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Trump and Covid: How the U.S. states compare

HEALTH & EDUCATIONOctober 22, 2020

After three years of strong economic growth in the United States, the covid19 pandemic has caused a contraction of the global economy that has hit the the U.S. too, impacting President Donald Trump’s bid for re-election on November 3. In fact, the Democrat challenger, Joe Biden, along with Democrat state governors, have targeted Trump’s failure to stop the virus as a central issue in the election. Biden accused Trump of being responsible for the deaths of over 200,000 Americans. In comparison to Australia, which has been outstandingly successful in curbing the spread of the virus, there can be no doubt…

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Oct192020

Labor’s childcare boost proposal is a bad idea: here’s why

COVER STORY, ECONOMICS, LIFE MARRIAGE & FAMILYOctober 19, 2020

by Luke McCormack If we keep on down the path of massively subsidised daycare, as in Labor’s proposal to boost childcare by $6 billion, we will arrive at a point, similar to Sweden, when no parent can afford (unless they’re rich) to be the carer of their own preschool toddler. Yes, if you want to spend time with your 2-year-old in Sweden, you’d better volunteer to sweep the floors at your local daycare business! And it will cost the country billions. The childcare system is corporatising the most foundational phase of human life, and intergenerational transmission of culture, language and…

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Oct142020

As the World Turns: RUTH BADER GINSBURG, Polish family policy and Vatican corruption

AS THE WORLD TURNSOctober 14, 2020

TEN THINGS ABOUT RUTH BADER GINSBURG It is worth reflecting what were some of the causes that Ruth Bader Ginsburg championed: Same-Sex “Marriage”: Ginsburg ( RBG) was one of the five Supreme Court justices to rule in favour – with the remaining four against – same-sex marriage. Transgender Rights: Ginsburg supported the use of transgender bathrooms. Protecting Prostitution: Ginsburg argued that federal laws against prostitution be repealed, stating that: “Prostitution, as a consensual act between adults, is arguably within the zone of privacy protected by recent constitutional decisions.” Defending Bigamy: Ginsburg believed that a law against bigamy was “of questionable…

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Oct142020

Lakes National Park, South Island, New Zealand.

Poetry: The Blechynden Bach

POETRY LETTERS & HUMOUROctober 14, 2020

THE BLECHYNDEN BACH You by the heater and I, in the chair, but where were the other three who should have been there, curled up on the couches sprawled on a bed? From a sleeping bag pokes out just one tousled head. It’s Finn in a dreamland of raspberry drops and lemonade longing to wake and see the ice stand thick on the streams in the river glade land. But where are the others? Where are the brothers? We called ourselves we – we were a family: where are we? Silence holds its breath, as always if you’re asking why……

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