My son is more at risk of becoming a victim of the ‘march through the institutions’ than I ever was. We have not acknowledged that this was never just a march, but rather, a sprint that has produced the most powerful Fifth Column in history. Thousands of years of shared wisdom and experience, the human condition so to speak, have been reduced to background for an ideological battle for the soul of history and the way it is taught.
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Emma McCaul works in the health field and has a keen interest in history, mathematics, film and politics. Emma lives with her son in Queensland.
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