Book Review: Surviving the 21st Century
Surviving the 21st Century Humanity’s Ten Great Challenges and How We Can Overcome Them is Julian Cribb’s latest book. I was halfway through Chapter Two […]
Articles by Robyn Dunphy
Accidental Overeating is SO Easy
Today I learnt a valuable lesson about overeating. It is definitely a lesson I should NOT have had to learn (as in, I should already […]
I’m right, you’re wrong: that gives me the right to denigrate you
“I’m right, you’re wrong: that gives me the right to denigrate you.” I’m seeing this attitude everywhere. It isn’t constructive. I’ve probably been guilty of it […]
Stranded RTO Students under Stress
Students are stranded as the Registered Training Organisation (RTO) fail rate leaves us in a stressful limbo. Add Australian Careers Institute to the list, otherwise […]
Will we hate ourselves into oblivion?
Look around you, my friends. Hate. Everywhere. At first I thought to myself “this is worse than it has ever been”. Then I remembered the […]
Where are my (and your) taxes going?
While I was at Births, Deaths and Marriages I was stunned at the state of the waiting area. The seats were filthy. A friend asked […]
Would you give your bank statements to Births, Deaths & Marriages?
For reasons of privacy, I don’t like giving my bank statements to the government – but I’ve just been required to do exactly that. After four […]
The United and Ununited States of America 2030
Way back in 2016, when Donald Trump won his first election, I had sworn never to return to the USA while he was at the […]
Authoritarian regimes: Zimbabwe, Venezuela, next the USA
It is no secret I had grave concerns about the suitability of Donald J Trump. Now I’m having trouble sleeping at night. I’d like to […]
Customer Service is dead, at least at Optus
Customer Service is now Customer Obfuscation. I moved residence very early in January. During the week prior to the move I rang Optus to organise an […]
Makeup: ego boost or psychological trap?
I wear makeup. Sometimes. Other times I don’t. I have no passionate desire to rise at 4 am in the morning, as a friend told […]
The day I realised I belong to THAT generation
That generation – the one populated with a surplus, it seems, of angry, aging, white men attempting to cling to a sense of long-past-its-use-by-date supremacy. Even […]
The Truth – Where Did It Go?
Do you consider yourself a truthful person? I do. Over the last decade I have come to wonder if truth is something from a bygone […]
Is there a prescription drug shortage we don’t know about?
I’m on drugs. The legal kind. Earlier this year one of my specialists suggested to me I fill my prescription whether I needed a refill or […]
Will women lose the right to vote?
Impossible, you say? Women could never lose the right to vote, you say? I am reasonably concerned there will be an attempt to stop women […]