Until the medical and scientific communities engage more fully in the debate over vaccinations and autism, Ash Imani fears parents will potentially make ill-informed decisions about the safety of their children.
Israel, Palestine and the clash of extremes
Ash Imani has a solution for the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict – both governments need to set aside their extremist religious agendas and make a substantive commitment to peace.
Selective scepticism – the scourge of a rational society
Ash Imani mulls over selective scepticism – the irrational love child spawned when ignorance hooks up with the socratic method – and how it manages to delude a large chunk of the populace.
Atheist blogger Avjit Roy should still be alive
In the wake of Bangladeshi atheist blogger Avjit Roy being hacked to death by Islamist extremists, following up his piece on atheism from last week Ash Imani has more questions than answers
Chapel Hill: Killing in the name of…atheism?
In the aftermath of the Chapel Hill murders, Ash Imani ponders how atheists should respond after reports labelled the gunman as an “atheist killer”.
Asian Cup: There’s more than just football going on here…
Ash Imani is thoroughly enjoying the Asian Cup, except for one major dilemma – which side should you be on when you’re caught between cultural pride and national solidarity?
Roald Dahl: Is Aldi killing my childhood?
Language changes over time, but Ash Imani wasn’t fooled by Aldi’s removal of Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes from its shelves last year as anything to do with being PC – it was about $$$…
Finding the balance between free speech…and free hatred
Musing on the idea of free speech, Ash Imani finds the natural equilibrium of public expression bloody hard…but worth it.
GTA 5: Our shifting moral landscape and the freedom of expression
Backlash still continues over GTA 5 being pulled from shelves due to its content. Ash Imani muses on freedom of expression, freedom of speech and our ever-shifting moral landscape.
Snobbery: This year I vow to fight my inner douchebag
Emerging from the champagne and caviar snobbery of New Years Eve, Ash Imani vows to take a moment and resist the urge to share his excruciatingly pretentious and snobby end of year top-ten lists.
Identity, belief and behaviour: Would you like God with that?
Ash Imani wonders…if we didn’t need to hold onto our beliefs so strongly and accepted the uncertainties of life, would we all be a lot nicer to one another?
This year, send your kids’ Xmas letters to Santa, not social media
Ash Imani receives a timely and important Christmas lesson about social media and privacy – from his five-year-old daughter. #outofthemouths…
Guilty until proven innocent – Green Climate Fund
Ash Imani wonders whether the LNP’s donation of $200 million to the Green Climate Fund has been met with a little too much skepticism by the media…
Santa Claus: Let your kids believe, what’s the harm?
Whatever you believe in, or don’t, Ash Imani implores you to let your kids be just that, kids, and have a little bit of Santa Claus in their lives this Christmas and every Christmas until they decide otherwise…
Higher education reforms: Take suffrage seriously or you’ll suffer.
When it comes to higher education and the recently Senate-rejected government “reforms”, Ash Imani has a few words of advice: “If it’s better the devil you know, take some time to know your devil.”
The ABC: Lead us not into elitism, but deliver us from the Kardashians…
The great ABC debate is a case of perfectionism vs. neutrality and Ash Imani argues that the greater position is the one that provides the people the most varied cultural life.