April 8, 2014

The Dangerous Illusion

What you believe and what is actually true can often be two very different things, and the difference could kill you.  I can believe my favorite sports team are the best of the best, only to be slapped in the face by reality on Sunday afterno...

November 24, 2013

Do not call them heroes

We are surrounded by real heroes, so why invent fake ones? English can be such a limited means of communication sometimes.  So often we find ourselves with a lack of words to describe what we mean... so we use the next nearest thing and hope f...

September 28, 2013

The Truth about Australia's 'World-Class' Health Care System

Imagine waiting over a year for life-changing surgery that you've already paid for.  Would that make you angry?  Is that what you would call a "world-class" health care system?  Well, that's the reality for me in Australia's "world-cla...

September 13, 2013

Beating the IPCC with Their Own Numbers

Much noise and fury surrounds the debate over taking action on climate change.  Many parts of the MSM are monolithic in their endorsement of any and every scheme to 'combat climate change' and our pseudo-intellectual elite would make Pavlov prou...