IWD: International Women’s Day & the IT industry
Kate Carruthers What a surprise- another year of women complaining that there are not enough women in the IT industry! We get the token female CEO or CIO to talk at our…
Daily Kos: I’m a Republican: Fuck you
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…
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…
Surgery & Hospital
I’ve just come out of hospital where I spent 7 days after major abdominal surgery. The surgeon and the hospital were fantastic! We are very lucky here in Australia with…
A Bloggers’ Code of Ethics?
Update 2016: This link is no longer available but you can find a handy how-to guide to setting up a blog here – thanks to Chris for the link. An…
World Day of Peace – the Pope’s Message (8 Dec 2004)
His Holiness Pope John Paul II and I have disagreed on many issues over many years (e.g. birth control, ordination of women, homosexuality, etc). However, there are many elements of…