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In a much-quoted exchange, a pollster once asked an Australian voter the following question: “Going into this election, and thinking about the average voter, what would you say is the biggest problem facing Australia today – ignorance or apathy?” The voter replied, “I...
When John D. Rockefeller died in 1937, he was reputedly the richest man in the world. At his funeral were many of his employees as well as a large contingent from the press. Too good not to SHARE! Spotting Rockefeller’s chief accountant in the...
When the great French novelist Victor Hugo was in his 80s, he reflected on his life with the words,I am like a forest that has been continuously cut down; yet each time I am cut down, the new growth has more life than ever. Too good not to SHARE!...
Lord Byron, in his moving poem Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, offers the following reflection on life: I seek no sympathies, nor needs,The thorns which I have reaped are of the tree I planted,They have torn me, and I bleedI should have known what fruit would spring from...
Socialism and Marx, or free markets and Schumpeter? It’s a debate that has raged for more than a hundred years. Too good not to SHARE! Socialists contend that although socialism may not have worked out all that well in practice (an understatement...
It’s been said that we are born with clenched fists but die with open hands. Too good not to SHARE! In Linda Ellis’ moving poem, That Little Dash, three stanzas stand out: I read of a man who stood to speakAt the funeral of a friend,He referred to...
Over 40,000 Australian children are currently in government-sponsored care. Approximately 30,000 have been there for more than two years. Fewer than 200 were adopted. Too good not to SHARE! The first question that must be asked is, ‘Why are so many...
“Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the LordHe is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are storedHe hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift swordHis truth is marching onGlory, glory, hallelujah …” “John Brown’s body lies...
In the book of Revelation, the last book of the Bible, there is a vivid description of The New Jerusalem – The Holy City – referred to in John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress as ‘The Celestial City’, the ultimate heavenly home of believers. Fight shadow bans &...
It is exactly 50 years since Western Mining first discovered the massive gold, silver, copper and uranium ore body at the aptly-named Olympic Dam in South Australia. A golden anniversary indeed!But discovering the ore was just the beginning. Fight shadow bans &...
John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols) is a clever guy. As Robert McCall (aka Denzil Washington) says to Miles, a troubled teenager, in the movie Equalizer 2, ‘It takes talent to make money, Miles, but it takes brains to keep it’. Regardless of one’s taste...
The story is told of a divine messenger who appeared to a peasant farmer. “You have been chosen”, said the messenger. “Whatever you wish for, it will be granted.” The farmer was shocked but beamed with anticipation. “There is only one condition,” the messenger...
What you call something is very important. Everyone knows that a suit is comprised of a jacket and a pair of pants. Two jackets are not a suit. Neither can two pairs of pants be called a suit. Fight shadow bans & SHARE! This was an argument I...
We will continue to be your single source of truth. Unless you hear it from us, it is not the truth. So said former New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern. Fight shadow bans & SHARE! Governments – the world’s worst peddlers of false...
The only currency that matters is power – getting it and holding on to it.Attaining power these days involves denigrating and silencing your opponents in any way possible. Censoring them, branding what they say as misinformation, disinformation or mal-information,...
Step into my parlour, said the spider to the fly,'Tis the prettiest little parlour, that ever you did spy,Oh no, no! then said the fly, to ask me is in vain,For who goes up to your winding stair,Can ne'er come down again. Fight shadow bans &...
The story is told of the founder of Dubai, Sheikh Rashid, who, when asked about the future of his country replied: “My grandfather rode a camel. My father rode a camel. I drive a Mercedes. My son drives a Land Rover, and my grandson will drive a Land Rover.” “But my...
In ‘The Adventure of Silver Blaze’, one of the Sherlock Holmes short stories, Holmes is sent to investigate the disappearance – on the eve of an important race – of a champion racehorse called Silver Blaze, and the death of its trainer John Straker. In what has become...
We are all familiar with the story of Jesus overturning the trading tables and driving out the moneychangers from the temple. Following this outburst, Jesus was confronted by the chief priests and elders demanding to know by what authority he was doing these things....
On 1 July 2014, my first day as a Senator, Adelaide’s Advertiser newspaper published an opinion piece I had submitted titled, Shedding the ‘Bludger State’ tag, in which I implored the SA State Government to stop bludging on the other states and start standing on its...
In Act 1 of Shakespeare’s great play Macbeth, the three witches appear before Macbeth and his friend Banquo. The witches predict that Macbeth will be king, and that one of Banquo’s sons will also be king one day. Banquo is not convinced and responds, “If...
In William Blake’s hymn Jerusalem, the phrase ‘those dark Satanic mills’ was assumed to be referring to the cotton and woollen mills of his time and the mills’ terrible working conditions.Based on the date of the hymn and Blake’s religious background,...
On 1 July 2014, my first day as a Senator, Adelaide’s Advertiser newspaper published an opinion piece I had submitted titled, Shedding the ‘Bludger State’ tag, in which I implored the SA State Government to stop bludging on the other states and start...
It’s been said that whatever is done to the Jews, is done for the Jews. In other words, when they come out of this current crisis, they will be stronger than before. Or to paraphrase an old Randy Pike quote: Throughout history, many have tried to bury the...