by Carl Howard | Dec 7, 2014 | Atrocities and Oppression, Blog Topics, Ethics, History, Race, Resources, Food and Environment
Australia is now a proper rogue state, deserving universal condemnation not tourist dollars If you’re outside Australia, you’ve probably seen our Prime Minister Tony Abbott made fun of on international news (or US satirical tv). These included his promise to...
by Carl Howard | Nov 25, 2014 | Atrocities and Oppression, Biases and Fallacies, History, Medicine, Race, Resources, Food and Environment
The idea of Africa as a single place is common in Western countries, which has many consequences. I’ve looked at some of these before in terms of the idea of dividing countries up into first world and third world (here and here). There is a great website focussed...
by Carl Howard | Nov 18, 2014 | Feminism and LGBT, History, Race, Travel
Many kids have movies they love to watch over and over again. One of mine was Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. I’ve just seen it again for the first time in 15+ years. I suspected that it’d probably be quite racist but it exceeded my racism+sexism expectations by...
by Carl Howard | Oct 21, 2014 | Atheism and Religion, Ethics, Feminism and LGBT, History, Resources, Food and Environment
No, I don’t think I’m exaggerating here. The consensus for population growth has been that the world will peak at around 9 billion towards the middle of this century with a levelling off or even a slight drop-off. The main reason for this is that we’re having fewer...
by Carl Howard | Oct 16, 2014 | Atrocities and Oppression, History, Race
his series is about Israel’s policies in Gaza. I think they’re so unconscionable that I can’t believe they’re up for debate even among Jews — and yet they are. Instead of criticising Israel, I invite you to explore the basis and consequences of a pro-Israel’s-policy...
by Carl Howard | Oct 10, 2014 | Atrocities and Oppression, History, Race
his series is about Israel’s policies in Gaza. I think they’re so unconscionable that I can’t believe they’re up for debate even among Jews — and yet they are. Instead of criticising Israel, I invite you to explore the basis and consequences of a pro-Israel’s-policy...
