Monday, October 19, 2009
With around 15% of Global GNP given over to organized crime, it is clear that while crime is global, policing is still often local. This book looks at how a global approach to law enforcement can be achieved and highlights role that transnational moral entrepreneurs are playing in pushing new legislation through across international borders. Issues such as the treatment of animals, women's rights, racial equality and the treatment of minors are all given as examples of how we as global citizens are moving towards a point of convergence in law making albeit at differing rates. The books authors are...
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
Witchcraft is now on the agenda of the United Nations. The UN itself - as a secular organization on the church/state split of the United States Constitution -cannot get involved in the official propagation of witchcraft or any other sort of religion. But witches who are persecuted for their religious belief may become "refugees" and so very much a matter for the UN. Like all other humans, they have basic human rights. In my current radio interviews I am making three points 1. Witches as Victims The current media interest (September/ October 2009) comes from discussions at the UN refugee...
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Saturday, August 22, 2009
Al-Shabaab, the Somalian Islamicist group, has been designated as a terrorist organization in Australia. This brings Australia into line with the US's similar designation (February 2008). Five Australian men were arrested in early August and charged with terrorism-related offences. It will be alleged that they had some connection with Al-Shabaab. Al-Shabaab is loosely linked with Osama bin Laden's Al-Qaeda (in terms of wanting a medieval caliph to run the region, this time the Horn of Africa) and it can also be compared with Afghanistan's Taliban (in that it wants the implementation of strict Koranic law and order). In domestic Somali...
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Sunday, August 16, 2009
Edmund Campion, Melbourne: David Lovell Publishing. 2009 This is one of the most inspiring books I have read for some time. Though I can imagine Ted Kennedy being unimpressed with my praise! He was not that kind of person! Father Ted Kennedy (1931 - 2005) was most well known for this parish work in Redfern, inner Sydney, home to one of the country's largest urban populations of Indigenous Peoples. It was poverty-stricken, rundown and neglected by the politicians - even though it is only literally walking distance from the State Parliament House and business district. It is a world away...
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Friday, July 3, 2009
Al Qaeda has vowed "dreadful revenge" on France over suggestions that France may ban the burqa. The burqa is the full-length woman's dress that leaves only a small gap in the facial covering, which is often a mesh net for breathing and seeing where she is going. French MPs have now set up a commission to decide if it should be made illegal for women to hide their faces in public. French President Nicolas Sarkozy has endorsed the move. Al Qaeda's North African network have called on French Muslims to react with "the utmost hostility". They see this as a...
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Monday, June 22, 2009
This years Reith lectures are given by Harvard Professor and political philosopher Michael Sandel. Sandel's lectures, under the banner of "A New Citizenship" look at the moral issues facing today's global citizen. Sandel discussed the limits of morality in a free market economy, the role of morality and religion in political life, corporate, social responsibility and Aristotles theory of Justice! These thought provoking lectures are available as both transcripts and podcasts from the BBC website. Michael has authored several booking including his "Public Philosophy" which examined the morality behind American politics and his latest book "The Case Against Perfection" looking...
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
The following transcript has been sourced from the White House press office and can be viewed at the briefing room or by clicking here. If you would prefer to watch the talk it is available here. Please be aware that this video runs for 55 minutes PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you very much. Good afternoon. I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning; and for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt's...
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
On February 16th 2009 the Eminent Jurists Panel released their report 'Assessing damage, Urging Action' to enable governments "to re-examine laws and ensure that the high standards of Australia's rule of law has not been unnecessarily trampled by the political imperative to be seen to be doing something" according to John Dowd AO QC, President of the International Commission of Jurists Australia. Work to compile the report commenced in the wake of the 9/11 attack on the US to restore, as much as possible, human rights standards set aside by such laws. The Eminent Jurists Panel is comprised of some of the...
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
This fascinating book outlines how a mix of effective Public Relations and ineffective political leadership can lead to disaster. While Yugoslavia's borders had shifted over the years since its inception, the republic remained relatively peaceful and united under the communist rule of Tito. After Tito's death in 1980, a string of leaders followed, all of which struggled to deal with the vast range of ethnicities and heritages that made up this great land. In addition, the fall of communism provided the catalyst needed to hammer the nails into the lid of Yugoslavia's coffin. Slovenia the first to declare independence in...
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Monday, May 4, 2009
An Article by Christopher Bantick in Melbourne paper "The Age" caught our eye yesterday. Entitled "Faith" Christopher introduced us to Reg, an awkward and somewhat irksome man who died alone during this year's January heatwave. Reg had been a regular at the local church but had few friends. He had managed to upset more than his fair share of the congregation through his eccentric and sometimes abrasive demeanor. Reg's death went un-noticed for a week St Paul in his first letter to the corinthians stated "Charity never faileth", Christopher's article explores the congregations reaction to Reg's fate and highlights the...
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Sunday, April 26, 2009
Australia's 25th Governor General, Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC as she lays the first wreath. Voices of Angels. Quentin Bryce with St Andrew's Choisters. Photographs from Ramon Williams who's work can be enjoyed online by following this link : Ramond Williams photograph album...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Irena Sendler was known as the "Angel of the Warsaw Gheto" for her work in saving Jewish children from certain death at the hands of the Nazi's during World War II. She was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize on many occasions without success. She died on May 12th 2008 aged 98 surrounded by the thanks and prayers from the children that she saved. What greater prize exists than that? Her work and dedication to her cause is a story that deserves to be told. This You Tube Video Posted by the Catholic News Agency is worth a look. You...
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Monday, March 30, 2009
- Stain Glass Window From the Queen Victoria Building, Sydney, Australia
Dan Brown is in conflict again with the Vatican. American writer Dan Brown came to international prominence with the novel "The Da Vinci Code", in which he argued that Jesus had not died on the cross at Easter and had instead married Mary and created a line of descendants
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Monday, March 9, 2009
Two British soldiers have been killed in Northern Ireland. This is the first fatal attack on British soldiers in just over a decade. We will know in the next few hours days whether the Real IRA (which has claimed responsibility) will be able to trigger a fresh round of violence - or whether the communities will remain calm. The shooting is a litmus test of the success of the remarkable NI Peace Process. I was in NI in the 1970s and I could see the level of hatred in parts of both communities. But we should not over-estimate the level...
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Sunday, March 8, 2009
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Saturday, February 28, 2009
Saturday, February 28, 2009
2GB NEWS COMMENTARY Christmas is a particularly a time for children. So: just how are the world's children faring? The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) each year publishes a survey of the world's children. One of the most captivating pages of the Report contains a poem from a UNICEF official based in Mozambique. At a time when so much of the Australia media are dominated by crass commercialism and the need for us to spend money, it is a statement on how to teach in one of the world's poorest countries. No Australian quite lives at the level of poverty...
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