They say that fish rot from the head, so could the drop in Australia’s performance in education be due to the quality of some of the academics holding tenured positions at universities rather than what happens in primary and secondary school? If credentialled, well-funded and tenured tertiary institution staff are capable of dishing-up research which [...]

Once in a while, I forward an article in its entirety. Besides I am in France and their keyboards drive me nuts. Below are two book reviews by  Jenny Goldie, reprinted with permission. Some of you may be familiar  with her clear thinking and writing from other National Forum articles  and activism on population issues. [...]

As the global warming debate increases in its intensity we find both sides deeply entrenched, hurling accusations and lies at one another in an attempt to gain the upper hand. This divide within the scientific community has left the public wondering who can be trusted to provide them with accurate information and answers. The IPCC, [...]

chorus: And this be law, I shall insist
Until my dying day, sir
That what so ere the weather ist,
The climate is at fault, sir.

I’ve recently returned from an Asia Pacific Climate Change Congress in Melbourne. This was a gathering of climate change presenters trained by the Australian Conservation Foundation and Al Gore, where people told their stories and their experiences of climate change around the Pacific nations. Brave and innovative people from Fiji, Pakistan, India, and many more, [...]

Back in New Jersey, home of Jersey Boys, the Jersey Shore, NJ Housewives, and of course, the Sopranos. Not to mention the place I used to give cheer-leading rah rahs in the soot above the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel. It is stinking hot, only about 33 C yesterday, but very humid. We dragged wet [...]