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About Dr James Moylan
Dr James Moylan – LLB (Hon), BA (Culture), Dr of Phil (Law, SCU) – lives in Lismore, NSW. Dr JiMM has variously been a skid row alcoholic (age 13-27), a Journalist, a Sugar Train Driver, and a researcher on the heritage age god and mineral fields in central Queensland. He has also run a Public Relations firm (Radio Mango Productions, Mackay), has been admitted to the roll of legal practitioners as a solicitor (Qld, 2014), was the President of (the short lived) independent Student Union at Southern Cross University (LEXUS – 2011/2), and is one of the co-founders of the HEMP Party in Australia (along with Micheal Balderstone). Dr JiMM has been happily married to the same gorgeous lady (Sharon) for more than three decades and has one adult daughter (Tayla).
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Dispatches from the front lines of the culture war #666

19 August 2026 Dr James Moylan 16
(Spoiler alert: humanity survives) Last Tuesday, voters in twelve US States went to the polls to have their say on who should be on the ballot in November. The democratic turnout was astonishingly high, the […]
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The economically rational consumer & the concept of the ‘firm’

27 July 2026 Dr James Moylan 2
The economically rational consumer & the concept of the ‘firm’ (An extract from ‘A semiotic interrogation of law & economics’ by Dr James Moylan) The contemporary social discourse is crowded with economically rational consumers and […]
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Describing a ‘post-modern’ sensibility

26 July 2026 Dr James Moylan 4
Describing a ‘post-modern’ sensibility (Extracts from ‘A semiotic interrogation of law & economics’ by Dr James Moylan) Notes on the very recent arrival of the concept of ideology The ‘concept of ideology’ is a commonplace […]
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Documenting the rise of neoclassical rhetoric

25 July 2026 Dr James Moylan 4
Documenting the rise of neoclassical rhetoric (An extract from ‘A semiotic interrogation of law & economics’, by Dr James Moylan) ‘The dominant culture contributes to the real integration of the dominant class (by facilitating the […]
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The culture war is over: the fascists won

24 July 2026 Dr James Moylan 9
It has been said that ‘you can fool most of the people, some of the time’. Which, it seems, is all that is needed if you want to be an evangelical preacher, a right-wing warrior, […]
Angler holding fishing rod by lake
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Beaten-up by the news? Go fishing.

11 July 2026 Dr James Moylan 5
Recently, after just a single news bulletin I feel beaten-up. It commonly prompts an emotional journey that is similar to that of a ping-pong ball in a cyclone. Koalas dying – whack – Trump – […]
Man reading newspaper, thought bubble "This is deep
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Not engaging in philosophy (an extract from the writer’s diary)

8 July 2026 Dr James Moylan 5
I am on the verge of getting all philosophical in public. Which is not the way that this relationship should unfold. As a columnist I am supposed to highlight a problem and then provide a […]
Person on beach sunset with 'Justice is mine'
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Hungry for Some Justice

1 July 2026 Dr James Moylan 0
I was hungry for some justice – the best that I could find, perhaps a pound of jurisprudence from a great judicial mind? I started in a ghetto in a forgotten broken mile it was […]
Australian flag with quote about immigrants
Politics

We dance best when we all dance on the same dancefloor

30 June 2026 Dr James Moylan 9
While all people are deserving of equal treatment under the law, and everyone should be treated by our political and civil institutions in a like fashion, that does not extend to the realm of ideas. […]
Woman speaking in parliamentary chamber holding paper
Politics

Pauline Hanson is a right-wing clown leading a circus of distraction

24 June 2026 Dr James Moylan 11
Even on triple J the other day the conversation was all about the rise of right-wing politics. However, I suggest that the story that is being celebrated in our papers and on our airwaves might […]
People speaking with Sky News and Fox logos
Politics

Lights – Camera – Bigpictureshit!

15 June 2026 Dr James Moylan 9
Observation 1 – (I will eventually get to the point) Many Aussies have decided to outsource their thinking to third parties. Consequently, there are an awful lot of dumb schmucks lurking around water fountains. Therefore […]
Green YES sign over cannabis leaf background
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Driving, Cannabis & Unicorns

14 June 2026 Dr James Moylan 15
How many destitute cannabis addicts have you seen littering the streetscape recently? How many hard smoking cannabis users have you come across that frequently go home after a night smoking cones to beat their wife […]
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Politics

Maaate! You look like a dork

9 May 2026 Dr James Moylan 6
We all talk about politics a lot and while it is deathly boring at times, we persist because it is important shit. Who runs what, how, and why, are all biggies. But the language and […]
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Lest we forget

28 April 2026 Dr James Moylan 10
Uncle Ray Minniecon is an Aboriginal Elder and a veteran. As he was presiding over the Welcome to Country ceremony at the Anzac Dawn service in Sydney, a small group of people began booing. His […]
Man examining face in bathroom mirror
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The big human brain

15 April 2026 Dr James Moylan 41
The whole proposition of a massive hunk of brain-flesh that is capable of introspective reflection, inside a body, inside a culture, doing the washing up, while shouting at the kids, is ludicrous. But there it […]

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