Let’s create Hong Kong 2 in Australia
We could have done it 31 years ago, after the People’s Liberation Army’s tanks liberated thousands of protesters from their lives across Beijing. We could have done it 23 years …
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COVID in Red and Blue
It is being increasingly remarked that the Coronavirus crisis in the United States is becoming polarised into a Republican versus Democrat issue, not least because the two sides of politics are …
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In praise of sprawl
I love sprawl. OK, I don’t love it, but I don’t hate it either, like so many out there do. I respect it as people’s choice – the suburbs, highways …
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Andrew Cuomo’s Geronticide
Of all the instances of authorities failing the people during the Coronavirus crisis, one of the most egregious, certainly in the developed world (the behaviour of the Chinese communist authorities …
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Losing My Region – Australians and the world cool on China
Welcome to the political chaos theory – or, should we say, fact: a bat flapping its wings in China produces a hurricane… pretty much everywhere around the world. It seems …
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Who Won World War Two?
The commemorations and celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War were mooted this year. No obligatory parades or gathering took place at the time of …
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Money for nothing and cheques for free
With the economies sliding past the Great Recession 2 towards the Great Depression 2 and with tens of millions suddenly unemployed throughout the developed world (with hundreds of millions throughout …
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Michael Gove’s bookshelf – and yours (and mine too)
Plenty of people like to be filmed against the backdrop of their bookshelves to convey the message or at least create the impression that they are smart. This has become …
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