Modernistaustralia.com

OCTOBER 22 In History 362: A mysterious fire destroys the temple of Apollo at Daphne outside Antioch. According to one source,the Christians living in Antioch who were angry with the Emperor Julian for the favor he showed to Jewish and pagan rites,...

From Ian: Barry Shaw: The False Premise of Palestine and Peace The notion that the creation of a state of Palestine will herald everlasting peace is naïve in the extreme. After 50 years of a two-state failure, the French and other diplomats, in their...

Land, property theft & destruction / Ethnic cleansing Israel to confiscate vast area of Bethlehem village land BETHLEHEM (Ma‘an) 10 Apr – Israeli authorities on Thursday morning announced a decision to confiscate about 1,000 dunams...

Since Federation, the Australian population has changed dramatically, and now Australia has become one of the most ethnically diverse countries in the world. We are now becoming a new country and a new nation. Old assumptions no longer necessarily apply...

This is a transcript of the 2013 Newman Lecture delivered on Wednesday at Monash University’s Mannix College. Let me quote a much-respected contemporary Australian scholar and philosopher, Raimond Gaita. [W]e must preserve the unworldly space...