush’s successor is: should a president lie? In some circumstances, must he lie? Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger has no difficulty in justifying lies. Kissinger believes that the state, and […]
Taxi-driver’s Story
Twenty years ago, I drove a cab for a living. One night I took a fare at 2:30 am, when I arrived to collect, the building was dark except for a single light in a ground floor window. Under these circumstances, many drivers would just honk once. But, I had seen too many impoverished people […]
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