There’s been a recent fuss in various media arising from a tweet from economist Ben Golub regarding astonishment that economists haven’t “worked through” Smith and Marx. English professor Alex Moskowitz chimed in with a claim that economics can’t be a real discipline because economists don’t know the history of their own discipline. {long and somewhat […]
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FESTIVE spirit burned brightly in Repton and Mylestom on Christmas Eve, as the local Rural Fire Service’s annual Santa Run delighted locals of all ages. For 40 years, Santa has traded his sleigh for a firetruck, delivering gifts and Christmas cheer to the delight of families lining the streets. Advertise with News of The Area...
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PARK Beach Bowling Club continues to support Coffs Harbour Health Campus through club grants, recently donating $8000 to purchase life-changing equipment. The funds were used to buy a new plinth for the unit’s gym and eagerly awaited Patient Communication Boards for the Rehabilitation and Stroke units. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth...
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THE team at Bellingen based landscape design and construction company Now & Zen has brought home four medals from The Landscape Association (TLA) Awards in Sydney. They are for specific projects and include gold for ongoing maintenance of a long-term client’s garden; two silver medals for residential construction and another silver for construction in the...
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It’s a bigger challenge than we thought
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There is no more status quo, no going back, and yet, after the ceasefire, so much will remain the same.
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THE 60th wedding anniversary of Patricia and Darrell Davis was not just a diamond date for the couple in their early 80s. Married at 3.30pm on 16 January, 1965, theirs was the first wedding in the St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Coffs Harbour, so it’s also an historic occasion for the church. Advertise with News of...
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THE winners of the annual Bellingen Shire Community Awards will be announced on Thursday 23 January at the Bellingen Memorial Hall. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882. Email us – media@newsofthearea.com.au The Community Awards serve as a platform to recognise...
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Just before the Israel-Hamas war ceasefire deal, Donald Trump’s son-in-law doubled his stake in an Israeli firm that stands to gain from expanding Israeli settlements.
COFFS Harbour sailor Eric Marsh, 71, is one of only fifteen intrepid sailors setting sail on a world-first adventure, the McIntyre Mini Globe Race (MGR). The 45,000km (28,000-mile) ‘round-the-world race starts in Antigua on 23 February, and is expected to take a year to complete. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it...
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Today (January 17, 2025), MMTed releases Episode 10 in the Second Season of our Manga series – The Smith Family and their Adventures with Money. Have a bit of fun with it while learning Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and circulate it to those who you think will benefit. The Smith Family is a middle-class family…
A new report from MIT Coalition for Palestine details Israeli-funded research into everything from drone swarms to underwater surveillance.
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A new report from MIT Coalition for Palestine details Israeli-funded research into everything from drone swarms to underwater surveillance.
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The journalist and author returns to MintCast to assess Syria’s new pro-Western leadership, Türkiye’s regional ambitions, and the enduring resistance movements across West Asia.
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It’s hard to find strong enough adjectives to describe the unmitigated disaster the senate hearing...
The Wall St. Journal’s Callum Borchers wrote about the new moves among corporations to end their DEI programs. It seems like it’s coming in an avalanche — McDonalds, Walmart, Meta and many others have announced in recent days that their commitment to making their workplaces more diverse and equitable is over. But that means mediocre white guys no longer have any excuse: I wondered how these self-described DEI casualties are feeling. So, I spoke this week with the aggrieved engineer and seven others who contacted me with stories about doors allegedly closed on them because they were the wrong race or gender. Most feared for their jobs and insisted I not name them publicly. They generally believe they’re more likely to get hired or promoted in an environment where Donald Trump is president, Robby Starbuck’s name-and-shame threats loom over corporate America, and Mark Zuckerberg heralds “masculine energy” on Joe Rogan’s podcast. Their optimism isn’t unbridled, however.
“TikTok is still three days away from a likely ban in the United States, but many users are already bidding the app farewell and seeking out alternatives.” — CNN
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Everything in the United States was fine until TikTok came along. Before 2016, our country had practically zero problems. But in 2018, TikTok became the most downloaded app in the United States, and that’s when all the problems really began.
Sure, TikTok has some real problems, like the Chinese government accessing millions of Americans’ data. But who are we kidding? Our government already does that. We’re mostly just jealous that they thought of it before we did. No, the real problem with TikTok, and the real reason we have no choice but to ban the app entirely, is that it’s bringing Americans together.
After 15 months of the most horrific live-streamed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, Israel has been forced into an interim ceasefire. How long it will last is anyone’s guess but Israel’s contempt for any restraining agreements doesn’t offer much hope. The deal to stop the bombs and to allow food and medical aid into Gaza Continue reading »
The long-overdue ceasefire in Gaza may be the beginning of a new chapter, and hopefully one that heralds freedom for the people of Palestine. It certainly will provide relief and respite, but we all know that the work of true peace building is only starting and the old work towards justice and liberation continues on Continue reading »
American presidents are big on talking about what they believe to be their legacy, even if there is no substance to the claims they make. With Joe Biden, it is crystal clear what he can claim as his legacy: the genocide that has resulted in close to 70,000 Palestinian lives being snuffed out. The announcement Continue reading »