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 [...]
Andrew Bolt’s recent article, “Whatever you do, don’t forget to panic,” displays two things I hate:
This post has the same aim as “Paine on the Iraq War.” I disagree with Paine and Jefferson on many things, but my aim is not solely to use their reputation, and I am not exactly quoting them in context; all the excerpts I quote display something touching on principle rather than fact, or illustrate [...]
It is often claimed that criticism of American policies is unAmerican, but to maintain this you must believe that Thomas Paine was unAmerican; for words which everyone would agree were once supportive of American policies are now critical of them, and during Paine’s own life time — here, for example — he explicitly criticised American [...]