During the last sixty years, ordinary citizens of the western world have been subject to an almost continuous, public, outpouring of alarms, proclaiming forthcoming catastrophic events and predicting appalling outcomes. These ceaseless forebodings of disaster, … [Read more...] about Catastrophism as Politics
On The World of Man
Cultural Marxism
Changing the Culture Broadly speaking, culture is cultivated behaviour, that which describes the ideas, customs, social behaviour, shared values and moral outlook of groups of people. It is the outcome of the accumulation of knowledge, experience, … [Read more...] about Cultural Marxism
CAGWarm Wars
At the outset, let me admit that I am not a scientist; indeed, I must confess that, as a boy at boarding school in the late 1940’s, I once feigned an acute stomach ache to escape from a science class in which I was having difficulty in maintaining … [Read more...] about CAGWarm Wars
Constitutional Referendum 1999 – More
In 1967, a referendum was held to give to amend Section 51 (xxvi) of the Australian Constitution to remove the discriminatory reference to aborigines and to give the same responsibility to the Commonwealth for aboriginal people as it had towards other … [Read more...] about Constitutional Referendum 1999 – More
Constitutional Referendum – 1999
As the referendum date draws nigh, it is disconcerting that there has been little real debate or discussion about the relative merits of the alternative systems of government. The egregious Malcolm Turnbull, having read the polls, has retired from the … [Read more...] about Constitutional Referendum – 1999
Constitutional Considerations – 1999
With the Queen’s Birthday to be celebrated in South Australia next weekend, it is timely to reflect on the efficacy of Australia’s existing constitutional arrangements, which, of course, include a role, however limited, for the Crown. It is even more … [Read more...] about Constitutional Considerations – 1999