How many $$$$ to heal a dented ego?
Mark Latham is in court defending his right to use homophobic slurs and language on social media and in a political setting. Included was the […]
Articles by Roswell
Stop funding hate!
The Catholic Archbishop of Tasmania has sent a letter to students of Catholic Schools throughout Tasmania denouncing, no, that word is way too soft, decrying, […]
Book Banning and The Seven Pillars Mandate
A book on same sex parenting is banned. The ban only applies to a few libraries in NSW, in a local council area where the […]
Imagine there is no Capitalism
At a recent philosophy discussion group gathering the departing question from one member was ‘Can you imagine life without Capitalism?’ The question has stayed with […]
Not good enough
What is the problem with men? As I sat down to write this I flicked on the news, and it seems Bruce Lehrmann wants to […]
The HECS Hex
A hex according to the Cambridge dictionary is ‘to put an evil spell on someone or something in order to bring them bad luck’. Looking […]
Semitic semantics
Where did the term ‘Semitic’ come from and what did it mean? Look closely and see how mythology defines people in a very real way, […]
Ignorant. Woke.
Yesterday I was ignorant. I had received, unsolicited, a YouTube video about the dangers of GMO which is in the Covid vaccinations most of us […]
Religious violence
Having worked for many years with a diverse number of people from different ethnic groups and religions, and some with no religion, I was impressed […]
The price of victimhood: The Higgins/Lehrmann gravy train
I’m not much good at sums, but I can imagine the cost of repairing damaged egos as the allegations of rape and the ripple effect […]
I need the right to discriminate!
Truth be told, we really would like other people to be a little more like we are. We have a seemingly inherent bias for others […]
Human Rights or the Right to Discriminate?
The Religious Discrimination Bill, in draft form has been presented to open the way for consideration in the Parliament and Senate to ensure that those […]
No wind power, no solar farms. Let’s go NUCLEAR!
Holidaying down at Busselton in the last week, enjoying time catching up with family and taking opportunity to walk for miles on the pristine beach. […]
Cultural evolution
Cultures evolve, the lives we live today are different than the lives we used to live, very little remains of what used to be, but […]
Cognitive Bias
A term I had not come across before but can cover a multitude of sins: Cognitive Bias. Reading an article in the Guardian this morning, […]