Context is all important in asking any question? And these days a key question is the importance of history. Pragmatic agendas of the daily grind obscure how significance the study of the past is for getting a perspective on how to live a better life. This blog looks at how different present contexts are better understood from what preceded.
What a day! Donald J. Trump becomes a convicted felon. 2. One of my significant academic-scholar mentor, John Moses past; and significantly, 3. an important review essay for the field of Australian contemporary studies-in-religion and social...
Dear Colleagues, Ingrid Moses messaged last night that John had died, after a long illness, although he was still quite sharp still in the last weeks and we had been messaging often. He was 91. Quite...
Dear Friends, and I thank Graham Perrett's office for its recent kind support, and several friends who made sure I have not gone under, I said it, now the NYT is reporting it May 19, 2024: Gift Article (I paid for it, the least you can do is read)...
Standing in line, marking time Waiting for the welfare dime 'Cause they can't buy a job The man in the silk suit hurries by As he catches the poor old ladies' eyes Just for fun he says, "get a job" Why do we put up with it? That's...
Finally, David, among the Queensland journalists, you have come out and finally say it. Who hired them? What qualifications did they possess? Would either of them have scored a job anywhere else with similar qualifications and judgement? ...
Dear friends, Yes, to life affirmation, irrespective of the colour we "choice to place" on the canvas, and where we place the splash in our brief moment of time. As a general point among the thoughts of the global educated classes, here is the difference...
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In Either/Or Søren Kierkegaard marks " the distinction between an essentially hedonistic, aesthetic mode of life and the ethical life, which is predicated upon commitment." Today we have, Either "to allow for universities which are teaching only" Or universities...
Last November the Productivity Commission recommend, in an intermit report, for the removal of the tax-free status of private schools. Let me be clear, this does not benefit public education. My prejudice is towards public education, but the prejudice of the...