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Now this is a good thing

October 28, 2009 – 6:00 am

Well, I think it is, anyway: Oxford University is hoping to welcome its first Aboriginal Australian students next year, it has been announced. From next month, applications for two scholarship places are being accepted. The university said although it had a significant number of students from Australia, an indigenous Australian had never studied there. The [...]

By skepticlawyer | Also posted in Academia | Tagged , , , | Comments (56)

Weekend open thread and general sickie whinge

October 16, 2009 – 7:02 pm

Open threads/weekend forums have long been a fixture at Larvatus Prodeo and Catallaxy. We’ve never done them here on the grounds that we thought other blogs already did an admirable job on that front. However, after a couple of requests from regulars — and due to the fact that Legal Eagle is spectacularly sick at [...]

By skepticlawyer | Also posted in Blogging | Comments (60)

Rattling the chipped enamel cup…

September 28, 2009 – 7:16 pm

For reasons unknown, it seems that people have decided that the last week or so is donation time, and we’ve had three donations land in the tip jar. We are very grateful to you all; it is handy to know that we’re not boring our readers to tears or driving them around the bend. With [...]

By skepticlawyer | Also posted in Blogging, Events | Comments (5)

Vale Justice Peter Dutney

September 8, 2009 – 6:03 am

Sometimes, death is a thief, rather than a mere killer. At this moment, I think it has stolen a good and fair man from me, and I am not happy. I am, however, determined to honour that man’s memory in the way recommended by Marcus Aurelius in the Meditations: by speaking about his fine qualities. [...]

By skepticlawyer | Also posted in Events, Law | Tagged , , , , | Comments (14)

A long friendship – dogs and humans

August 11, 2009 – 8:22 pm

Dogs and humans have a long history together. Recent archaeological finds indicate that the relationship between dogs and humans may be at least 15,000 years old, and possibly much longer. Dogs can see in the dark, and drowse, watching over a group of people at night effectively. They are warm, and can help with hunting. [...]

By Legal Eagle | Also posted in Personal | Comments (36)

Archaeology, uninterrupted

August 6, 2009 – 6:44 pm

Via the indefatigable Tim Train comes notice of this amazing site, which provides a continuation — albeit in an eccentric direction — of my earlier post on the slow death of Motown. This time, however, the structures have acquired a festering but somehow majestic encrustation of greenery, such that they appear to have taken on [...]

By skepticlawyer | Also posted in Economics, History | Tagged , , | Comments (3)

A rose by any other name

June 23, 2009 – 6:14 pm

What’s in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet… (Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, 1594) Or not. I remember when a friend’s husband was employed by a large telco, he was asked to change his Islamic sounding name to “Michael” when taking calls from customers. Being a [...]

By Legal Eagle | Also posted in Australian internet filter, Society | Tagged , | Comments (81)

That Pig Won’t Fly

May 3, 2009 – 6:00 am

In which I present, the REAL cause of the swine ‘flu outbreak… … suggest that the current risk analysis might be flawed … … and point out that all the protective measures in the world still wont be much help unless you read the instruction leaflet. There is no evidence of the swine flu virus [...]

By DeusExMacintosh | Also posted in Funnies, Public Policy, Science, Skeptics | Tagged , , | Comments (4)

Bushfires

February 9, 2009 – 6:54 pm

The smoke from the Victorian bushfires is casting a pall over the mountains today, providing a sombre reminder of the devastation which occurred on Saturday. Elvis, the fire-fighting helicopter, has a flight path which goes just above my parents’ house, and has been going back and forth constantly. Saturday was the hottest day recorded in [...]

By Legal Eagle | Also posted in Law | Tagged , , | Comments (13)

Opinions and argument

December 17, 2008 – 3:54 pm

Catherine Deveny has written an article today entitled “Most people are idiots – even the ones who agree with me”. If one was feeling uncharitable, the response would be: “And so are you.” To be fair, Deveny has some arguments with merit: namely, that we should challenge our beliefs and that we should debate important [...]

By Legal Eagle | Also posted in Blogging, Media | Comments (22)