Big Media: Perhaps its grip is loosening?
This week 2GB Radio in Sydney got knocked off its number one perch. This right-wing gabfest has been at number one in the Sydney marketplace […]
Articles by Dr James Moylan
The Sickening Hypocrisy of our Cannabis Laws
‘Excuse me sir.’ I had fallen asleep in a park, under the cool shade of a huge fig tree and I was being shaken awake […]
The failed experiment
If we don’t talk about ‘class’ the species will go extinct. Marx’s original concept of class is that: There is only the working class and […]
Fixing Our Society
Does anyone remember that we once proudly described ourselves as an egalitarian nation? Just after World War II, the Australian government wanted everyone in the […]
I thought we worked all this out during the Enlightenment!
When President Trump announced that he would acknowledge Jerusalem as the capital of Israel he did it to appease the Christians in America. Or, more […]
Our leaders are loyal to the citizenry? Don’t make me laugh!
The biggest kerfuffle in Aussie politics is all about the technicalities regarding ‘dual citizenship’. Our founding fathers were well aware that if an individual was […]
The mobile phone is throttling Jesus
Musing about the benefits of less God at Easter. #1. At Easter it is a good moment to settle back and consider our slow yet […]
Australian Drug Policy: ‘hypocrisy’ is not a strong enough word
The 3.6-million-dollar study testing the sewage in our capital cities for illegal drugs is simply more disinformation and bullshit. Let’s revisit the results from this […]
Trump, the Media and the Underclass. A Lesson for Australia
To understand this lesson, first we must put aside all of the bullshit journalistic clichés and begin to talk about the Trump phenomena in a […]
Children of God?
I have not been so angry for a very long time. When it comes to matters relating to what adults do to other adults then […]
Know your enemy: understanding the origins of right-wing, laissez-faire, economics
As a doctoral research fellow I have been working to identify where the various ideas that we call ‘economic rationalism’ come from whilst also trying […]
Why our politicians suck
Our politicians have sold our country out from under the feet of the citizenry. We are no longer even the primary audience that our politicians […]
Hope and Change: the big loss that America has to have?
Mr Trump is a reality television star. As a businessman he would be a flop without his PR glitz and smarm. He inherited a medium […]
Exposing yourself for the good of the nation!
Now I know there has been a lot written about the census. Old fashioned privacy aficionados have been going at it hammer and tongs in […]
Learning to love Big Brother
It is time to be pessimistic. Joy has fled. Hope is dead. The sun is setting on the election and we are entering a long, […]