A couple of weeks ago, guest Hoyden Orlando asked why Triple J’s first draft of a “potted history of music” failed to showcase significant numbers of women. (The history has since been edited.) The “Hottest 100 Of All Time” has… Read More ›
democracy
The fast track to devil worship: Humanist ethics in public schools
I wrote a while back about Special Religious Education (SRE) in State schools in Australia. The are problems both with the concept itself, and with the State-by-State implementation. WA Today reports that some Victorian students may soon have access to… Read More ›
US Election ’08: Transcript of Hoyden About Town LiveBloggyChat
Greetings, folks! [A transcript of president-elect Barack Obama’s acceptance speech at Grant Park is here.] Earlier today, we had a liveblog/chat during the US election result counting. I’ve cleaned it up and trimmed it a lot (trying to maintain the… Read More ›
A conflict of interest in Campaign McCain, you say? Quelle surprise!
Most of the world is calling on both Russia and Georgia to show restraint in their current conflict, without attempting to cast one as more of an agressor than the other.
Not Campaign McCain
