Daily Kos: I’m a Republican: Fuck you
Kate Carruthers There is a an interesting take on US politics on a site (of the Democratic persuasion one might imagine 😉 It seems the Democrats are so busy being cross that…
February 2005
First education in Feminism
This is a story from my undergraduate days in one of Australia’s *sandstone universities. In the philosophy department there had been a split between the ‘old fashioned’ philosophers (called “Trad…
Alleged quote by Churchill: on being a socialist or conservative
Someone recently quoted Winston Churchill as saying “If a man is not a socialist by the time he is 20, he has no heart. If he is not a conservative…
Some thoughts of Ben Franklin (1790)
I have been reading Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography and other writings (ISBN: 0140390529) and his writings do stand well the test of time, as well as being quite entertaining to read.…
Article: Businesses don’t have social responsibilities; people do
This article has been reproduced in full below, it raises some very important issues about corporate and individual responsibility. Even staff in the Nazi concentration camps were assisted in rationalising…
Article: Educator claims critical thought stifled in our schools
The World Today – Educator claims critical thought stifled in our schools: ABC Radio, The World Today, Wed, 9-Feb-2005, Reporter: David Mark In the Spring edition of The Journal of…