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Is Donald Trump mad? - revisitedAround two years ago, The Political Sword published Is
Donald Trump mad? In November of last year, we published
Is Donald Trump crumbling? It could be argued that Trump’s
recent behaviour warrants another such article. -
Do unto othersWho knows if the pages of Morrison’s Bible might be missing the pages
that discuss ’do unto others as you wish them do to you’? Those words
are one version of ’the golden rule’ which is a tenet of most religions
according to Wikipedia. His years as Immigration Minister and then
Treasurer demonstrated very little evidence of his Christian faith. -
Your input is valuableSince 2015, Australian telecommunications providers have been
required to keep the metadata relating to your and my electronic
conversations, internet searches, text messages, emails and so on
for a period of two years. Apparently, our ‘security’ depends on the
government of the day knowing that the ‘average’ Australian accessed... -
The hazard of heedless politiciansNo ‘heedless’ is not a misprint; nor should it have been ‘headless’,
although some might prefer that descriptor with poultry overtones!
‘Heedless’ signifies an alarming propensity so many politicians exhibit
– the capacity to ignore evidence that does not align with their
entrenched beliefs, their unshakable ideological position. -
The yoke of inequality burdens us allIt was in 2012 that The Price of Inequality by Nobel Prize winner
Joseh Stiglitz was published in America and the United Kingdom.
In 2013 it was distributed worldwide by Penguin Books. This
seminal work, tellingly subtitled: 'How Today's Divided Society
Endangers Our Future', was widely acknowledged. -
The politics of religious freedomThe dictum is not to talk about religion and politics in polite company.
If you share that belief, read no further. Religious freedom is an
interesting concept. A quick search came up with no current law
in Australia that makes a belief in any faith tradition illegal...
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