You will often hear anti-vaccination people complain about the dangers of vaccinations. Some still believe the bogus assertion by Andrew Wakefield that Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccinations cause autism, despite this being…
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Recently, Jean Tirole, Nobel Laureate in Economics, was interviewed regarding the poor reputation of economists1, and indicated that it seems to be mostly because of their inability to predict the…
Despite the Victorian election being up to 11 months away, the campaign has already started, with the conservative dogwhistle being sounded by the appalling Home Affairs Minister, Peter Dutton, as…
The Murdoch ‘newspapers’ look so favourably on the Federal Coalition, that it makes you wonder what is going on. They have such right wing nut jobs as Greg Sheridan, Nick…
Some of the government-compliant media have been putting out a story, presumably handed out as a government press release when, what used to be called newsrooms in corporate media organisations,…
The word kleptocracy comes from the Greek klepto (I steal) and kratos (power) and refers to a government with corrupt leaders (kleptocrats) that use their power to exploit the people…
Some months ago, I related a story about the Southern Baptist Convention in the US to demonstrate how Christianity had undergone a great dichotomy1 with one branch being true to…
As the great American comedian Jon Stewart, said: “Yes, the long war on Christianity. I pray that one day we may live in an America where Christians can worship freely!…
Flo Bjelke-Petersen died yesterday at the age of 97, and upon hearing the news, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull tweeted the following: “After her long life of public service we say…
