Happy Darwin Day! Today is Darwin’s birthday, and many American churches are having an Evolution Sunday to sermonise about the harmony that can exist between faith and science. I recommend hieing thee to Pharyngula, where PZ will undoubtedly mark the… Read More ›
culture wars
Broadly, conservatism vs progressives / social liberties vs authoritarianism / social justice vs elitist marginalisation.
No! Don’t look at the meme behind the cartoon!
I’d hate for a new reader to think that this blog was all-abortion all the time (that’s just a current Parliamentary issue of the moment). I do actually have other political and personal concerns. I had difficulty writing about the… Read More ›
Sometimes you don’t even have to read the article
Senator Lyn Allison, my current Australian hero, got a lot of attention worldwide this week when she stood up in the Senate and said: “An estimated 1 in 3 women have had an abortion, and I am one of them”… Read More ›
Anonymous cowards for forced childbirth
They want to force women to bear children against their will, and they won’t even stand up and say who they are. AUSTRALIANS AGAINST RU486 As you might expect, their rhetoric is full of misinformation regarding the risks of medical… Read More ›
Spineless against the neocons
The Australian Labor Party is not in quite so parlous a state of spinelessness against the reigning neocon agenda as the Democrat party is in the USA, but neither party can be called either honestly progressive or clear on what… Read More ›
The Chimperor
Yesterday’s State of the Union speech by President Bush is a good chance to present you these works of art I found floating around the Interweb a while back. Not tonight, Laura If they can’t afford health insurance, let them… Read More ›
Cry me a river, Dougie
The US blogosphere has a new twit-of-the-week: FX: drumroll Step up for your award, Doug Anglin of Milton, Massachusetts. And damn you to hell for making a certain Bee Gees song my earworm companion. For that you get mocked in… Read More ›
Relinquishment, Remorse and failed Redemption
I wish to recommend to you a deeply moving journal of a relinquishing mother as she writes of her experiences and emotions through the years following the adoption of her first-born. Her eloquent pain is so profound that I hesitate… Read More ›
Blog for Choice
Yesterday was the 33rd anniversary of the court decision that made abortion legal for women in the USA – Roe v. Wade. With the coalition of the religious right with the fiscal conservatives of the Republican party having reached a… Read More ›
Apparently, laughing at them sometimes works
In response to me and everybody’s dog mocking them yesterday: No Brokeback blackoutJanuary 13, 2006 – 10:49AM Roadshow Films denies claims that it will not be releasing Brokeback Mountain in regional areas of Far North Queensland. Goodness me, mockery on… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 