My Education in Australia
When I look back on my life in Australia, I feel truly grateful for the education which I received, and which forms an integral part…
Political Correctness
Elegant English: How to Communicate like a Gentleman or a Lady
Whenever I have lamented the poor use of English grammar, lexicon or semantics in the present age, people have told me that I was over-reacting,…
Quote of the Week: Kenneth Minogue, “The Servile Mind”
“A conception of society as a set of people relating to each other only as active and passive agents in the activity of excluding, disadvantaging,…
Stark Options for Australia’s Future
Since yesterday’s celebration of our national genesis, we have been reflecting on the future of this island nation with heavy hearts. Despite the superficial flag…
Australia Day 2013
There is much to reflect on this Australia Day, 26 January 2013. This Antipodean island continent that has remained, so far, strongly part of the…
Quote of the Week: Diana West “The Death of the Grown-Up”
“And therein lies Hitler’s revenge – the cultural leveling that either emerged from, or was, in some crucial way, accentuated by natural outrage over the…
Award for National Self-Effacement at Sydney University’s Student Paper
Universities in Australia have been hot-beds of radicalism for decades since the social revolt of the 1960’s permeated all facets of academic and student life….