The Aboriginal Footballer Problem In The AFL
You may or may not have noticed a dearth of Indigenous footy players running around in the current crop of AFL players. Indeed, you may be aware of the absence of star players like Bobby…
Start Asking Some Hard Questions
You know there are a lot of people who just use technology without questioning its provenance. The smart phone and those apps become their new normal. Well, ‘stupid is as stupid does’, to quote a…
Why Copying America Is Bad For Australia
What can we learn from the current political situation in America? Further to that, what ramifications does that potentially have for Australians? There is no denying that Australia tends to follow the United States in…
Paper Thin Patriots Thick On The Ground Downunder
Driving through a town/suburb the other day I felt sorry for the residents in that area. Dementia and mental illness is a scourge in Australia. Imagine being so easily confused that you are forced to…
The Monoculture Rendition Of What It Means To Be Australian
At the golf course, I all too frequently meet the monoculture rendition of what it means to be Australian. The One Nation version of it, now gaining in renewed popularity, according to some in the…
Young Women On His Operating Table Were Cash Cows
I have rarely been so angry as I was watching Four Corners the other night. The ABC investigatory programme exposed a Victorian surgeon, Simon Gordon, who was allegedly operating on patients in a fraudulent manner.…
The Epstein Files Expose The Greed Of Elites
The release of the Epstein Files has exposed the rotten state of global capitalism. Jeffrey Epstein was not only a paedophile and sex trafficker, as he was a billionaire financier with his tentacles wrapped around…
Let Us Choose The Courage Of Welcome
These words said by Martin Luther King Jnr encapsulate the age old battle between courage and fear. Pauline Hanson spreads a hateful message based upon the fear of others. Those flag wearing marchers, claiming to…
Pay Attention To The Stories You Watch
Pay attention to the stories you watch on your screens! Our lives are directed by the stories we take to heart. It is not the thousands of facts and figures we may know but how…
Billionaire President Struggles With ‘Affordability’ Concept
Donald Trump is a billionaire who hangs out with other billionaires and elites in Washington DC. His cabinet contains more seriously rich people than ever seen before in these positions. This president just cannot get…
Why Do Australians Throw Away Billions Gambling?
Now, I have met plenty of numbskulls downunder and yes, intelligence is never guaranteed, when it comes to human beings. Still it begs the question, why do Australians throw away billions gambling? Aussies are the…
3 Reasons Why Jesus Christ Is Really A Fiction
Even if there had been an actual historical person who became known as Jesus Christ, what millions of people around the world worship today bears little resemblance to the supposed tenets of this religious being.…
Why In Millionaire Alley, Do Storms Still Wreak Havoc?
I live in a street where many of the houses are nearing a million dollar value. This is not exceptional in today’s Australia. However, I wonder why, if my suburb is worth hundreds of millions…
The Importance Of Exercising Your Brain For Mental Health
Do you find reading a bit of a pain? Looking up those big words that you don’t understand? Do you prefer to have everything done for you? Well, it will cost you in the end.…
Why Voters Vote Against Their Own Interests?
We live in a time of the ‘culture wars’, where folk get so caught up in identity politics that they lose the plot. Why voters vote against their own interests? Stupid is as stupid does,…
Channel 7’s War On Young Australians
Legacy media is an old white people’s thing. Thus, you can understand Channel 7’s war on young Australians in this context. Their viewing audience is older folk and they exploit the fears of that demographic…
5 Important Reasons Why Good Diet Matters In Golf
Golf is an endurance sport. Yes, I know that may be a bit of a stretch in the view of some of us. However, anything that last nearly 5 hours is an endurance activity. Plus,…
AFL Trade Week: Stretching Truth & Substance
The AFL media, post-season for the main game, desperately kept the balls in the air in terms of public attention. AFL trade week: Stretching truth and substance. Let’s face it fans of the game hate…
America Is Singularly Individual
American singles powered home on the final day of the 45th Ryder Cup. It was not enough to get them over the line but a big effort, just the same. The US golfers always do…
Too Many Golfers Just Pissheads
You know there are guys that hang around golf clubs who are not what I would call real golfers but pissheads. These guys are not really in it for the golf but just use it…