Quick share links: We can get into real trouble when we fail to make basic distinctions. Consider the issue of truth versus opinion, or fact versus feelings. You are entitled to your own opinions, tastes and preferences, but you are not entitled to...
I gave a talk recently at an event for a friend, and I was asked to encourage people to speak the truth boldly. So to encourage people I decided to talk to them about one of my favourite heroes of the faith from Church history. Here is an excerpt from the talk that I...
The government has ‘no intention of stifling freedom of speech in this area’, but instead aims to ‘keep Australians safe’. Media and Communications Minister Michelle Rowland harks back to fond memories of Australia’s militantly authoritarian response to Covid-19 with...
Even those in the non-financial media have noticed the skyrocketing price of gold this year. Some partially identify, but don’t quite understand, some of the many (and more measurable) intermediary effects in the chain of causation such as a “weakened US dollar” and...
“Aunty” gave Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) the 'comedy treatment' on July 22nd in episode 13 of The Weekly with Charlie Pickering. Well, more treatment than comedy. The ‘treatment’ was to try to showcase, as per standard practice for the ABC, how clever and correct...