Tag: teaching
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Hard work! What is it?
Warning – irony and a brush of humour may be present in this piece, as it is in many a piece of literature, ancient and modern đŸ™‚ Whilst hard work is certainly not a literary genre, we can certainly still look to literature and to history for examples of what it entails. Perhaps in today’s…
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Spoof! What is it?
A ‘spoof’ is almost like an impression or an imitation of another character or a piece of literature, art or film. When performed well, a spoof can leave you in stitches, as its main aim is to provide comic value. Writing or delivering a spoof or parody of any sort requires delicacy and skill. The…
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Back to gold?
With an economic downturn most certainly on the cards for Australia and the rest of the west, what ought we to do with our savings in order to combat inflation, a recession, global uncertainty, and even, the disastrously disgusting concept of ‘wokeness’ and its maniacal approach to investing and to cryptocurrencies? Well, here is one…
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Wokeness, welfare and societal decline
Wokeness, welfare and societal decline – why the west needs to pull its socks up and forget about all that is ‘woke’.
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Crypto: the opposite of a Kantian investment
Are cryptocurrencies as they current stand and operate ethical investments? Do they have any intrinsic value and how ought we to consider them from a philosophical and moral point of view?
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The Pacific Flirts with China at its own risk
Increasingly questionable activity in the Pacific is taking place, as Pacific Nations question their own sovereignty. If you wish to learn more about foreign policy and the consequences of poor or short term decision making in politics, you may appreciate reading this article I wrote recently for The Spectator Australia. Published 3rd June 2022.
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What is parody and how can I appreciate it?
Parody is another style of writing invented by the Ancient Greeks. It is similar to satire, in the sense that it often involves irony. Ancient authors began parodying their predecessors by producing writing that was very similar in nature to their famous counterparts – such as Homer, the alleged inventor of the epic genre –…
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Will Albo follow in the footsteps of Jacinda Ardern?
Defence is crucial in the effective government of every country. If you are interested in how economics, foreign policy and even pollution levels are related, you may wish to read this article which I wrote recently in the context of the 2022 Federal Election for The Spectator Australia. Labour governments have been throwing the taxpayer’s…
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Karl Marx wouldn’t fancy Xi Jinping
The essence of communism is that all property is shared and that all people are equal. The theory was founded by Karl Marx, a famous German political philosopher of the 19th century. Marx published The Communist Manifesto in the 1840s, introducing the political and social ideal to the modern world. If you are partial to…