Anyone who knows me or who has read some of my comments and posts will know that I have tremendous disdain for the politicians in Washington and the dysfunctional way they behave. They’re like a bunch of little kids arguing on the playground. I think they forget that they’re there to do the work of … Continue reading A Collaboration between Digger Cartwright and Thinking Outside The Boxe: What are your thoughts on the partial government shutdown and the situation in Washington?
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Is It Time to Colonize Another Planet?
From Thinking Outside the Boxe’s Sydney Correspondent By now there is an overwhelming scientific consensus that anthropogenic climate climate change has the potential to wreak havoc on our planet, and irrevocably change the way we live our lives. Low lying pacific island nations are already seeing the effects first hand and are being confronted with … Continue reading Is It Time to Colonize Another Planet?
Are Economic & Environmental Disasters an Unfortunate Aspect of Capitalism?
From Thinking Outside the Boxe’s Sydney Correspondent In the wake of the Global Financial Crisis a lot of blame and anger was focused on people who work in finance. Others took a broader approach and believe that capitalism itself is to blame. Naomi Klein's book The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism is often … Continue reading Are Economic & Environmental Disasters an Unfortunate Aspect of Capitalism?
What Does the Future Hold for Apple?
From Thinking Outside the Boxe’s Sydney Correspondent For the best part of 35 years, the singular vision of Steve Jobs took Apple from a company that made some of the world's first PC's into a hugely popular global brand that has changed the way we interact with technology through the introduction of revolutionary products such … Continue reading What Does the Future Hold for Apple?
Is it Time To Amend The Right To Bear Arms?
From Thinking Outside the Boxe’s Sydney Correspondent In the wake of several high profile mass shootings in the past couple of years the ownership of high powered semi and fully automatic weapons has come under close scrutiny. The number of voices calling for tight controls on gun ownership has never been higher. At the same … Continue reading Is it Time To Amend The Right To Bear Arms?
Obama’s Asian Pivot
From Thinking Outside the Boxe’s Sydney Correspondent Since 2001 American military operations have unsurprisingly focused on the Middle East - in particular the two wars in Iraq and the current operations in Afghanistan that are drawing to an end. It is not within the scope of this article to question whether these wars were justified … Continue reading Obama’s Asian Pivot
Symposium 2012: What are your thoughts on the debt ceiling debate that will be forthcoming in 2013?
Orlando: It’s the perfect opportunity for the Republicans to stick it to the Democrats and the President. They need to say they’re not going to increase the debt ceiling and force this issue of massive spending cuts. Let the government shut down. It sure as hell isn’t functioning well as it is. It’s like we’ve … Continue reading Symposium 2012: What are your thoughts on the debt ceiling debate that will be forthcoming in 2013?
Symposium 2012: Should the U.S. be involved in removing Assad from power in Syria?
Orlando: No. It’s not our problem. Is he a ruthless dictator? Yes. Has he misappropriated billions of dollars of the Syrian peoples’ money? Yes. Is he killing his own people? Yes. Do we know that the ‘freedom fighters’ are the good guys? No. Do we know that the ‘freedom fighters’ aren’t actually terrorists? No. This … Continue reading Symposium 2012: Should the U.S. be involved in removing Assad from power in Syria?
Symposium 2012: Will Egypt revert to a dictatorship
Cartwright: Hasn’t it already? Look, here’s the reality. Many people in many countries throughout the world have been ruled by kings or pharos or dictators for much of known history. These people don’t know democracy, and while it’s an admirable goal to spread democracy, it just isn’t feasible. These people can’t handle it. They need … Continue reading Symposium 2012: Will Egypt revert to a dictatorship
Symposium 2012: What hope do students graduating today have for finding employment sufficient to pay off their student loans? Is there a better way forward?
Orlando: I certainly wouldn’t want to be a kid graduating in this economic climate. It must be pretty daunting and demoralizing to get a degree that put you tens of thousands of dollars in debt only to find yourself either unemployed or else working at a minimum wage job. It’s no secret that the job … Continue reading Symposium 2012: What hope do students graduating today have for finding employment sufficient to pay off their student loans? Is there a better way forward?
