(This article is a slightly revised extract from a longer article entitled ‘Animals’.) Modern debates about how humans should treat animals can be traced to the ancient world. Aristotle thought that human beings were superior to other animals because only human beings are capable of reasoning. Jewish, Christian and Islamic teaching is that that God […]
Letter from 40 Organisations to US Congress
Dear Members of Congress, We, the undersigned groups, wish to express our grave concern regarding the Trump administration’s dangerous and destructive regime change strategy targeting Venezuela. Broad economic sanctions unilaterally imposed by the administration since August of 2017 have caused great hardship and loss of life for many Venezuelans. The latest round of sanctions announced […]
Venezuela constitutional crisis- can war be averted?
A constitutional crisis forms a part of Venezuela’s wider political crisis. The current constitution of Venezuela was drafted in mid 1999 by a Constituent Assembly created through a referendum. It was strongly promoted by Hugo Chavez and became law in December 1999, supported by 72% of voters. An English translation of the entire document can […]
The Barrister, the Cardinal and Mick Gatto-Did Richter Err In Not Calling Pell?
“Everyone who is arrogant of heart is an abomination to the Lord; be assured he will not go unpunished.” Proverbs 16:5 Robert Richter is one of Victoria’s most experienced and renowned criminal barristers. But was it a mistake not to call George Pell to give evidence in his trial for sexually assaulting two choirboys at […]
Tribute to Barney Cooney
(Published on my blog with agreement from Justin Cooney) I wanted to write something on the passing of our dear friend Barney Cooney. I won’t try and recount Barney’s numerous achievements in the political and legal fields about which others are better qualified to comment. My focus will be on Barney’s wonderful personality. I knew […]
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