In defence of Barnaby
He might be a tomatohead but he’s our tomatohead – and he’s right. Unless you have been in a quarantine yourself for the past few months, I’m sure you’re familiar …
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An Election Mystery, Or The Tale Of Two Brochures
I have a sneaking suspicion it’s an election time. What do I base my suspicions on? Well, a few days apart two colourful fliers have popped into my letterbox, sandwiched …
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On missing the 1990s
I miss the ’90s. I never thought I would say that, but there it is. As a Gen X, I’m a child of the ’80s, albeit as experienced on the …
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Austria, America, Australia
The dark night of fascism is always descending in the United States and yet lands only in Europe, Tom Wolfe observed a long time ago. Or at least that used …
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On being a poster Aussie
“If you live in one of Australia’s capital cities, you’ve likely seen this poster. The artist says if you haven’t seen it yet, you will soon,†opens a News.com.au story …
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Inter-political dating 101
Antony and Cleopatra. Hitler and Stalin. James Carville and Mary Matalin. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver. OK, maybe they’re not the best examples. Maybe that’s just it – there aren’t …
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Silicon is a left-wing element
Sometime later today I will finish reading Walter Isaacson’s “The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution”, his bigger picture follow up to the …
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On being told to shut up
The other Saturday morning, as one does when the federal election campaign is on, I picked up two metal A-frames holding corflutes for an old mate of mine, Trevor Evans, …
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Let it all burn
Thanks to the 2016 GOP presidential primaries I have been exposed to many new concepts and ideas, most of which I could have easily done without. I’m thinking alt-right, cuckservatism, …
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Lost in a cloud
I’m in love with the Tag Cloud, I really am. Not only is it a handy tool for all of you to narrow down what you want to read, even …
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Happy International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
Possibly in time to celebrate the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia on May 17: A group of 51 Muslim states has blocked 11 gay and transgender organisations from attending …
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Good News from…?
Twelve years ago, exactly to a day – 19 May 2004 – I became a minor blogging celebrity on the back of an observation that the mainstream media’s unrelentingly negative …
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On losing respect for your bookshelf
I love books. I have been reading them since I was 5 years old and seriously collecting them since I acquired my first bookshelf a few months after settling in …
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Is Donald Trump a Manchurian Candidate?
The short answer is no. As colourful as Donald Trump’s biography is, I gather he has never been taken a prisoner of war while serving his country overseas (that only …
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Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Every news and commentary outlet needs a good slogan. All the news that’s fit to print. We report, you decide. Speaking for the Workers’ Party of Korea. For a while …
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Guess who’s back?
Has there ever been a better time to go back to blogging? Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton look set to face off in the ugliest election in the Republic’s (if …
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