Category Archives: Society

The New Age of Global Conformism

Post by Bruce W. Davidson  At a formal ceremony for retiring professors at my university, each retiree got an opportunity to make a short speech. In my own speech, I mentioned that my last few years coincided with the Covid … Continue reading

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Saving the Unborn. Their Lives Matter. [4]

This is the concluding post (Part 4) in this Saving the Unborn series. The previous parts can be found here: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.

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Saving the Unborn. Their Lives Matter. [3]

Here is Part 3 in the Saving the Unborn series. These are the links to Part 1 and Part 2.

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Saving the Unborn. Their Lives Matter. [2]

This is Part 2 in the Saving the Unborn series. Part 1 is here.

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Saving the Unborn. Their Lives Matter. [1]

Recently, I came across this photo shared on twitter. It is the image of a 13-week old baby. That’s 13 weeks from conception. Jessica O’Donnell, the poster, wrote: I debated posting this picture of our 13 week-old daughter, Winter. It’s … Continue reading

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Annoying Signs Around Australian Icons

Post by Richard Kelly In the last 6 weeks, my wife and I enjoyed a touring holiday through Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland, camping in or beside our 4WD. Passing through country towns along the way, especially at morning … Continue reading

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Ask Questions Rather Than Blindly Following Narratives

Post by Thi Thuy Van Dinh  I grew up with little food and without electricity near a national park in Southeast Asia after a devastating war. From time to time, the men in my village hunted wild animals like hogs, … Continue reading

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How to Disagree in Discussions and Debates

Is it possible to have healthy, polite and respectful debates? Can we have productive discussions and an exchange of ideas, opinions and differing beliefs which would lead to people learning from each other? I decided to look further into this … Continue reading

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Thomas Sowell Discusses Social Justice Fallacies

Thomas Sowell is an American economist, social commentator and the author of around 40 books. He is 93 years old. Sowell grew up in Harlem, New York. After serving in the United States Marine Corps, he went on to receive … Continue reading

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A Vision for Our Civilisation

This is the speech by Konstantin Kisin at the inaugural ARC (The Alliance for Responsible Citizenship) conference, London (30th October – 1st November 2023). The founding event organiser of ARC, Jordan Peterson, provided Kisin with the theme for his speech: … Continue reading

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Learning From Our Mistakes

Post by Francisco Zuniga A couple of years ago, I received a post-semester email from a student’s father. He was upset about his child’s final grade in my class, which had landed somewhere between a high B and a low … Continue reading

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Aunties and Uncles

Post by Shy Ted People have been wondering where the Aunty and Uncle titles for Aboriginal elders came from. After living in remote and rural communities for the best part of 20 years I came up with a theory, might … Continue reading

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The Risks Posed by AI to a Functional Society

This video has been put together by the Center for Humane Technology – a non-profit working to align technology with humanity’s best interests. They encourage viewers to consider calling their political representatives to advocate for holding hearings on Artificial Intelligence … Continue reading

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