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How is it that the current president of the United States has been found incompetent to stand trial because of memory and cognitive issues, but is absolutely 100% fine to run the most powerful country on…

Brian Wilson posted this on Instagram about four hours ago. I am sad to hear this news. If you haven’t seen the movie Love and Mercy, take the time to watch it. It has music and…

Bad news overwhelms us, the future looks grim. The media tells us “Be worried. Be scared.” In reality, most people are safer, healthier, and better off than at any previous time in Earth’s history. “Have we…

I have had a long-standing interest in justice and criminology. This has been expressed in reading and conversation, and in my roles as a police and emergency services chaplain, and as a prison visitor. I am…

Nicholas J. Cepeda, who calls himself Melody Wiseheart and is a York University professor of behavioral science, identifies as a teen girl, and competes against 13 and 14 year old girls. “Girls from age eight to…

“Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late.” Jonathan Swift, 1710 If you care about the truth, check everything.

It is almost ten years since this incisive, but little-read essay appeared on the Imaginative Conservative website: One of the most heinous crimes against humanity that modernity has perpetrated is its war on the humanities. And…

Yes, it looks good, but… Interesting. The same questions could be asked of both Australian and US armed forces. New Zealand, a former worthy ally, now has armed forces that might be useful for an afternoon…

In 2003, based on my various roles as Police Chaplain, prison visitor, and parish priest, and with some experience in youth advocacy, I was invited to participate in a meeting with a young offender. In a…

Amazing! Who would have thought that actual teaching helps with actual learnng? Incredible…

When Jehovah’s Witnesses come to your door, they may offer you a pamphlet, compliment your house or garden, and ask if they can come in to share some important news about the Bible. Whether you say…

Yeah but, this is just a co-incidence… Well, it was a good investment for Kazakhstan, China, and Ukraine, anyway.

The first words of Prime Minster Anthony Albanese’s victory speech following the 2022 Federal election were these: “I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet. I pay my respects to…

The last thing proponents of The Voice want you to do is to listen to the voices of indigenous people. The Voice proposal is not about a voice, it is about power. Click the image above…

In case you still did not realise, acupuncture is a scam. It doesn’t work. Not for anything. It doesn’t reduce pain or inflammation, it doesn’t release the flow of energy in your body (much the same…