Social Justice
Politicians’ State/National budgets – good, bad, or ugly?
Victorian budget 2015: Why Victoria’s budget is in cracking shape May 5, 2015 David Hayward Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas’ debut budget is bound to go down well thanks to former treasurer Michael O’Brien’s generous legacy. Whereas O’Brien budgeted for an operating surplus a tad over $3 billion for 2015-16, Pallas has wound this back to […]
Turkey must set record straight over Armenian genocide
April 16, 2015 Paul Monk Australia should help push for a truth and reconciliation process that acknowledges Turkey ¢â‚¬â„¢s ethnic cleansing in World War I. Illustration: John Spooner One of the strangest holdovers from the disasters of the 20th century is the refusal of the Turkish government to acknowledge the genocides of Armenians and Assyrians that […]
Tony Campolo (conservative) and Steve Chalke (progressive) on Same-Sex Marriage
Steve Chalke Drops the Bomb in Support of Committed, Faithful, Same-Sex Relationships 03/22/2013 If you haven’t already picked up the news via the internet, let me tell you that Steve Chalke, one of the most prominent preachers in the United Kingdom, and an icon among Evangelicals, has published a definitive statement in support of committed, […]
Phillip Adams versus God
These days I listen more to two individuals than to anyone else: my wife of 55 years is a fellow-Christian. And Phillip Adams – Australia ¢â‚¬â„¢s best-known public atheist. Each week, on my iPod, I listen to the world ¢â‚¬â„¢s experts via Phillip ¢â‚¬â„¢s ¢â‚¬Ëœlittle wireless program ¢â‚¬â„¢ on Radio National. And I learn a lot about Phillip […]
Israel: Two Case Studies in Politics and Freedom of Religion
By ALON HAREL APR. 9, 2015 The Jewish Western or Wailing Wall (r.) and the Dome of the Rock, a Muslim Shrine located on the Temple Mount (l.), Jerusalem, Israel Photo: Sean Pavone / shutterstock.com Two recent debates in Israel have drawn a lot of attention, raising questions about freedom of religion in cases in […]
BIG TOBACCO – more murders than IS ?
As Europe adopts Australia’s plain packaging reforms, big tobacco fights back March 22, 2015 Nick Miller There are winners and losers in the plain packaging for cigarettes battle. Big business is trying valiantly to its protect its ground. Weed killers: Former attorney-general Nicola Roxon has been meeting European campaigners such as Norwegian Cancer Society’s Anne […]
The Imitation Game: review
The redemptive oddity of Alan Turing by Nils von Kalm http://nilsvonkalm.com ¢â‚¬Å“Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things no one can imagine. ¢â‚¬ And so – as this tagline of this brilliant movie describes – it was with Alan Turing, the man who was abnormal, who was different, who […]
Islamic Violence: sanctioned by Qur’an? (Dr Mark Durie)
Challenging Islam ¢â‚¬â„¢s Warrant to Kill 25 Mar 2015 This post was first published by FrontPage Magazine. Last week the Islamic State ¢â‚¬â„¢s ¢â‚¬ËœHacking Division ¢â‚¬â„¢ released the names and addresses of one hundred US military personnel. It urged the ¢â‚¬Ëœbrothers residing in America ¢â‚¬â„¢ ¢â‚¬“ i.e. American Muslims ¢â‚¬“ to ¢â‚¬Ëœdeal with ¢â‚¬â„¢ them, which is to say, it […]
Crabby Old Lady
This is special, and has been floating around the Internet for a while… When an old woman died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in Moosomin, Saskatchewan, it was believed that she had nothing left of any value. Later, when the nurses were going through her meager possessions, they found this poem. Its […]
Wars are stupid – except possibly just one of them…
From Gallipoli to the Gulf War ¢â‚¬” it ¢â‚¬â„¢s silly getting involved in others ¢â‚¬â„¢ battles PHILLIP ADAMS THE AUSTRALIAN MARCH 14, 2015 A CONFESSION. I agree with Tony Abbott on one issue ¢â‚¬” that Australian civilians shouldn ¢â‚¬â„¢t head for the Middle East to fight for, or against, ISIS. Clearly it ¢â‚¬â„¢s very silly and quite dangerous getting […]
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