Paul Tillich, in 1944, spoke to the history of Existential Thought (attached below). Incredibly, it is exactly what I have stated in the one paragraph below. It is what I have been saying for the last two years, for those who I have sought attention from, and I have...
The American-Australian Center-Centre was unfolded to me in article by Richard Lee Abrams, who asked recently in the City of Los Angeles, “Who Murdered the American Political Center?” There is a difference between the American Center and the Australian Centre, and it...
I read this article in The Times Higher Education Supplement (THE), and I was left mystified as to the silence of our decision-makers, as the same scenario rolled out in Australia, and locally, since 1992. Let's check and read the statements of the article. The...
A scholarly colleague of mine wrote in a response to a recent story about the malpractice in academic publishing: Perhaps due to big incentive to write to get published, and not to innovate . Academia has...
Following Public Message on Public Infrastructure in the Lead Up to 2024 BCC and Queensland Elections, I have had a few conversations and enlightening feedback. One conversation was with a colleague and friend who described the Brisbane City Council (BCC)’s bus...
It amazes me that the reaction thinking can swallow up social movements into the madness of the mob. Yes, when layout on a spectrum, it is only a minority position, but, in which case, the reaction thinking becomes the majority outlook through the echo chamber...
It may come as a surprise to some, that I read closely blogs and articles of scholars, who I believe, miss key or main points in their argument, whether from Left or Right. Open scholarship goes to the work I do as a philosopher and historian, and as a...
The Letter From Councillor Vicki Howard, Civic Cabinet Chair for Community, Arts and Nighttime Economy, Councillor for Central Ward, to Mr Cole and Dr Buch, 19 December 2023: CAN CO09719-2023 FINAL ****** Reply... 26 December 2023 Hi Simon (Simon...
I am alone, not like this blank page to which I start to write. We are thrown into a world (Heidegger). I woke up...