Leftist media ‘independent’?
I had a chuckle when I stumbled across the Age newspaper's website this morning.
Emblazoned with pride under the Age banner is this:
"Independent. Always."
Independent from what? Free thinking, perhaps? Independent from corporate interests? Independent from...
How I learned to stop worrying and love petrol
I found this a very interesting article.
It discusses the environmental benefits petrol has brought to the world and to humanity, and how it has contributed enormously to improving human health and our standard of...
WA Government plans to teach Islam
It was reported yesterday that the Western Australian Government is "planning an extensive campaign to improve the community's understanding of Islam and Muslims."
Western Australia's minister for Multicultural Interests, Dr Mike Nahan, described WA as...
Read if you are “ableist” to..
The vocabulary police were flourishing over the weekend over at the Age, with the frequently delusional Ruby Hamad on the job. Off the playlist in Ruby's car were the otherwise "progressive" Elvis Costello, John...
Sarah ‘Sea Patrol’ outrage over asylum seeker boat
Greens Senator Sarah Hanson Young was today reportedly outraged that she had been denied a prime tweeting opportunity by the Federal Government's callous refusal to confirm or deny the existence of an asylum seeker...
Iran: nuclear deal – still hates America and will support terrorists
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran stated in a televised speech on the weekend that the historic nuclear deal reached last week will not change Iran's policy towards the United States. Iran's...
XYZ Viewer Poll: What crazy $&!? will Q&A pull tonight?
After flirting with Islamic State sympathiser Zaky Mallah, and then resorting to giving air time to a pre-pubescent child, readers are invited to nominate who will provide the 'gotcha' moment on tonight's Q&A. Or,...
Why sportspeople are heroes
Sportspeople have had a bad run, lately. Aussie surfer Mick Fanning's close call with a shark last night is just one of a number of close shaves or actual tragedies to afflict our sporting...
Gender Bender at Australian Universities
Boethius was schooled in the primitive 1980’s when university students actually attended lectures, as opposed to listening to them online mid afternoon after breakfasting, and when books were things you held in your hand...
Who is the bigot?
Whilst the ABC, The Age / SMH, and The Guardian, were obsessing over some comments by obscure Catholics in relation to traditional concepts of marriage (i.e. that marriage generally involves people of the opposite...
