The Journal
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Robert Manne Is No Intellectual
Not if by ‘intellectual’ you mean someone who is capable of considering events and evidence, and coming to reasonable conclusions, a person capable of careful and objective analysis. His article in the Sydney Morning Herald on September…
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Blood Sandwiches
From the invaluable MEMRI. With this sort of filth being taught publicly in Islamic countries, is it any wonder children grow up hating the Jews?
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Howard on Terorism and Our Response Over the Last Ten Years
I think John Howard is a little too enthusiastic about Indonesia, where there is still a troubling level of Islamic violence against minority religious groups, and about the so-called Arab Spring. There is reasonable concern that movements interpreted by…
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Rick Perry and the Value of Human Life
I am not a US citizen (though my wife is), so I can’t vote in the US presidential election anyway. And I support the death penalty in very limited circumstances. But I could not vote for Rick…
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A Government That Does Nothing
Or at least, a government that does very little, would be a pleasant change. Evidence suggests that the more government does, the worse off people are. The problem with the Gillard government is not that is has accomplished nothing. The…
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And Right On Cue
Five minutes after I posted the previous article about global warming alarmists losing debates and resorting to insults, an article by professor of psychology Stephan Lewandowksy appeared on the ABC’s Drum website. It starts off well…
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We Won’t Debate You Because…
Global warming alarmists and atheists seem to have the same problem when it comes to debating those who disagree with them – they lose. Consequently, they prefer to snipe from the sidelines, refusing to debate, and…
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Peace in the Middle East
The only reason there is no peace between Israel and Palestinian Arabs is because the Arabs do not want peace. The three ‘Nos’ from the eight Arab states which met in Khartoum in September 1967 were: No peace…
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Geert Wilder’s Speech in Berlin
I don’t usually repost entire articles from other sites, but Geert Wilders speech in Berlin yesterday (Saturday) touches on so many things of importance to Australia – bureaucracy, multi-culturalism, loss of national identity, democracy and hope – that…
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Gillard’s Own Goal Record Continues
Julia Gillard has lost the last milligram of respect I had for her. Her smarmy and disingenuous comments about Mary Jo Fisher – an attempt to distract media and public attention from Craig Thomson – reveal…
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When Does Someone Cease to be a Person?
Any doctor or family members considering turning off a ventilator or withholding food and water from someone who is ‘brain dead,’ or to use the currently preferred term, in a persistent vegetative state, should read the…
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Telstra Free Directory Assistance Number
You can’t blame Telstra for wanting to make money. If they offer a paid directory assistance number and people choose to call it, that increases returns to shareholders. Nothing wrong with that. But Telstra does have a…
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WA Wildflowers
I lived in Western Australia, the “Wildflower State,” for a few years, but never really appreciated how beautiful these flowers are. We are in Geraldton to visit Kathy’s mum, who has been in hospital. She is…
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Adventures in Melbourne
It was Kathy’s 50th birthday on Saturday, and I took her to Melbourne to see Love Never Dies, the sequel to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera. There were no deep social messages. It was…
