Tampa: No Wizards Allowed

Wizardry. As defined by a dictionary; “the art, skill, or accomplishments of a wizard”. So to practice wizardry, you really have to be a Wizard. Mildly interesting but not at all surprising. What is surprising how incredibly backward, ignorant and generally daft the administrators of a Pasco County (that’s in Florida) [...]

PhD Students: Living below poverty line

There used to be a time when Australia had the title ‘the clever country’ and it seemed, in many ways, it was.  The nation was at the forefront of research in many field, our scientists were paid big money to work overseas and education actually seemed to be important.  I doubt few could argue that [...]

Academic Freedom: The Real Story?

I don’t often do this but I am going to simply link to another story I found, simply because this one seems to be well researched and written. Why am I linking to it? Certain organisations, such as the Discovery Institute and the makers of Expelled, would like to have you believe [...]

Personal rant: 8 Things That Are Bad

Like all people, there are certain things and types of people that tend to get me a little irrate.  I am sure each and every reader has some as well (heck, I may appear on some people’s lists even!).  So this particular blog entry is a brief examanition and list of eight things, it is not [...]

Girl Killed by Ignorance and Stupidity.

Sometimes the question is asked ‘what is wrong with religion’ or something phrased like that. This is a case of one of the ways it causes pain, misery and death. But then, in this particular case, religion itself may not be at blame - it could well be that ignorance is. This is a sad [...]

Voluntary Student Unionism: Guess what? Results are in

Way back in the depths of time … well, October 2006, I wrote about a measure the then Federal Liberal Government were bringing in called VSU (Voluntary Student Unionism). In short, it shifted University student unionism from a requirement to a choice. Students across the country rallied against it, University administrations were [...]

‘Expelled! No intelligence allowed’: Why it’s a load of bunk

In case it had escaped your notice, there is a documentary being released in April called “Expelled! No intelligence allowed” (IMDB, Wiki). It’s aim seems to be point out instances of discrimination against academics who are proponents of Intelligent Design in academic circles. Not surprisingly, it is being proclaimed to be all [...]