Just about everybody knows the ‘beetrooter’ story of Barnaby Joyce and Vikki Campion now that it has been plastered over the newspapers for months1 and has been on television, including with…
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The truth is that male religious leaders have had – and still have – an option to interpret holy teachings either to exalt or subjugate women. They have, for their own selfish ends, overwhelmingly chosen the latter. Their continuing choice provides the foundation or justification for much of the pervasive persecution and abuse of women throughout the world.
Another instance of the operation of Murdoch’s ruperters1 has cropped up recently, and it is an instance of how they will use any subterfuge to try to push their far-right agenda2….
There is a very interesting piece in this month’s Monthly, by Don Watson. It is entitled ‘A Pack of Bankers’ and in part relates many of the depredations against average…
It is quite possible to look on Senator Michaelia Cash as one of the main contenders for Craig Kelly’s crown as the stupidest parliamentarian. Her idiotic behaviour in a Senate…
As I related some months ago, Barnaby Joyce’s horizontal peccadillo was not the problem, it was the continuous rorting of the system1. At the time, he demanded that people respect…
The voters of Ireland have just voted to overturn the 8th amendment to the Constitution of Ireland1. This amendment was approved by a referendum in late 1983 and it recognised the…