Jonathan Haidt – this really raises some great discussion points! Worth watching if you have twenty minutes!
Ok, parts of this have a US context. And I do have concerns with the fact that he overlooks the Iraq Wars. However, it’s […]
Rossleigh
“There Will Be No Comment Whatsoever, But Let Me Just Say This…”
“If people coming here by boat are “illegal” and need to be locked up indefinitely, then when our navy entered Indonesia waters, were they also […]
Post Ad Hoc Reasoning And Why You’re Being Unfair On Tony Abbott!
From ” The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided By Politics And Religion” by Jonathan Haidt. “If you want to see post hoc reasoning […]
Tony Abbott’s Picks Show His Incompetence!
After a very successful summer, where the Australian Cricket Team have pounded the English, it looked like we were invincible. But then along comes Tony […]
A Handgrenade … Sit back and think about it
Ok, I’ve had a bit of a brain wave. By brain wave, I mean that every now and then my brain waves to me and […]
If you haven’t read Dickens, you’re not qualified to teach Chemistry!
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Benjamin Franklin. (Often attributed to Albert Einstein who was quoting Franklin) […]
The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth!
Does this sound familiar? “And yet what does Gove offer? That students learn about history ‘in the right way.’ This is problematic. History is problematic. […]
Maryville, USA. According to the people there it’s just a typical place in the US.
As I watched a report on the Maryville… And here’s the problem. I was about to write “rape”, but it’s never been proven in a […]
Am I VLAD I’m not in Queensland!
When I first heard people complaining about Queensland’s VLAD laws, I thought it was a tremendous over-reaction – they didn’t have to ban all […]
Bernardi’s Book, and Why You’re All Wrong About It!
(Click on photo to enlarge) There are two books called “The Conservative Revolution”, but, unfortunately, only one on Kindle. Of course, as Kindle is too […]
Not Another Post About Climate Change!!!
How many Andrew Bolts does it take to change a light bulb? Answer: None, because it’s daytime and the past few hours have been […]
Let’s hear a cheer for Cory Bernardi and the “Established Order”!
Yet again the ABC are demonstrating their determination to make the Coalition look silly. Their latest trick is to give Cory Bernardi’s ideas publicity. Earlier, […]
Stop and think and before you’re Framed!
There was an article in the paper the other day about the road toll. In Victoria, it had gone down overall, but there was a […]
We can afford $25 million for a Royal Commission, but not $9 million for Indigenous legal aid
“THE Abbott government will strip funding from the peak Aboriginal legal aid organisation and policy positions in its state affiliates, but has moderated the […]
You have a right to your opinion, but that doesn’t mean that your opinion is right!
As an English teacher, I had the pleasure of reading many persuasive essays and listening to many oral presentations. Kids would present their point of […]