Culture Wars in Australia: Hitching the Future to the Past
Static conservative notions of Australia prevent development of an inclusive identity in which all cultures are valued equally.
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July 4, 2025
Gilgamesh and Enkidu: Mortality, Equality and the Walls of Civilisation
Considering the development of Gilgamesh and Enkidu highlights universal truths that remain relevant almost 4,000 years later.
June 22, 2025
Celebrating the Rich Heritage of Iran: A Journey Through Attar’s Wisdom
In a world rapidly descending into horror and abject hatred, it is worth considering the value of all cultures.
June 21, 2025
Australian Aborigines / Culture / Discrimination/Racism / Equality / First Nations/Indigenous / Government / Racism / Refugees / Shared humanity / Stolen Generation / White Australia
Racism and Multicultural Policies in Australia: Forging Unity Through Equality
Overcoming racism in Australia is possible by accepting cultural diversity as our strength.
June 14, 2025
Media Influence on Outrage: Greta Thunberg’s Gaza Flotilla Mission and Senator Lindsey Graham’s Attacks
Deliberate misdirection by media of reader sympathies from positive acts of advocacy to negative expressions of justification perpetuates suffering.
June 5, 2025
Fighting Evil Without Becoming Evil: Ubuntu and the Good Dream
Realising our highest ideals when striving against evil demands that we hold ourselves attuned to our spiritual, ethical and communal selves.
June 4, 2025
Exploring Indigenous Perspectives on Whether a Christian Minority Should Dictate Rules in Australia
The Christian minority should not dictate society's rules in a pluralistic nation such as Australia.
June 2, 2025
The Moral Imperative of Leadership: Anthony Albanese and the Crisis in Gaza Amid Media and Lobbying Pressures
Albanese's Labor Government has a commanding hold on Government with a mandate the uphold human rights in Palestine.
May 30, 2025
The Sorrow and the Pity: Marcel Ophuls’ Cinematic Challenge to French Postwar Identity
Challenged to face the unpleasant underbelly of conservative French society during the Vichy era, Le Chagrin et la Pitié inspired reflection in French society.
May 29, 2025
Palestinian Poetry as Cultural Preservation and Resistance: Voices of Defiance and Their Persecution
The indelible identity and history infused in Palestinian poetry is an act of expression of resistance that transcends conventional forms of conflict.
May 27, 2025
Literature, Poetry and Empathy: A Tapestry of Human Connection Through Crisis
The importance of literacy is in the sharing of experiences, fostering empathy and understanding between people and cultures.
May 26, 2025
The Faustian Bargain, Mephistopheles’ Philosophy and Zionism
Goethe's Faust provides a lesson for the ages.
May 20, 2025
Guernica and Gaza: Echoes of Destruction, Personal Reckoning, and the Power of Media
History's lesson: Guernica versus Gaza.
May 18, 2025
Eshu and the Trickster Archetype: From Yoruba Mythology to Historical and Modern Disruptors
Trump embodies many of The Yoruba god's traits, but is the modern-day trickster as capable of engendering transformation?
May 17, 2025
The True Essence of Aboriginal Culture: Ceremony, Dreamtime and Symbolism
Aboriginal ceremony and symbolism weaves the past with the present and future.
May 13, 2025
The Shield of Achilles: Perspective and Symbolism of the Divine
Hephaestus' brilliance in crafting the Shield of Achilles is in its message of the cost of war versus the benefits of peace.
May 12, 2025
I Believe in Australia: Realising Infinite Potential Through Courage and Unity
The opportunity for Australians of all colours, creeds and origins to reject division are within our reach.
May 11, 2025
The Banality of Evil and the Absurd: Mauthausen-Gusen, MAGA, QAnon and Modern Conspiracy Movements Through Albert Camus’s Existentialist Philosophy
Mauthausen-Gusen serves as a reminder of the banality of evil, where thoughtless obedience facilitated genocide.
May 3, 2025
Accountability / Government / Human Rights / International Law / Justice / Shared humanity / United Nations
Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza: Legal, Moral and Political Analysis of Israel’s Blockade and the UN’s Response
Guterres' statements around the breach of human rights in Gaza highlight the injustice of the indiscriminate attacks of civilians.
April 11, 2025
Accountability / Corruption / Discrimination/Racism / Justice / Political theory / Respect / Rule of Law / Shared humanity
Sports and Society: Reflections on Fairness and the Rule of Law
Fairness, be it in sport of society, underpins trust in authority and the rule of the game as well as the rule of law.
April 10, 2025