Woke: Australia’s War on Minorities and Anti-Woke Media
Issues of social justice that are cast as "woke" entrench the very disadvantage and shame that efforts at equality endeavour to eradicate.
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December 3, 2025
The Epidemic of Moral Cowardice: Extremism’s Unchecked Grip on Societies
Contemporary social and political extremism represents an expansive moral cowardice that threatens inclusion and genuine democracies.
November 20, 2025
The Paradox of Sympathy: Why Palestinians, Struggle to Garner International Support
The multi-faceted nature of the Palestinian conflict creates a complex environment in which foreseeable tragedy is weighed against a less certain societal impact.
November 17, 2025
A Requiem for Humanity
Thursday, I rode the evening rails, Silver tracks hissing under the city’s scars – Ordinary, almost, but for a man: Threadbare, hair wild as winter grass, Clutching a cardboard plea…
November 3, 2025
Separation of Church and Hate: Religion in Public Life
John Fugelsang’s Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person’s Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds arrives at a moment when the intersection of…
October 15, 2025
The Secret Spells of the Old
In slanted sun, the elders sit, Their hands a map of years and wit – Wrinkled skin, a thousand lines Tracing constellations time defines. Within their eyes, moonlight rests, A…
October 12, 2025
Wind
I snatched a leaf from its branch mid-dance, then set it free to whirl,I whispered secrets through the pines, echoing in their needle veils, I stirred the lake's surface into…
October 11, 2025
The Humanist: Not woke, racist, communist or money focused
Humanism values dignity and individual rights, acknowledging growth through reason whilst maintaining personal responsibility for collective outcomes.
October 5, 2025
Ruminations on the Passing of a Giant: Jane Goodall
Legacies are forged, not written. They are the imprint left long after our departure.
October 3, 2025
Walk a Mile
Before we stoke the fires and spew Our judgments tangled, sharp, untrue; Let gentleness begin its reign, To ease the depth of unseen pain.Let’s trade our shoes and set aside…
September 29, 2025
Mercy Within Fate
In the heights of Kailasha where gods gather in thin air and white silence – Garuda stands watchful, wings bright as hammered sunlight, while a tiny bird settles upon the…
September 10, 2025
The Mind-Forg’d Manacles
Introduction In William Blake's seminal poem "London," published in his 1794 collection “Songs of Experience”, the poet wanders through the streets of the city, observing the pervasive suffering and oppression…
September 6, 2025
The Clash of Civilisations and the Gaza Conflict: How Huntington’s Thesis Fuels the Denomination of Islam in the West
Western nations must work toward transcending divisive rhetoric outlined by Huntington to reject his self-fulfilling prophecy society.
September 5, 2025
A Future Woven By Young Hands
The future sings in restless hearts, Where new hope stirs and embers wake – It echoes not in faded years Nor timelines bound for longing’s sake. You wear the dawn…
September 1, 2025
The World That Could Be
Let me take you on a wander, To a world spun silver-bright, Woven from the stuff of yearning And the fabric of the might-be – A kingdom balanced on a…
August 30, 2025
What It Is (and Isn’t) to Be an Australian
There is room always for another neighbour.
August 30, 2025
The Nationwide March for Palestine: A Global Cry for Justice and Solidarity
The Marches for Palestine echo well-tested solidarity protests that challenge political bias to address abuses of human rights.
August 26, 2025
The Complex History of Israel’s Establishment: Beyond the Heroic Narrative
The establishment of Israel involved colonial alliances and dispossession creating a refugee crisis that persists today.
August 18, 2025