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In the news … January 2021

26 January 2021 Peter Strempel 0

Commentary on news items and the news media itself.

Breaker Morant (1980)

25 January 2021 Peter Strempel 0

A landmark Australian film made relevant afresh as we consider contemporary war crimes.

Managing fear of change

22 January 2021 Peter Strempel 0

Managing fear and resistance to change requires insight and tact .

Poor literacy: career stumbling block?

20 January 2021 Peter Strempel 0

How literacy skills might determine ’employability’ and promotion opportunities.

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The lens of insanity

19 January 2021 Peter Strempel 0

Simple language and dumbed-down concepts must not become anti-intellectualism.

A primer on liberal democracy

14 January 2021 Peter Strempel 0

Liberal democracy is not anything anyone wants it to mean. It has long and profound traditions.

Kingdom of Heaven (2005): two very different films

13 January 2021 Peter Strempel 0

This is Ridley Scott’s most significant film, deserving a re-evaluation after the disaster that was the studio edit.

‘As if’ is not ‘what is’

13 January 2021 Peter Strempel 0

Thinking about complex matters in terms of simplified models and metaphors can be very helpful when it comes to dealing with intractable subjects, but if […]

Scott Morrison: the low road

3 January 2021 Peter Strempel 0

Morrison represents the lowest road possible when it comes to leaders.

Typography reveals more than just words

25 December 2020 Peter Strempel 0

The serif is a constant companion, a known quantity, a faithful servant of the words.

Fight Club (1999), 20 years later

23 December 2020 Peter Strempel 0

Not the celebration of toxic masculinity and anarchic revolt often assumed.

How we trust ‘knowledge’

20 December 2020 Peter Strempel 0

Personal experiences can lead us to invalidate even credible ‘knowledge’, and deference to other authorities can lead us to accept irrational ideas.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979)

20 December 2020 Peter Strempel 0

Arguably the best television adaptation of a novel, still, after more than 40 years.

In the news … December 2020

17 December 2020 Peter Strempel 0

Commentary on the news in December 2020.

What does Nietzsche say to us today?

2 December 2020 Peter Strempel 0

How I came back to Nietzsche after years of having struggled with his dense prose, ambiguity, and my confusion about his meanings is, as so […]

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‘As if’ is not ‘what is’

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Typography reveals more than just words

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What does Nietzsche say to us today?

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The Vietnam War (2017): I

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Underworld USA: America unimagined

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The Key Largo hypothesis: Brooks and Huston set the noir context

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Existentialism as philosophy of action

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