Social Justice
Domestic violence: how taboos veil the truth
January 27, 2015 Don Edgar Political correctness, inadequate data and pussyfooting around the problem will hamper the search for ways to stop family violence. Illustration: Andrew Dyson As head of the new Royal Commission into Family Violence, Justice Marcia Neave faces quite a challenge to find a “solution”. What she will find at the outset […]
Climate Change: Australia’s days hotter, more often
Warmer, drier climate locked in for Melbourne, says CSIRO/Bureau of Meteorology report Date January 27, 2015 Peter Hannam Environment Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald Temperatures are on the rise across Australia for all seasons and all regions. Photo: Kirk Gilmour Melbourne’s climate can be expected to warm across all seasons, with less rainfall in winter […]
American Sniper: movie review – and reactions…
Movie Review – American Sniper War is hell. So said American soldier William Sherman, during the American Civil War. And this is exactly what we see in American Sniper, the true story of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, the most deadly sniper in US military history. I’ve recently been talking with a friend about events like […]
This drug-runner is probably soon to be executed. Think about him before you pass judgment…
A day with Myuran Sukumaran, a remarkable artist who won’t give up in the face of bleak destiny Date January 23, 2015 Ben Quilty In my life I’ve only ever seen one other artist make this seismic progress at such dizzying pace. Ben Quilty Ben Quilty with Myuran Sukumaran in Kerobokan Prison in 2013. Photo: […]
Social Justice: quotes and ideas…
Some bits I highlighted from various articles in Gesher, the current Journal of the Council of Christians and Jews (Victoria) Inc. (5 November 2014). To save cluttering this article with sources, if you’re interested, contact the CCJ office (www.ccjvic.org.au) for a copy: good investment! PS. I have an article in this issue on Same-Sex Marriage […]
‘I was groped on the tram – and fought back’
CHLOE BOOKER January 14 2015 I was groped on the tram the other day. Walking towards an exit on the crowded number 96 towards St Kilda, Melbourne, I felt a hand clasp firmly around my left buttock. I was instantly repulsed. WE MUST SPEAK OUT: “There has been a language built up to support victims […]
On Listening…
Please Listen When I ask you to listen to me and you start giving me advice, you have not done what I asked. When I ask you to listen to me and you begin to tell me why I shouldn’t feel that way, you are trampling on my feelings. When I ask you to listen […]
The Year that Changed the World: the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Dancing on the grave of division by Nils von Kalm http://nilsvonkalm.com 1989 was a big year for me, and for the wider world. It was the year I left my teenage years behind. It was also the year that the brutality of government repression in Tiananmen Square rocked the world, U2 came to town and […]
United Methodist (US) pastor presides over gay wedding: trouble!
‘This will become the new normal’ Author: Nick O’Malley Date: 11/10/2014 Source: AGE One pastor’s journey has brought his church to a watershed. It all began with the suffering of his gay son, writes Nick O’Malley. With a bland act of office administration last Monday morning, the United States Supreme Court changed the fabric of […]
Marilynne Robinson: Pulitzer Prize-Winner who writes ‘Christianly’
Marilynne Robinson’s Lila by MARTIN E. MARTY Monday | Oct 13 2014 Marilynne Robinson in 2012 Image: Christian Scott Heine Bell / Wikimedia Commons ¢â‚¬Å“If you could create a phenomenology of consciousness, some part of it would be the systematic falsification of the foundations of our culture. ¢â‚¬ After that sentence in literary-critic-ese, Novelist Marilynne Robinson […]
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