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The hypocrisy of Australia’s Net Zero policy
An unbroken canopy of ancient eucalypts rides over the ridges of the Atherton Tablelands and disappears into the horizon. Queensland’s wet, tropical ecosystem is like nowhere else on Earth, the sacred remnants of the ancient Gondwanan forest that covered Australia …
Foucault foresaw our identity crisis
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Why you should let your teen read smut
You can read anything at the beach. I live in a seaside university town, and it’s not uncommon to see bikini-clad students devouring Crime and Punishment or Principles of Political Economics through sunglasses. Of course, this works the other way, …
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Will Georgia survive Storm Trump?
Coffee County, Georgia
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I have …
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Today, that …
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Cornwall is a Northern fortress
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Anarchy ended our imperial dream
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I am brooding over …
The arrogance of fighting extremism
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