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AKA the Republicans David Frum: Let’s say you’re a politician in a close race and your opponent suffers a stroke. What do you do? If you are Mehmet Oz running as a Republican for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, what you do is mock your opponent’s affliction. In August, the Oz campaign released a list of “concessions” it would offer to the Democrat John Fetterman in a candidates’ debate, including: “We will allow John to have all of his notes in front of him along with an earpiece so he can have the answers given to him by his staff, in real time.” And: “We will pay for any additional medical personnel he might need to have on standby.” Oz’s derision of his opponent’s medical condition continued right up until Oz lost the race by more than 250,000 votes. Oz’s defeat flipped the Pennsylvania seat from Republican to Democrat, dooming GOP hopes of a Senate majority in 2023. A growing number of Republicans are now pointing their finger at Donald Trump for the party’s disappointments in the 2022 elections, with good reason.
The Reserve Bank has decided to update the $5 banknote to feature a new design that honours the culture and history of the First Australians.
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DeSantis’ latest move to own the libs is really something. Will it be possible for him to go too far? I wonder. His refusal to allow the AP Black history course resulted in the college board changing the curriculum… sigh: The College Board purged the names of many Black writers and scholars associated with critical race theory, the queer experience and Black feminism. It ushered out some politically fraught topics, like Black Lives Matter, from the formal curriculum. And it added something new: “Black conservatism” is now offered as an idea for a research project. So much for academic freedom. Wingnuts are now in charge of education, not scholars and educators. What could go wrong?
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost What kind of people are these? I asked as I considered, in my previous commentary, the bottomless corruption and cynical theft that have lately bubbled to the surface in Ukraine. What kind of polity is this? What kind of country is Ukraine? To advance this line of inquiry […]
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Former Minister for Human Services Coalition MP Alan Tudge appeared before the Robodebt Royal Commission today. And what a performance it was. read now...This semester, one of the classes I am teaching is Contemporary Problems in Advertising. The class is an upper-division seminar class for Advertising and Marketing undergraduate students. The course focuses on the impact that advertising plays on both enduring issues in society (vulnerable populations, harmful products, politics, stereotypes) and emerging issues such as user privacy […]
Geraghty exudes the conspiratorial mindset that afflicts conservative thinking.
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A relationship story.
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What we can learn from a Martian dust devil—and the sounds of other planets.
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The National Pedo Apologists League (NPAL) will meet in Sydney today for their annual catch up where they will take the time to remember the legacy of Cardinal George Pell. A man the league says: ”Touched us all.” ”It’s been... Read More ›
The pandemic is over when we say it's over.
A juxtaposition of science and life, in the editor’s note from Print Issue 47.
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This is the highest rated show on cable news and the most influential right wing media figure in America. Just a sample of his latest because I think you need to know what the right is seeing and believing so I’ll post excerpts from time to time. Don’t look away. This is what’s frying the brains of Fox “News” voters and they are one election away from running the country: As I said the other day, I think he might be losing his mind. Those short barks of inappropriate laughter are just weird. But interspersed with his crazy little segments about M&Ms and Don Lemon’s hoodie are ideas that are penetrating into the collective lizard brains of the right. And those ideas are straight up patriarchal, white, nationalism.
Sad news has reached us today. Only two weeks after Victoria Chick’s death, another giant among Post Keynesian economists, Luigi Pasinetti, passed away yesterday at the age of 92. R.I.P.
City comes out in solidarity with workers resisting continued Tory attack on their class, wages, rights and living standards As striking workers around the country – including teachers, nurses, rail workers, civil servants, posties and more – enjoyed high levels of public support today despite the spin and slant of the ‘mainstream’ media, thousands turned […]
The Royal Institute of Philosophy (RIP) has announced the creation of a new book prize to recognize “the most original philosophical research that transcends academic disciplines”. The prize comes with a monetary award of £20,000 (≈ $24,600). The Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy will aim to reward the authors of books that, according to a press release from the RIP, demonstrate rigorous original and high-quality transdisciplinary research are accessible and engaging to read are original, innovative, and impactful intend to advance and contribute to the understanding of human behaviors. They add: We welcome philosophical work that transcends academic boundaries, and furthers our understanding of the key challenges facing the world today, and that may face us in the future. The work may be from philosophers, neuroscientists, social scientists, or from other disciplines. Among other work we welcome submissions from those researching disruptive technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, from those concerned with climate change, and from those concerned with the future of democracy.