Jumbled in the Common Box

The Bedroom's Moral Exception

A 16-year-old girl was strangled to death in Sydney. We seem to think the room changes what happened.

Sep 2 • Grant Wyeth

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August 2026

High T Fragility

Pete Hegseth's "High T Department of War" reveals modern men's odd self-obsession

Aug 13 • Grant Wyeth

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July 2026

That Sinking Feeling

Have Western societies educated themselves out of getting the basics right?

Jul 30 • Grant Wyeth

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June 2026

Distrust Issues

Social trust is being weakened by two self-reinforcing ideas that believe themselves the opposite, but are actually alike

Jun 24 • Grant Wyeth

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Happy New Year – Let's Eat Grandma (2022)

"Because you know you’ll always be my best friend, and look at what I made with you"

Jun 11 • Grant Wyeth

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Shaking off the Shibboleths

A writer's first instinct should be a suspicion of repetition

Jun 7 • Grant Wyeth

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May 2026

The End of Responsibility

How therapeutic reasoning is replacing moral reasoning

May 25 • Grant Wyeth

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168 Songs of Hatred and Failure

A review essay of Keith Cameron's book on the Manic Street Preachers

May 21 • Grant Wyeth

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It's Subterfuge

Modern politics is now about purposely creating problems.

May 10 • Grant Wyeth

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KoKoro – El Perro del Mar (2016)

"We all come from the same same atom atom"

May 1 • Grant Wyeth

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April 2026

Ending "The End of History" Trope

Fukuyama's thesis has become a lazy analytical tool, one that is divorced from his actual argument.

Apr 21 • Grant Wyeth

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Values Proposition

Beyond the cheap politicking, there is a case for a civic orientation programme in Australia.

Apr 19 • Grant Wyeth

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