Many people find it difficult to comprehend how taking Aboriginal children away from their parents could have been so popular an idea. Perhaps they would find it easier to understand if they were provided with a different degree of the same type of situation that is still popular today: government schooling. Children are forced to [...]
The Rudd government’s planned Australia 2020 conference, where “the best and brightest minds from across the country [will] tackle the long term challenges confronting Australia’s future,” is misguided. Although the Prime Minister’s acknowledgment that the Labor Party does not include “the best and brightest minds” deserves praise, the fact that the idea was developed or [...]
Many people believe that global warming should and can be prevented by decreasing fossil fuel emissions by humans, and, at the same time, complain about high petrol prices and want the ACCC to punish petrol companies who charge and agree to charge high prices.
Advice is often best if it is not merely ignored, but listened to and opposed. To determine the truth of something it is useful to find the opposite and compare if that is not also plausible. If everyone followed the opposite of the typical advice they give and receive, they would be much better off.
Andrew Bolt’s recent article, “Whatever you do, don’t forget to panic,” displays two things I hate: