by Carl Howard | Jan 9, 2015 | Atrocities and Oppression, Ethics, History, Race, Resources, Food and Environment
In 2008, there were over 1 million feral camels spread out over much of Australia’s desert interior, apparently with a population set to double every 8-9 years. Camels are obviously not native to Australia but are thriving in the deserts. Due to the camels using up...
by Carl Howard | Dec 15, 2014 | Atrocities and Oppression, Ethics, History, Resources, Food and Environment
[Spoiler for Django Unchained] The climax of the movie is when Django comes back to the house for a final showdown. One sequence is just classic love-him-or-loathe-him Tarantino: Django is at the top of the stairs explaining how he will take revenge on the white...
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 | 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 | Aug 25, 2014 | Biases and Fallacies, Charity and Philanthropy, Ethics, Resources, Food and Environment
If you’re reading this, you have access to the internet and this means you’ve heard (lots) about the ice bucket challenge. I won’t even describe it other than to mention that the amount of money it has raised is over $50M as of August 22. Given that about half of the...
