Articles by Dr John Smith

We pick up with Mr. Albanese and the trained monkey already in progress Interview, Part Five: Albo Stumbles Asked if his policy would involve a […]

Federal Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese (Albo) has, for some reason, spoken to Sky so-called News. I want to do an analysis of both his remarks […]

How do those of us on the left (and both rightwingers wedded to reality – jk) fight the right? How do you have a constructive […]

The NSW Education Department (the Department) guidelines say that between thirty minutes and an hour per week must be set aside for ‘special religious instruction’ […]

This is more a reflective piece on a personal quandary than anything else, but I hope it provides some food for thought. Brexit has become, […]

I have done this before: meeting Scott Morrison on his own biblical turf and ripping him a new one on how his pseudo-christianity is about […]

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott spoke at CPAC Australia recently, and his remarks deserve some deconstruction. His level of self-awareness is as high as ever, […]

In a recent New Rules segment, HBO’s Bill Maher went on a rant about Trump Fatigue. Maher coined this phrase to represent the idea that people […]

A public servant who operated an anonymous Twitter account that was critical of Australian government policy has lost her high court case over her termination. […]

The industrial revolution, for all its flaws and all the misery it caused, was a major step forward in human civilisation. Goods were now available […]

SATIRE Upon being informed that ‘something called Islam’ is also a religion, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has decided to abandon the proposed Religious Discrimination Act […]

A couple of items from the establishment media in the last few days have led to the suggestion in the title. Senator Warren appears to […]

The suggestion that the current President of the United States is a racist and an intolerant bigot is hardly original to me. A quick scan […]

Former leader of the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) Lyle Shelton has come forth with yet more of the persecution narrative. This time, the issue is […]

The increasingly ridiculous situation around Israel Folau is once again in the news. A little context first, and then a systematic deconstruction of this nonsense. […]