The licence to thrill (oneself)
Keep calling it an entitlement and pollies will develop a sense of it; call it an allowance instead to signal we allow them certain things in certain circumstances. No, I don’t seriously …
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Arthur & The Delcons
For all the fans of the 1950s’ rock’n’roll… …Or maybe I just have been having far too much time reading what strangers think about me. One of my Facebook friends …
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The Road to Perdition
At the beginning of last month, until I was rudely interrupted by my Jordanian hacker friend, I started writing a blog post with my thoughts about Niki Savva’s notorious “Downfall”-style …
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The terrible truth about Santa
ABC asks all the important questions like “Should you tell your kids the ‘truth’ about Santa?” – and answers them: “Is Santa a damaging or wonderful lie? Do yourself and …
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On greatness
Just finished reading Robin Harris’ “Not For Turning: The Life of Margaret Thatcher”, a fine biography from a Thatcher insider, though far from the best historical or political biography I’ve …
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Why are left-wing politicians such a-holes to staff?
There is a great generalisation – by the left – that the left, being a movement long associated with the “common peopleâ€, are the great friends of the working men …
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In her shoes, or some thoughts about welfare
A short “putting human face to a political debate†article appeared in “The Australian†this morning that bears quoting almost in full: Melbourne mother of eight Helen Liumaihetau thinks Scott …
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