Apologetics
Maralinga: righting a terrible wrong…
GRAHAM RICHARDSON We must right the wrong of Maralinga BY:GRAHAM RICHARDSON From:The Australian March 01, 2013 12:00AM THERE was never much chance that Bob Menzies would knock back a request from the government of Britain. The future Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports was an Anglophile of the highest order. In the early 1950s, when the […]
Australia’s federal treasurers…
Alan Austin Alan’s facebook election 2013 instant quiz #15 There have been two extraordinarily costly blunders by treasurers in Australia’s history. Both extremely well-kept secrets. One was 4.5 billion dollars in Australia’s reserves lost gambling on the foreign exchange markets. Yes, 4.5 billion. The second was the sale of most of Australia’s gold reserves at […]
Climate change: 500-to-1 chance current records are being broken due to build up of greenhouse gases
Climate change a key factor in extreme weather, experts say Date March 4, 2013 Ben Cubby A few years ago, talking about weather and climate change in the same breath was a cardinal sin for scientists. Now it has become impossible to have a conversation about the weather without discussing wider climate trends, according to […]
Refugees: Speaking up for those who can’t
March 2, 2013 A READER asked in a letter on these pages on Friday why The Age ”crusades” in support of asylum seekers. He said ”most of us”, referring presumably to Australians generally, wanted a reduction in migration and that refugees should simply be rejected. Irrespective of what the majority may or may not support, The Age has its views. […]
Gay Marriage: Britain votes in favour
Line, or head, in the sand? 9/2/2013 LAST Tuesday in London, the House of Commons voted 400 to 175 in favour of marriage for gays and lesbians in England and Wales. If, as expected, the House of Lords also votes in favour and the bill becomes law, Britain will become the 10th country to endorse […]
Iraq: revisiting a stupid war…
For democracy’s sake, let’s talk about our war in Iraq February 14, 2013 Sue Wareham An inquiry would help us avoid repeating mistakes made 10 years ago. Natasha Stott-Despoja addresses an anti-war demonstration in Swanston street on February 14, 2003. Photo: Shannon Morris The largest anti-war demonstrations in Australian history began 10 years ago today – […]
Aboriginal Recognition – unites all our politicians
Federal politicians of all political colours yesterday took a major step towards meaningful constitutional recognition of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. Julia Gillard meets Lowitja O’Donoghue yesterday. Photo: Andrew Meares IT WAS a day unlike any other in the national Parliament since the 2010 federal election, and no one called it better than the man who […]
Crowds (Martin Marty)
Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion The University of Chicago Divinity School Sightings  2/18/2013 Crowds — Martin E. Marty Students of world religions sometimes speak in puzzlement about the long-held claim that “religion is a private affair.†Part of that claim is based on something notable and no doubt laudable. In my tradition, […]
How History Trashes Reputations
Don’t treat me this way Date: February 18 2013 Adam Lusher History of hysteria? After the discovery of ”villainous” Richard III’s bones come new efforts to clear his name. So who else has time given a bad rap? THE discovery of royal bones beneath a Leicester car park has led to calls for Richard III […]
Population – world statistics and trends
A changing world looks for a fresh approach to meet age-old challenges BY:ROSS FITZGERALD From:The Australian February 16, 2013 12:00 SOME perceptive social commentators compare population ageing with climate change as a key challenge in the 21st century. But in the community at large it gets much less than its fair share of attention. But, like […]
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