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For the most part I don't like lists of links.  They are a nuisance to keep up to date, and you're not always sure you want to recommend all of what is on a site.  But there are just a few here.  Links that challenge, irritate, or stand out from the crowd.  

Meaning of Life TV USA A fascinating series of videos that you can stream, with interviews with people as diverse as Karen Armstrong and Daniel Dennett.
Allan Wallace USA Some fascinating video.
Peter Russell (The Brit...) UK Fascinating work from a Buddhist perspective, but relating to science and any faith. The text of many of his books is on the site.  His notions of the primacy of consciousness are especially interesting.
Peter Russell ( The Aussie)  The Road Less Travelled Austraila A good guy...
Arts and Letters Daily   Articles, reviews and essays from all over.
Slate and Salon: Alternative to Murdoch USA  
xy: men, masculinities and gender politics Australia XY is a website focused on men, masculinities and gender politics. XY is a space for the exploration of issues of gender and sexuality, the daily issues of men's and women's lives, and practical discussion of personal and social change.
Peter Nicholson's Cartoons Australia "Peter Nicholson draws each day for the Letters page of The Australian" It's a testament to the freedoms we have in Australia that he is still published... his incisive comment on our politicians must anger them greatly.  Blue faced Minister Ruddock will never be forgotten. Peter Nicholson allows reproduction of his cartoons and they are often included in my political comments.... he says more than I can!

Clergy Sexual Abuse in Australia

When I refer to "clergy", all members of orders, male and female, and all religious leaders of any kind, including cult leaders and gurus, are included because of the authority that their "calling" confers on them in the minds of those whom they supposedly serve. Lay church officers also often carry this authority, hence victims of any kind of church-related abuse may benefit from the information here.

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Australia Churches have made a habit of denying sexual abuse, and the sometimes horrific and always painful consequences.  Clare Pascoe Henderson's page should be required reading for men, especially for ministers.  She dares to speak about the un-speakable.  A genuine and gutsy page by a very courageous woman.
Virtual Church of the Blind Chihuahua USA Down to earth liberal Christianity.  Not above poking fun at Christianity in some of its forms.   Some very good reading, too.  Futterman is a physicist.  Worth it.
MenWeb  Bert Hoff USA All things men.  Not sure I agree with all of what Bert has posted, but for a way into the men's movement in is many forms, this site excels! He covers a great range of issues.  It is, naturally, very American in outlook, but also has wider value.  I've found it a great spring board.
Mrs Miniver (by the real Jan Struther) UK Churchill said Mrs Miniver was worth a battalion of troops, or something similar.  A tribute to the Jan who we kind of adopted when we started... even though she was not who we thought he was!
Manhood Online Australia Manhood Online springs from the work of Steve Biddulph, among others.  A good Aussie site.
Men for Change Canada Springing from the Montreal massacre.  Chilling, challenging, and worth while.
UCA Marchers in Mardi Gras Australia From 1998.  A little piece of history


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