Nongqawuse dreamed a dream and most of her tribe died. ‘Net Zero’ is today’s apocalyptic dream articulated by Al Gore and his loyal Australian disciple, Chris Bowen. Their impossible dream is to power the modern world with green energy. How many people need to die before they are content?
There is a long history of reformist governments failing to act fast enough to quell public demand for change.
Japan’s culture of forgetting neglects even its own.
What Dame Anne is engaging in is what the philosopher Harry Frankfurt calls ‘bullshit’. This is where intellectuals and policy makers, who have no good answers to valid questions from regular people, essentially resort to using jargon to sidestep the matter.
Calvin Coolidge was only president who actually shrank the government.
USSR concepts with a USA twist. The American way of life – from the economy to its borders – has been under siege. There is a desperate need to right the ship.
An estimated 4000 people still die from asbestos-related diseases like mesothelioma each year. What exactly is it and how did it end up in one in three Aussie homes?
Most reasonable people would have no difficulty deciding that Mrs Hawkins’ entitlement to compensation for harm and wrongdoing far outweighs that of her daughter’s murderer, but that’s not how the system works.
All too often important effects are in the hands of people who have no appreciation for the potential importance of what they control.
But do not be confused. Tamaki’s enemies are communists and they have power.
Recognizing these less-explored, but fundamental, common features would help societies to have a broader perspective towards political relations and avoid falling for runaway collectivist movements simply because they offer a new leading identity.
America has been here before. The media will try to ruin everything you want to do. Stick together and buckle in.
