It takes chutzpah to denigrate the curriculum you developed, but it isn’t surprising that educrats such as Tom Alegounarias and bodies such as the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) are experiencing a road to Damascus moment. Evidence of falling standards because of Australia’s dumbed-down curriculum can no longer be denied. Primary school students are…
American Robert Zubrin in his landmark book, Energy Victory: Winning the War on Terror by Breaking Free of Oil (2007), asks whether the United States should continue to send $230 billion a year to the Middle East to buy oil, or should the U.S. produce its own gasoline (petrol) from ethanol and shale oil, redirecting…
The civil and religious war in Syria, already characterised by the most appalling brutality, plumbed even deeper levels of depravity with the use of poison gas late in August. At the time of writing, UN inspectors had visited the site of the attack on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, and taken samples back to…
It is remarkable that the idea of same-sex marriage has gained ground so rapidly. Those most quick to accept the idea have been elite (left)-liberals, with ordinary Americans lagging behind but becoming more accepting of the idea. In the thick of the struggle over the law and politics of marriage, we can easily forget how…
