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Monthly Archives: December 2021

31 Dec
Feature series

Preaching science and reason is not enough

  • 07/09/2022
  • By author-avatar Lyn Allison
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I don’t suggest that the Rationalist Society ought to have the answers to all the problems of the world, but adherence to the principle...

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29 Dec
Law & Politics

Biden’s bid to strengthen global democracy

  • 07/09/2022
  • By author-avatar Tom Daly
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On 9-10 December, the Biden administration held its first Summit for Democracy, a novel initiative seeking to bring government, civil s...

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28 Dec
Feature series

Reason in Western civilisation

  • 07/09/2022
  • By author-avatar Paul Monk
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For years now, I have heard people speak sceptically, even dismissively, about ‘Western logic’ or ‘Cartesian rationalism’, as if the il...

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24 Dec
History

The sordid underbelly of Christmas past

  • 07/09/2022
  • By author-avatar James A. T. Lancaster
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When English Puritans outlawed Christmas in 1647, it was not without good reason. When American Puritans, in turn, outlawed Chri...

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21 Dec
Ethics & Religion

This matter of Christmas and hope

  • 07/09/2022
  • By author-avatar Paul Monk
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On 19 December, the ABC online ran an essay by Stan Grant under the title ‘With Christianity receding and many abandoning hope, toda...

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19 Dec
Art & Humour

MBJ’s view

  • 21/12/2021
  • By author-avatar Matt Bissett-Johnson
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See current affairs through the eyes of cartoonist Matt Bissett-Johnson.

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17 Dec
Ethics & Religion

Shaming unvaccinated people has to stop

  • 07/09/2022
  • By author-avatar Alberto Giubilini
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"Unvaccinated mother, 27, dies with coronavirus as her father calls for fines for people who refuse jab." This is the kind of hea...

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13 Dec
Philosophy & Psychology

When beliefs become deadly

  • 07/09/2022
  • By author-avatar Carrick Ryan
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After five years of working for the Joint Counter Terrorism Team, where I was consumed by the persistent and genuine threat of Islamic ...

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10 Dec
Science & Health

Climate change: How machine learning holds a key to combating misinformation

  • 07/09/2022
  • By author-avatar John Cook
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“A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth can get its boots on.” This quote appears in many forms. In some var...

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07 Dec
Law & Politics

The broken message spread through a Christian schools network

  • 07/09/2022
  • By author-avatar Si Gladman
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In a podcast interview earlier this year, Reverend Geoff Lin admitted that his Living Hope SA group (with ‘SA’ referring to South Austr...

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04 Dec
Law & Politics

Matter of principle: How ‘crossing the floor’ has changed

  • 07/09/2022
  • By author-avatar Camilla Nelson
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The final days of parliament for 2021 have been marked by a spate of floor crossings. This includes Tasmanian Liberal Bridget Arc...

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01 Dec
Philosophy & Psychology

On dying

  • 09/09/2022
  • By author-avatar Jack Dikian
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Philosophy begins with the death of the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates. But, as we know, he goes to his death with equanimity – wit...

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