Respect has to be earned, Mr Morrison
When I was growing up – in the olden days! – children respected their elders, who were expected to set a good example and act […]
Articles by RosemaryJ36
Fact vs Faith – does religion deserve protection?
I have a greater knowledge of the Christian faith, in its many sects, than I do of any of the other world’s major religion. Consequently, […]
Wake up, Australia
Some years back, there was a philosophy in mathematics education circles that students should be encouraged to create knowledge via discovery processes. It is true […]
Greed is not good
“Greed is good” has been falsely attributed to Gordon Gecko – and if he had said it, he would have been wrong! Another urban myth […]
We didn’t have everything, but …
I am really glad I was born when and where I was, because my formative years were spent in a country under wartime rules and […]
The misinformation campaign succeeds
I despair! A few days ago, I wrote the following, sending it to senior politicians at national and local level, and to my local (Murdoch) […]
Paris is not enough
How many more lives must be lost? How many homes must be destroyed? How many more farmers will need to be helped to leave an […]
The clock is ticking ever closer to Doomsday
In developing a policy, as a broad generalisation, it is wise to explore the possible adverse effects as well as the advantages of adopting that […]
Why are so many so unaware of the needs of others?
Few people will be surprised at the news coming out of the RC in to Aged Care. When I was growing up, provision of public […]
The backlash of change
When I was a child, “In the olden days” as my children when younger used to say, Robinson’s jams had a Golliwog emblem and I […]
Religious protection – or protection FROM religious bigotry?
I have just emailed this to my Federal member who is a practising Catholic: “I was born in the UK and my maternal grandfather was […]
The never-ending battle between religion and science
Probably around 1956, my later-to-be-husband and I were on a boat at anchor in a creek off the River Thames, babysitting his sister’s two children […]
Empathy. They have none.
Anne Ruston and Peter Dutton stand out among their Coalition colleagues, since both stand out as seeming to be supremely incapable of empathy. Their blindness […]
Reason vs Emotion
The Pentateuch, which constitutes the first five books of the Christian Bible’s Old Testament, is attributable to Moses and also forms part of the Jewish […]