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Mitt Romney Thesis and Evangelicalism
David French’s article in The Atlantic (October 14, 2022) is an interesting analysis on ‘The Trump’ phenomena. French connects Trumpism to the Mitt Romney martyr thesis on events of 2012, and, behind that pattern of behaviour, a right-wing version of American evangelicalism. It had to do with the role of Newt Gingrich during a moment…
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A Message to the Queensland Parents for Secular State Schools
I am responding to the below-mentioned Campaign and the thinking in reaction to a meme, posted on the Facebook page of the Queensland Parents for Secular State Schools. “This, in a nutshell, is why [meme] there should be no religious instruction in public schools. It doesn’t get more divisive and judgemental than this.…
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What’s the brand plan? Games boss wants to nail the essence of Brisbane — The Complex Answer
Dear Editor, InQueensland , I am a member of the Professional Historians Association (Queensland) Inc., Australian Historical Association Inc., and my work over the decade goes to the Mapping Brisbane History (MBH) Project, and the Brisbane Southside History Network (BSHN), and I am the President of the Southern Brisbane Suburban Forum (SBSF). …
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Strong-Intellectual Rhetoric in Petitions
There is some concern that in petitioning governments that we should avoid strong-intellectual language. The contrary argument is as follows: Masking political realism in the community has been the way governments have put it over us when they wish to resist the community’s desires. Such, that in actually delivering in strong-intellectual language, I…
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Here Comes the Rain Again…
Here Comes the Rain Again Eurythmics Here comes the rain againFalling on my head like a memoryFalling on my head like a new emotionI want to walk in the open windI want to talk like lovers doWant to dive into your oceanIs it raining with you? So, baby, talk to meLike lovers doWalk with…
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How are we learning? The Intellectual Failure of History and Heritage in Australian Capital Cities
“And while people in New York celebrate its cycles of boom and bust, ask Melburnians about their city’s recent history and many draw a blank. It barely features in school curriculums, which take a broader approach. Even at the municipal museum, the wing dedicated to the city’s history dwells on its colonial roots, before galloping…
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NEVILLE’S 48 HOURS (OR SO) IN ADELAIDE
Short Blog Report NEVILLE’S 48 HOURS (OR SO) IN ADELAIDE My first tip to Adelaide was a very quick and short time Friday late night to Sunday early morning. The nature of the business – the mission and budget – meant that the time for extensive sightseeing would have to be the next trip…
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Understanding Reference and Meaning, and Fair Evaluation of All Worldviews
“The first thing to realize…is that most people go through life with a whole world of beliefs that have no sort of rational justification, and that one man’s world of beliefs is apt to be incompatible with another man’s, so that they cannot both be right. People’s opinions are mainly designed to make them feel…
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Literature Review: Taking Jesus Seriously
A contextual review of the literature. Jethani, Skye (2020). What If Jesus Was Serious ? Moody Publishers. Jethani, Skye (2022). What If Jesus Was Serious about the Church? Moody Publishers. I never thought I would be seriously reviewing Christian pop literature again, since 1994, when I exposed the mind-numbing stupidity in the cultural…
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“Double Reign”? Caught in Nostalgia – Howard’s “Conservative Constant”
What is this “conservative constant” that John Howard talks about? It is fortuitous that this month, at my book club, we are reading Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence. I certainly would not defend that version of American modernism, however, its critique of aristocratic and traditional conservatism is an eye-opener, if only the hoi…