The Journal
Politics
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Two Apologies that Aren’t or Shouldn’t Be
Naughty Wendy Francis. Doesn’t she know that expressing opinions contrary to those approved by the Federation of Angry Gays is not permitted? Wendy is a Queensland senate candidate for the Family First Party. She, or someone…
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The Face of Islam
This is Shaznaz Bibi. A muslim women who was not sufficiently docile. An isolated incident? There are more photos in an article called Terrorism that’s Personal. Since 1994, a Pakistani activist who founded the Progressive Women’s Association…
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Not Bad for Abos
I ended my post featuring Morgan Freeman with the suggestion: ‘if you don’t think race should make a difference, stop acting like race makes a difference.’ So I was interested to read in Qantas’ in flight magazine about…
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Climate Vox Pop
I asked three random people (well it’s about as scientific as those polls in the Courier-Mail) some simple questions. Do you believe the world is getting warmer as a result of human action? Two said yes, one…
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Anti-Semitic, Anti-Gay, Anti-Women
Wow, that George Christensen is anti everything. Well of course he would be, he’s a liberal party candidate. At least, that’s the impression you might get from this article in the Sydney Morning Herald. Some of the…
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This Is Cool
How do caring, intelligent people stop the race problem? Race commissioners, equality commissars, etc, only have jobs as long as they keep finding racists under the bed, so they have a vested interest in keeping on…
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Being Julia
I just bought a copy of the Australian Women’s Monthly. I didn’t want to, but the current edition hasn’t yet made it to the doctors’ surgery, or to the library. Julia Gillard is made to look very attractive. There…
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Two From Town Hall
If you are interested in US politics, the Town Hall website is worth visiting regularly. Today there is an article by Michael Medved which asks why big lotto winnings are more acceptable than big executive bonuses.…
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School NAPLAN Results
I noted a few days ago that KICE – Kangaroo Island Education, had scored below average results in national numeracy and literacy testing. Results for the year three group were substantially below average. This was when compared with all…
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My School
I have followed the debate about the publication of national numeracy and literacy testing with interest. My view, of course, is that parents, the wider community and the government should have as much information as is…
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Nagging Narcissism
I am not sure that this photo portrait of Barack Obama proves he is an incurable narcissist, as some other bloggers have suggested. The man is entitled to use a mirror in his own house. Having…
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Another Thought on Private vs Public
The reasons private schools generally do better than public schools is not that they are better resourced. A few of the top schools are, of course. But private schools receive on average a third less overall government funding…
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Peter Spencer Not Out of His Tree
I am glad New South Wales farmer Peter Spencer has ended his hunger strike, is well, and will be able to speak directly to legislators. Jo Nova and Michael Duffy have both written about the impact of…
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More Deaths From Labor’s Compassion
According to worried family members, a boat carrying 105 illegal immigrants left Indonesia on October 2nd, and has not been heard of since. Up till then 19 deaths could be attributed to the Federal Government’s new,…
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Pat Robertson’s Deal With The Devil
US evangelist Pat Robertson says the reason Haiti is so poor, and suffered the recent devastating earthquake, is that 200 years ago its people made a deal with the devil. This is the kind of nonsense…
