Author: Warren’s Blog
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Why does the Rentier Curse represent such a Challenge to Development and Political Progress in the Middle East?
It would be easy to assume that those that live in a resource rich country are blessed with individual wealth and abundance. Particularly so for those in countries in the Middle East. There is no shortage of information coming from the region showing new mega cities, global airlines, luxury cars and reports of purchases of…
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The Electrical Industry in Australia and the Challenges it Faces
A problem that is occurring all over mature markets This article will look at the electrical industry and how changes and pressures being brought to bear are having wide-ranging effects. This is not to say that other industries are not undergoing similar changes that mirror those of the electrical industry. Change is coming at a…
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Inspiration: It’s Everywhere!
Keep your eyes open to all possibilities It is an easy path to take. The one where you sit around and justify all the reasons that you can’t be a writer. Just like any other passion, you need to find where your interests lie and explore them to the fullest. Exploiting can be a negative…
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Is the Hijab just a piece of cloth?
Why a conflict exists around an article of clothing In the past few decades, Islam has elevated itself from barely being discussed in the broader Western media, to a topic that has become as polarizing as it is complex. For as easy as it is to condemn Evangelists, Catholics and Protestants, condemning Islam can bring…
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The Meaning of Life
How will we ever know, there are so damn many… At some point in our lives we will sit and ponder about what does it all mean. Is there a greater purpose or are we all inconsequential organisms that have managed to crawl out of a primordial soup and develop in to a relatively smart…
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How do you help a Friend who is Grieving?
Being supportive without losing them The loss of a relative is something that the majority of us will all have to deal with at some point in our lives. Whether a family member, close friend, pet or even a celebrity that have felt particularly close to. Grief can even be experienced when relationships end or…
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Why are those of Faith so Defensive
The frustration of engaging with believers It doesn’t take a lot of commonsense to see that from couple of key words in the titles above that this article is referring to those of a religious bent. The picture aside, these words can polarize individuals at light speed and turn calm individuals into raging incoherent people…
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Self Reflection on Isolation
Living alone can suck The onset of the Covid-19 virus and its ensuing ramifications have been nothing short of incredible. How one could possibly predict the panic buying of products such as toilet paper is being discussed globally and will be up for analysis for years to come. The multitude of news outlets available to…
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Domestic Violence as a Public Problem
“Ana Orantes was an ordinary housewife who appeared on television to talk about her experience of partner violence. A few days later, she was beaten and burned alive by her husband” Introduction In this essay, I will be exploring how a social problem has been constructed as a public problem in Australian society. The social…
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Getting the Damn Genie Back in the Bottle
How do you put the Genie back in the bottle? I find myself asking this question more and more these days when reflecting on the ongoing chaos that is occurring in the world. This can be an extreme view of things, but it is how the world can appear given the events that are going…
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