The Journal
All writing
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Memory
I have been a fan of Professor Elizabeth Loftus’ work for many years, so I am pleased to see her getting a hearing in the press at last. From the Australian ABC news site: When an…
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The Cruciality of the Cross
A little article for our church newsletter: Why do some Christians make the sign of the cross? Many of the saints of the early Church talk about this practice. Here are quotes from just a few.…
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Why Does the Mainstream Media Protect Muslim Terrorists?
I am glad the muslim terrorist attack in Nairobi was so widely reported, even though the real horror of what happened was underplayed – the torture and mutilation of children, for example. Perhaps this signals a…
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Climate Debate Confusion
There seems to be a large dose of confusion in some circles as to what the climate change debate is really about. Firstly, no one doubts that climate change is happening. The climate is in constant…
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8tracks ..
Just discovered this wonderful little app. If you have a Windows, Android or IOS based device, you can download and listen to music mixes compiled by people from anywhere in the world. Just search for 8tracks…
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Dishonest or Incompetent ..?
Emma Alberici and Julian Burnside must have read the same strategy book, one in which distorting your opponents’ views and values is perfectly acceptable. What Tony Abbott actually said: The last thing anyone should want is…
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The Nastiness of the Compassionate Elite …
I am often horrified by the easy assumption of moral superiority made by people on the green/left side of politics. It is as if they are so sure that they are intellectually and morally superior that…
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Oops!
Have been off-line for a couple of days because I didn’t read my host’s emails about upgrades to php. Fixed last night. Sorry!
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A Series of Excuses for my Failed Prognostications
Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio briefly flickered through my mind as I was considering who might be elected Pope, but quickly flickered out again. He flickered in because of persistent rumours that he was runner–up in the Conclave…
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Papal Form Guide
My latest for Quadrant Online: One of the most interesting phenomena of the last weeks has been the enthusiasm with which media pundits who have previously expressed the opinion that the Church is dying and irrelevant…
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The Evil of the Anti-Vax Quacks
One of four. Andrew Wakefield and the faked link between MMR vaccinations and autism. Andrew Wakefield is one of the heroes of the anti-vaccination crusaders. In 1998 prestigious British medical journal The Lancet published a paper…
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Twitter and Facebook Campaigns
Ninety per-cent of Facebook and Twitter causes are based on false information, bigotry or both. From scare stories about preservatives in food, to stories of dogs being hooked alive and used as shark bait, to stories…
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He’ll Need a Bigger Gun
The White House has acknowledged the skeet shooting photo of President Barack Obama released on photo sharing site Flickr was faked. They have now released the original shot, taken at Area 52, the secret elephant hunting reserve…
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Don’t Like Eating Dolphins? Don’t Eat One.
Green activists are once again turning Japan’s annual dolphin hunt to their financial advantage, deep-sixing facts in favour of fund-raising propaganda. Sure, the slaughter at Taiji Cove is not for the squeamish, but neither is any…
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Global Warming
A slightly updated version of my now five years old general introduction to global warming: Profits of Doom – the Truth About Global Warming
