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September 21, 2017
Pearls and Irritations provides the following links for weekend reading:
Dance of the elephants - Inside Story (Matthew Ricketson). When governments and Big Media dance together, it is not a pretty picture.
US Senate Democrats show off anti-religious bigotry - Washington Post (Michael Gerson)
Pope Francis Calls Out Trump, Accuses Him of Pro-Life Hypocrisy - Vanity Fair (Tina Nguyen)
Bangladeshis helping Rohingya: “I gave them shelter because I am a human being” - Aljazeera
Debate about energy needs to put people first - Pearls and Irritations Repost (Tony Maher). What coal mine workers think about the energy mess, by the National Secretary of the CFMEU.
Rooftop solar and storage, cheaper than subsidising old coal - RenewEconomy (Giles Parkinson). Coal is expensive, dirty and old hat!
The life my brother never had because he was gay - Canberra Times (David Kirby). David Kirby writes about his brother, Michael.
Weve turned our universities into money-grubbing exploiters Ross Gittins. Its not just the current government’s assault on university funding. Commercialisation of our universities goes back at least 30 years and has left academics with the dismal choice of a crippling workload or a lowering of teaching and research standards.