Showing posts with label life stories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label life stories. Show all posts
Thursday, May 1, 2025

Should we expect our political leaders to be great and good?

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  I am writing this during an election campaign in Australia. By international standards, both chief contenders for public office could be a...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2024

What were the highlights of my second trip to India?

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  The highlights of my recent trip to south-west India included visiting waterfalls and historical sites, seeing elephants and tigers in the...
Sunday, January 14, 2024

How do democratic institutions survive in Papua New Guinea?

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  In countries with endemic law and order and corruption problems, outbreaks of rioting and looting often lead to military dictatorship, or ...
Saturday, March 4, 2023

What does it mean to be an Aristotelian?

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  In my view,  Aristotelians are people who seek guidance from Aristotle's ethics in considering how to live their lives. Please read on...
Sunday, January 22, 2023

How did the gold fever of the 1850s affect Australian Aborigines?

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  I began thinking about this question while reading Michael O’Rourke’s recently published book, Passages to the Northwest, The Europe they ...
Thursday, October 6, 2022

Should we expect our heroes to be perfect?

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  When I am asked who my heroes are, I have often said that I don’t have any these days. If asked why, my response has been that my heroes a...
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Wednesday, August 10, 2022

How should Bill Carmichael's transparency project be pursued now?

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  Unfortunately, few readers of this blog will know anything about Bill Carmichael or his transparency project. My main purpose here is ther...
Saturday, April 9, 2022

How should Lachlan Macquarie be remembered?

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  Lachlan Macquarie was governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821. At that time, the colony comprised much of the Australian mainland (k...