Religion
Royal commission into Islam? Let's have one into religious intolerance instead

A royal commission into religious extremism should not be restricted to Islam, says Peter Wicks ...  
Islam and Buddhism are more alike than you think

Year 12 student, Jessica Robinson argues that Islam and Buddhism are more alike than you think.  
Hey PC Police! Context important when judging what's racist

What's wrong with light-hearted jibes between mates of different skin tones and racial backgrou ...  
Sonia Kruger's comments are racist: Her soapbox should come down

It's time we labelled the unjustified, destructive comments of Sonia Kruger, Pauline Hanson and ...  
Liberal attacks on Medicare are anything but Christian

With so many vulnerable Australians relying on quality public health care, a government claiming ...  
Acidifying oceans highlight Australia’s barren climate policy

While the world’s climate scientists wrestle with the mammoth issue of ocean acidification, the ...  
Fear and loathing reigns in Safe Schools and same sex marriage debates

Opinion polls are clear – most Australians believe the law should be changed to allow same-sex ...  
Letter from the rubble of a Salon article

Steve Stankevicius published an article on Salon.com, only for the editors to distort what he said ...  
Why the New-Atheists should become the New-Vegans

The best available evidence currently shows that eating meat and animal products is bad for ...  
Turnbull restores hope for Australian Muslims

Junaid Cheema discusses Turnbull's approach of restoring confidence for the Muslim community and ...  
Forking the Tone: An affair to forget

Last week, we were treated to two unedifying spectacles — Cardinal Pell in Rome, and the media ...  
Cardinal Pell: Cut from a different cloth

The lack of accountability in Cardinal Pell's evidence before the Royal Commission is more indi ...  
EXCLUSIVE: Former HK Governor Lord Chris Patten is George Pell's spin doctor

Former Hong Kong governor and chair of the BBC as news of Jimmy Savile's crimes on children were ...  
Southwell Report: The truth about the so-called 'exoneration' of George Pell

Cardinal Pell was not 'exonerated' of claims of child sexual abuse, as has been claimed, by an ...  
Will Syrian Kurds defeat ISIL , helping Democrats win White House in 2016?

ISIL's defeat in Syria in 2016 would vindicate Obama's strategy and bolster the security creden ...  
EXCLUSIVE: Church victims seek leave to appear with Cardinal Pell in Rome

Lawyers for Catholic Church sex abuse victims are applying to the Royal Commission for leave for ...  
Is Israel planning a new war on Gaza?

Is Israel's new threat of another war on Gaza a plan to drag Palestinians into armed violence to ...  
Sam Harris takes Noam Chomsky to task for equating Western crimes with 9/11

Sam Harris, author of best-seller The End of Faith, took Noam Chomsky to task for equating Western ...  

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