Points of Information – We’re off to see the wizard
Kate Carruthers Points of Information is an amusing Canadian take on the quaint Australian custom of compulsory voting in elections (i.e. the government punishes you by way of a fine if you…
The Failure of the Human Potential Movement: From Self-Actualization to Experientialism
“I’m convinced that when an atmosphere is created which puts an extreme emphasis on experience over understanding, that atmosphere will inevitably create and encourage infantile selfishness.” Source: The Failure of…
WatchBlog: 2004 US Election News, Opinion and Commentary
“What. WatchBlog is a multiple-editor weblog broken up into three major political affiliations, each with its own blog: the Democrats, the Republicans and the Third Party (covering everything outside the…
Australia’s nanny state grows apace…
The NSW Independent Pricing & Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) released a report yesterday recommending that clocks and pop up messages warning gamblers that they have been playing too long on poker…
Left Behind – by La Haye & Jenkins – Martial Christianity
The Left Behind series by Tim La Haye & Jerry Jenkins is a phenomenon that has just recently been noticed by some in the mainstream press. It is a 12…
Cultural Gap Between US & Australia
It is not always apparent to the casual observer how significant the cultural differences between Australia and the United States really are. One particular difference that really strikes me is…
Dogs like cuisine too!
A longstanding research project of mine has now provided enough evidence for me to say that my dogs like to eat what we humans might call cuisine. They are Staffordshire…
Business Evolutionist: The Origins of Unengaged Employees
The Origins of Unengaged Employees has quite an interesting take on employee engagement, but I’m not sure that I agree completely. Engagement is all about feeling like you are a…
Women’s magazines
During my review of newstand women’s magazines it has become clear that there are only 3 things of interest to women: 1) looking sexy 2) food – both eating and…
More on Women, housework & the 21st century
My post the other day on this topic revealed my complete ignorance of house & home magazines (this deficiency in my reading was kindly pointed out in a recent comment).…