What to do with historical bastardry in our heroes? This is republished from my substack. Henceforth such posts – the equivalent of a magazine article…
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Environmentalism timetable
I prepared this for my students and thought others might like it. It’s a timetable of environmental law, politics, publications of note, events and disasters…
Comments closedThe Economy Does Not Exist – thoughts prior to the Australian federal election 2019
In coming days and weeks we are again going to be bombarded with the usual clichés about the economy. This or that will be good…
6 CommentsReligious exceptionalism is undemocratic
This is my submission to the government’s “review”. As usual, I get contrarian. Below the fold…
3 CommentsEquality is about protection, not love
Again and again I see the same-sex marriage (SSM) debate cast in terms of love. And while I agree that people should be free to…
4 CommentsPhobosophy
As everyone knows, philosophy comes from the two Greek words philo and sophos, and means, roughly, the love of wisdom, although as everyone also knows,…
2 CommentsLook over here – “terrorism”
The notion of terrorism is not well-defined.There are over 150 legal definitions in the US and more in international law. Here is the UN’s definition:…
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