7 May 2022
Activists Masquerading As Educators
The recent news from the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) that fewer and fewer students are choosing to study higher mathematics at Secondary school is yet another black mark against our education system. Unfortunately, things are hardly better in Literature. Victoria, which leads the way in progressive education, has seen students ditching literature in their droves. Over the last three
3 April 2018
Is It Monash Or Marxist University?
Monash University, the first Australian university to introduce trigger warnings, appropriately begins their “#CHANGEIT” advertising campaign by declaring “SOME OF YOU MAY FIND THE FOLLOWING DISTURBING”. This warning is followed by alt-right figure Richard Spencer being punched in the face, and clips of war zones, extreme weather, poverty, fires, guns, pollution, pandemics, fast food, Wall Street, Donald Trump, and protesters calling
1 August 2016
Left Behind: Critiquing The Idealism Of Marxist Intellectuals Reveals The Failures Of Leftist Thought Since The Mid-20th Century
To judge Roger Scruton by his demeanour and suitably tweedy appearance, it would be easy to assume he comes from a strand of British philosophy previously personified by the later versions of Michael Oakeshott; suspicious of Continental idealism and more generally, the practical claims of metaphysics and rationalism. But through his works we see he is supremely learned in the
