Conservatives and libertarians often moan about the ‘nanny state’ when it impinges on something they would like to do; smoke indoors, drink to excess, ride bikes without a helmet, driving…
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The annual Southern Baptist Convention just took place in Phoenix, Arizona, earlier this week. Now, despite the Southern Baptist denomination being founded explicitly to support slavery1, it seems to have…
Margaret Court is arguably one of the greatest tennis players in history, having been the first woman in the open era to win the singles grand slam (all four major…
Australia Day, as everybody but the mentally impaired know, falls on January 26th, but historically, what does that signify? Not much, actually. The story begins in earnest on May 13th,…