Dear friend, You are intending to vote ‘No’ in the upcoming referendum, and yet I call you ‘friend’. I have no animosity to those who wish to vote ‘No’. The purpose of my open letter is create some awareness in your consideration of the vote, one...
Apparently, "I am being blocked by Quora", and I thought I was (not so). There have certainly been times when Quora has blocked my scholarly answers. On this occasion I wrote a post commending an answer about “What is it about Australian culture that...
Without doubt, Allan Megill is the best intellectual historian in the United States. His paradigm on what constitutes historical knowledge, and what constitutes historical error, is the framing for my multidisciplinary work. There are three American scholars, who have...
In 2021, I set out my book research and writing priorities for the three years 2021-2023. I had started this strategy in 2018, when I set out my book research and writing priorities for the three years 2018-2020. The gap year of 2020 in book planning was a reset from...
My response to the LinkedIn campaign, “How do you combine research and teaching in higher education?”, “Powered by AI and the LinkedIn community”. I combine research and teaching in higher education by being personal. And it seems as if that is difficult...
A comment on the state of intelligence in the global corporate world, here in Australia and elsewhere. Apologizes to the poets, including myself. The point is that the corporates have no poetic sensibility nor interest in the insights of poetry. We Know What We...
28 August 2023 Hon. Steven Miles Minister, State Development PO Box 15009 City East, QLD 4002 RE: The Gabba and Raymond Park Re-development Dear Premier, Deputy Premier, and the Queensland Cabinet, I am writing to you, for the senior members of...
Dear Councilors and State Members, This is a conversation out in the community of the Southern Brisbane reigion on the Council's and the State Government's capacity to think on heritage issues at the standard of contemporary scholarship and education (bcc). The...
The Southern Brisbane Suburban Forum Inc.’s Briefing-Submission on the State Government’s South East Queensland Regional Plan 2023 Update (SEQRP). Please read and download the document here. SBSF Briefing on the State SEQ Plan (Final 18 Aug 23)