George H.W. Bush: Cold War Ends and New World Orders
The death of certain political figures, notably those of a vast imperium, is bound to provoke less criticism or critical insight than soul searching pursuits. […]
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What will Clio do?
Clio and her eight sisters are heading for your grave. They are the nine muses and they are your very last visitors. All of them, […]
Mutual Decline: The Failings of Student Evaluations
That time of the year. Student evaluations are being gathered by the data crunchers. Participation rates are being noted. Attitudes and responses are mapped. The […]
Eyes Without The Prize: Stripping Aung San Suu Kyi’s Awards
It is impossible to see peace prize or freedom awards as anything other than fragments of an industry. In time, ideals become marketable and matters […]
Steve Bannon at Oxford
Steve Bannon. The Oxford Union. A university that has been the breeding, sculpting and minting ground for British prime ministers for centuries and the Establishment. […]
Coming Up Against Yellow Vests: Emmanuel Macron’s Fuel Problem
Governments and ruling regimes tend to face revolution in the face of harsh hikes in prices. Margaret Thatcher’s rule in Britain was rocked by the […]
Big Mouthed Blue-Eyes: Frank Sinatra in Australia
The demigods are rarely tempered, and Frank Sinatra, who considered himself one, along with a horde of adulating fans, was one who rarely faced the […]
Unnecessary Fussing: China, the United States and APEC
The parents on the global stage of power are bickering and now, such entertainingly distracting forums as APEC (the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum) are left […]
Cause and Effect
By 2353NM Recently Fairfax media published an article written by Steve Robson, a professor and current President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. After […]
Which bank just screwed pensioners – again?
Commonwealth Bank Reneges on Reverse Mortgages for Pensioners By Phil Gorman “Equity Unlock Loan for Seniors, The Commonwealth Bank’s Reverse Mortgage, is a flexible financing […]
Remembering the Peace Makers: What the Armistice Commemorations Forgot
Those in the war industry and the business of commemorating the dead have little time for peace, even as they supposedly celebrate it. For them, […]
Concepts of Nonsense: Australian Soft Power
Soft power was always a term best suited for eunuchs. It relies on persuasion, counsel and an air of seduction. It does not imply actual […]
Lest We Think
By Barddylbach If you think you know the history, can distinguish fact from legend and myth, if the Great War could ever be won at […]
Lest we forget to remember
The request seemed simple enough on first reading. The text from a niece said her son, my great nephew, is having an assembly on Remembrance […]
Politicised Victimhood: Ukraine’s Holodomor, Genocide and Intent
The impression hits you immediately. An opening of an exhibition held to commemorate survivors and families of one of the darker atrocities of human experiments; […]