A special Q&A next week
A special Q&A next week. For the first time we are live from a pre school in the heart land of Australian suburbia. With affordable child care sure to be an issue in the...
The Nanny State and the Reasonable Man
Following on from some reflection about the Nanny State, I would like to explore the nanny state's relationship with the reasonable man.
"In law, a reasonable person (historically reasonable man) is a composite of a...
It’s time to end our abusive relationship with the ABC.
If I can risk a little self mockery, it seems that our forum doubles on Mondays and Tuesdays as a self-help group for those who can't believe what Q&A did this time, and surely...
Staying in the closet
Yesterday I was fortunate enough to attend a session of LGBTIQ training.
The presenter of this training, a woman from a homosexual human resources advocacy organisation stressed that there are still some gay, lesbian, bisexual,...
What will be the next ‘big thing’ in the anti-Civilisation movement?
It was reported this weekend that change in the Sun's activity will plunge the earth into a mini ice age. New models of the Sun's solar cycle is generating 'unprecedentedly accurate predictions,' suggesting that...
10 things I’d rather be doing at 9.30pm tonight instead of putting myself through...
10 things I'd rather be doing at 9.30pm tonight instead of putting myself through another Q&A:
1. Watching 'An Inconvenient Truth' over cocktails at a Greenpeace fundraiser
2. Listening to Philip Adams on Radio National
3. Attending...
The coming insect apocalypse and how to avoid it…
One of the weirdest films I had to watch at school in the early 1970’s as part of my education was ‘The Hellstrom Chronicle,’ a sort of science fiction documentary presented in an earnestly...
Sarah Sea Patrol
Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young is to spend the winter break from federal parliament in the sunny Mediterranean, taking part in search and rescue operations with the Italian navy.
The Senator was reported to be very...
Who is really responsible for the Nanny State?
On a very superficial level I agree with the basic arguments of this article - idiots spoil it for everyone, people who move into the inner-city shouldn't complain about the noise, etc.
But there is...
The Arrogance of the ABC
The arrogance of the ABC together with its utter contempt for the taxpayers who fund it, is perfectly captured in the quote below from a 'senior ABC source,' in today's Sneering Morning Herald. It's...
