Can education replace the law?

The federal government’s proposal to remove unfair dismissal provisions for companies with less than 100 employees certainly has a lot of people talking. This segment on ABC radio’s pm program tonight discusses the possibility that Tasmania may become the...

The loss of power and the ‘Men’s Movement’

When I was teaching there was some interesting research going around regarding boys perception of teacher’s time spent with boys and girls. Firstly, by analysing video of many co-ed classes the research found that boys overwhelmingly received more of the...

Men, Cars & Cooking

In her latest BOSS Endnote, the always interesting Amanda Sinclair. currently occupying a visiting position at the Judge Institute of Management at Cambridge Univeristy, points to a profound social phenomenom currently taking place in Britain. The machine is being...

Mind and Body ageing together

Sue from Calendar Girl is finding it hard to keep body and mind in synch as the years pass. I wonder what this tells us about the transition from youth to full adulthood. In so many ways we want to hold on to our youth. As each decade passes it becomes harder to keep...

50 Writing Tools

PoynterOnline has a series of 50 writing tools. I like “These are tools not rules.” Thanks to Scribblingwoman for the link.