Vol 20 No 23

22 November 2010

EUREKA STREET TV

Andrew Hamilton's public theology
- Peter Kirkwood
- 03 December 2010
4 Comments
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AUSTRALIA

Levelling the disability hierarchy
- Moira Byrne Garton
- 03 December 2010
15 Comments
It can be difficult to communicate with a person who does not use speech, to interact with someone who requires high levels of assistance, or engage with someone who lacks control of their sounds or movements. Many such people are simply avoided, ignored and rejected.
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EUREKA STREET TV

Andrew Hamilton's public theology
- Peter Kirkwood
- 03 December 2010
Hamilton allows a broad readership to enter the world of Catholic theology and practice and church history, and also draws out the spiritual dimension in secular events and issues.
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ECONOMICS

Social inclusion in ailing Ireland
- Gerry O'Hanlon
- 02 December 2010
7 Comments
A hopeful sign has been the emergence of commentators, mainly secular, advocating the transformation of the economy to a model based on values like the common good, solidarity, environmental concern, equality, active and inclusive citizenship.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Drug dealer's life after death
- Tim Kroenert
- 02 December 2010
2 Comments
This theatre of cruelty reflects the preoccupations of a protagonist unrestrained by physical revulsion, and evokes a nightmare world defined by sex and violence, where there is not much difference between the two.
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CARTOON

Finding climate common ground in Cancun
- Fiona Katauskas
- 01 December 2010
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Art by and for the lost
- George Estreich
- 01 December 2010
2 Comments
The word graffiti encloses a vast spectrum from vandalism to art. At one end, a black slosh across a dry-cleaner's window: no message, only a mess. At the other, a Martian-green man on the side of a defunct warehouse, brooding on a thought as immense as himself.
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AUSTRALIA

Dangers of Indigenous referendum
- John Warhurst
- 01 December 2010
5 Comments
The debate about the Indigenous constitutional referendum proposed by the Gillard Government is heading in a dangerous direction. Naysayers will not defeat it. What may defeat it is division among those who are supporters in principle but not supporters of the particular proposal.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Two nuns and my second confession
- Brian Doyle
- 30 November 2010
2 Comments
Consider the nun we had for first grade ... Sister Dorita, who had a stevedore's forearms. On the second day of school she hauled a bubbling boy named David into the air by his necktie.
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RELIGION

Dorothy Day's gospel with teeth
- Andrew Hamilton
- 30 November 2010
22 Comments
It is 30 years this week since Catholic radical Dorothy Day died. She was a quirky woman who lived on the margins of Church and United States society. Her life was lived in harsh conditions, but the way she put its elements together was sweet and attractive.
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AUSTRALIA

Pope's condom truth for World AIDS Day
- Michael Mullins
- 29 November 2010
19 Comments
World AIDS Day, like the Pope's apparent softening of Church attitudes to condom use, prioritises the care of one human being for another. This may be manifest in condom use, sexual abstinence, or acceptance of the others' HIV status.
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AUSTRALIA

Overcoming child protection burnout
- Moira Rayner
- 29 November 2010
16 Comments
Nobody pretends child maltreatment is easily prevented. Yet we are passionate about the evils of same-sex marriage. Wouldn't it be great if we put that energy into providing what children need: a family environment of love and understanding where they can achieve their potential.
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AUSTRALIA

Politicians stoke the violence myth
- Ellena Savage
- 26 November 2010
I used to carry a knife in my handbag. Like nearly a quarter of Australians, I believe that 80 per cent of all crime is violent crime; I was concerned for my safety. And then I discovered that if my self-defence weapon were used, it would likely be used against me.
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INTERNATIONAL

Elegy for Cambodia and New Zealand
- Catherine Marshall
- 26 November 2010
4 Comments
The living are burdened with responsibility for those who have died. New Zealand can take strength from Cambodia, a country to whom tragedy is no stranger, reaching out in communion as each of them comes to terms with the torment of loss and bereavement.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Agnostic preachers fight the devil
- Tim Kroenert
- 25 November 2010
The Exorcist upheld an essentially fundamentalist, even romantic vision of religious experience. Its central character was an agnostic Jesuit whose encounters with demonic forces restore his faith. The Last Exorcism substitutes for the jaded Jesuit a troubled Middle American preacher.
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INTERNATIONAL

Why we should aid 'bizarre' North Korea
- Duncan MacLaren
- 25 November 2010
5 Comments
I have two lasting memories of North Korea. The first was the obstetrics unit of a hospital; it looked like a medieval torture chamber. The second was orphanages where malnourished 14-year-olds looked only eight. The latest escalation of tension can only mean such sights will become more frequent.
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CARTOON

More crap about refugees
- Fiona Katauskas
- 24 November 2010
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Shark encounter
- Vince Chadwick
- 24 November 2010
2 Comments
The full moon illuminated the silky water and tepid sand like a disco ball. Rounding one corner suddenly we could see a kilometer of open beach and, in the middle distance, two men standing around a fire. The group mentality did not counsel caution. But what were they doing here?
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RELIGION

The perils of redefining marriage
- Frank Brennan
- 24 November 2010
67 Comments
Many same sex couples tell us their relationship is identical with marriage. We can ensure non-discrimination against same sex couples while at the same time maintaining a commitment to children's right to be born of and reared by a father and a mother.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

What Eve really thought
- Various
- 23 November 2010
2 Comments
Eve isn't sorry that she bit .. into the temptation of the fruit ... She had bloomed. Ripened; tasted truth.
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RELIGION

Pope models condom conversation
- Andrew Hamilton
- 23 November 2010
14 Comments
Pope Benedict's remarks on condoms have offered rich pickings. Speculation arose whether his statement heralds the collapse of Catholic condemnation of contraception. But the Pope's words were less significant for their content than for their style.
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AUSTRALIA

Gay marriage not a trivial pursuit
- Michael Mullins
- 22 November 2010
24 Comments
Labor will tear itself apart unless it realises that a 'yes' or 'no' on gay marriage is less important than the process of reaching a position. It can choose to go down the path of political expedience, or it can adopt an approach of moral integrity.
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ENVIRONMENT

Rain can't drown climate truth
- Tony Kevin
- 22 November 2010
6 Comments
Australians can rejoice in the good year our farmers are having. But farming in southern Australia continues to be a high-risk business. Climate change is inevitably going to make it harder to sustain all kinds of agriculture in inland southern Australia.
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