June, 2022 - Rationale Magazine

30 Jun

A country retreating from faith

15/07/2022
By Hugh Harris
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The 2021 census reveals a society in transformation. In terms of religion, the earth is shifting beneath our feet. Rocketing to 38.9...

28 Jun

Law & Politics

The undoing of Roe v Wade

15/07/2022
By Julia Bowes
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Protests continue after the United States Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade case, which protected a woman...

25 Jun

Law & Politics

Making the Commonwealth ‘worth talking about’

15/07/2022
By Alison Duxbury
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This month, the Commonwealth commemorated the 70th anniversary of the Queen’s reign, including her role as Head of the institution. Thi...

22 Jun

Education

Give schools a real choice on secular school chaplains

15/07/2022
By Luke Beck
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New federal Education Minister Jason Clare has announced a change to the National School Chaplaincy Program to allow schools to ...

20 Jun

History

Moral ambiguity and the representation of genocide

On January 10 2022, the McMinn County School Board in Tennessee voted unanimously to remove Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel Maus ...

18 Jun

Art, Humour & Poetry

MBJ’s view

See current affairs through the eyes of cartoonist Matt Bissett-Johnson.

16 Jun

Education

What’s so offensive about secularism?

15/07/2022
By Hugh Harris
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Demonising secularism has become something of a sport for the religious right in the United States. Secularists are routinely painted a...

13 Jun

Philosophy & Psychology

Blaming ‘evil’: Unpacking the paradox of using the word

15/07/2022
By Elise Springer
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The word ‘evil’ circulates widely in the wake of terrible public violence. The May 24, 2022, massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde...

10 Jun

Education

Why God has no place in public schools

15/07/2022
By Jane Caro
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As I sat in my classrooms at Frenchs Forest Public, Chatswood Public and Forest High, dreaming about my future, I did not think that de...

07 Jun

Law & Politics

Political advertising: It’s time to stop the lies

15/07/2022
By Luke Beck
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It’s perfectly legal to lie in political advertising – and it shouldn’t be! During the 2022 federal election campaign, a fringe poli...

05 Jun

Letters to the Editor

What are the selection criteria for state funerals?

Editor’s note: If you would like to submit a letter for possible publication, please email it to editor@rationalist.com.au. See our ...

03 Jun

Ethics & Religion

The religion question: Counting down to the census results

15/07/2022
By Michael Dove
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The results of the 2021 census are due to be released at the end of this month. One of the questions that has received the most attenti...

Monthly Archives: June 2022