Perspectives

To Critique, Inform, Challenge and Entertain

Author: Daniel Stepniak

FILM REVIEWS

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Here After – 2021 Romantic Comedy

Reading Time: 2 minutesHere After is an entertaining, unpredictable and original version of an afterlife romantic comedy. It is set in New York, where a young man dies in a motor vehicle accident. As he was not romantically attached at the time he finds himself before Scarlett, played by the ever so stylish Christina Ricci, who informs him that in order to pass to the other side he must find a similarly deceased soulmate. What complicates our leading character’s search is that the girl with whom he falls in love is not dead. This rom-com’s original concept makes the plot particularly interesting and less predictable. Visually, the film is quirky and urban-otherworldly. Christina Ricci is perfectly cast as Scarlett, the adviser, and dispatcher of uncoupled recently deceased. The Honey Bee character avoids many of the cliches of this genre and is also perfectly cast

CURRENT ISSUES / RELIGION

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Discrimination can be Appropriate

Reading Time: 4 minutesChoosing the best applicant for a leadership position calls for a selection committee to treat less favourably those candidates whose values, or the values of organisations with which they are associated, are incompatible with those of the employer. This is not workplace discrimination on the grounds of religious belief. The discrimination is a lawful discrimination against incompatible values directly related to the employment.

CURRENT ISSUES / LEGAL MATTERS / OPINION / RELIGION / US POLITICS

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Justice Amy Barrett’s Nomination, Judicial Independence and Religious Beliefs

Reading Time: 7 minutesWidespread criticism of President Trump nomination of Justice Amy Barrett. to fill a vacancy on the US Supreme Court raises many issues including the separation of church and state, the perception of judicial neutrality and the politicization of the US Supreme Court. Particularly concerning is Justice Barrett’s apparent willingness to permit the President to exploit her religious beliefs to further his agenda of reinterpreting the law.

CURRENT ISSUES / OPINION / US POLITICS

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Much to Observe and Even More to Learn From the Lead Up to the American Presidential Election.

Reading Time: 10 minutesMany of us are paying close attention to the everchanging issues in the lead up to the 2020 US Presidential election. There is little doubt that the outcome of the election will also affect us and the rest of the world. We have much to learn of relevance to our re-emerging consideration of whether it is time to become a Republic. Particularly significant are lessons we can learn from the US regarding a directly elected President and the appointment and independence of the judiciary.