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Same old By Greg Spearritt Why does a decent secular society continue to give concessions to a regressive minority who have proved themselves...

Soul searching… literally By Greg Spearritt Wandering like a lost soul in the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) in Hobart recently, I encountered a...

Why we exist Glen Beasley reflects on SOFiA’s raison d’etre. SOFIA aspires to the courageous exploration of ideas, which often necessitates...

Resisting tyranny By Greg Spearritt In 1943 siblings Hans and Sophie Scholl were part of a small group resisting the Nazi regime by handing out...

How you know it’s Easter By Greg Spearritt There was a time not so long ago that the mainstream press (remember them?) carried a good number of...

I swear By Greg Spearritt Paul Inglis on the UC Forum website alerts us to research on the swearing of the oath (swearing “by Almighty God”) by...

Why I’m voting yes By Greg Spearritt One view expressed against enshrining a Voice to Parliament in our Constitution is that it will be divisive,...

Choose your Pell By Greg Spearritt The Australian news media present no shortage of options for ways to view the life of the erstwhile Cardinal...

Nature? What nature? By Greg Spearritt The extent to which ‘the outback’ features in Australian identity is obviously ironic, given that close to...

Dundalli By Greg Spearritt First Nations resistance fighter Dundalli, hanged in 1855 in the last public execution in Queensland, is being officially...

The Voice By Dallas Elvery Ken Wyatt is getting a little frustrated with the talk swirling around the current 'Voice' proposal, and how he feels...

(Yet another) existential threat By Dallas Elvery The idea of an 'existential threat' has commonly been the stuff of anti-nuclear campaigns and...