Being now in my eighty-first year, I thought it might be appropriate (but more likely patronising) to give you young folk some ideas about what ageing is about. I can’t pretend I’ve got it all right, but I’ll give it a shot! There are many impacts of aging, but let’s start with some of […]
When I graduated from university with an engineering degree I felt decidedly incompetent compared to those who were my peers. I have tremendous admiration for engineers. They deal with and master technical complexities that leave me baffled. But, as Jordan Petersen has alluded, their competence is dealing with the Physical world and they often lack […]
We recently endured budget week. There were no surprises as such because, as seems usual nowadays, everything of consequence had already been leaked to the press. But some of the detail turned out to be alarming Labor has recently found another hook to hang its profligate spending on – it’s called “intergenerational equity”. But it […]
Every now and then something really gets under my skin! I am far from being a perfect human being. I have faults ad flaws and vulnerabilities like every human on this earth. But by and large, with some help from significant role models, and a life of deep contemplation, I have learnt not to be […]
There seems to be an ineluctable component of the human psyche that compels us to pursue Nirvana, the ultimate state of human well-being. In the past most major religions had mapped out a way to get there by spiritual paths. Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism had their own formulae about how to access Heaven, […]
Donald Trump’s postulated six week war against Iran has been dramatically inconclusive. Despite the USA’s military might and Israel’s formidable defence capability, a convincing defeat of Iran seems illusory. No doubt the USA and Israel have severely curtailed Iran’s military capability. And few of us would believe that is a bad thing, But they have […]
We live in an ever-changing world where uncertainty seems to be increasing. We have major conflicts playing out in Ukraine and the Middle East. Western countries are facing cultural stress largely due to the burgeoning rates of migration of Muslims from the Middle East and North Africa. Our culture is also challenged by the left […]
Malcolm Fraser was a pretty uninspiring Prime Minister. Most of us remember him for two things. Firstly he was once discovered wandering around in the foyer of a hotel in the USA in his underpants! Secondly, and somewhat more profound, he once proclaimed that, “Life wasn’t meant to be easy.” Whether he was aware of […]
My interest was piqued recently when reading the letters to the Editor in The Australian newspaper when someone wrote: The two must haves for young families today, a home and childcare are being kept out of reach of ordinary young Australians by unreasonable profit margins. The writer (rightfully) bemoaned the fact that a socialist government […]
As I have often written, time is such a difficult subject, but nonetheless a fascinating one. But in this essay I want to direct my reader’s attention to another fascinating issue about time. It is the notion of the benefit of “Spare Time”. The traditional Protestant ethic would suggest that having spare time is surely […]