Hard infrastructure versus soft targets
I’ve watched a few pea and thimble games in my day, but even by the standards of the shysters operating around 25th Street, near Union […]
Politics
The first step towards fixing a problem is to admit you have one
The first step towards fixing a problem is to admit you have one. If you have an addiction to drugs, alcohol, smoking or gambling, you […]
Dressed for the Fourth of July: The US Imperium Comes Out
The United States of Amnesia has occasionally found expression amongst those despairing at the state of historical consciousness in Freedom’s Land. Gore Vidal remains something […]
The economy is sinking, but where is the lifebuoy?
By Ad astra Those of you who hear experts describe in frightening terms the dire state of our economy, and then hear the faux reassurances […]
The power of religion vs the power of unions
Two pieces of legislation will come before the parliament in the near future. One is an industrial relations bill to expand the powers of Government […]
When you put it all together it, does sound a bit suspicious.
In the year 1986 and in the depth of a mid-life crisis I found myself embroiled in a decision that would change my life forever. […]
Ah Bridget, too far?
It was June 2012 and an inebriated Barnaby Joyce had risen in the Senate to speak about the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Amendment Bill […]
Choose! Or the Left May Die!
For the Left to stop eating themselves alive; the Left have to make a choice about what type of opposition they support and Labor has to listen.
Going Nuclear in the Antipodes: Australia’s Megadeath Complex
The antipodes has had a fraught relationship with the nuclear option. At the distant ends of the earth, New Zealand took a stand against the […]
The RBA must be tearing their hair out
The Governor of the RBA gave a speech on Tuesday where he basically pleaded with the government for some help. “… we should not rely […]
It is better to be informed by the truth than be controlled by lies
If you think truth and a fact check is the answer? Don’t you believe it? Of late I have been trying to stretch my thinking […]
We are defined by our politics …
I rarely write about politics in Australia because so many other people from either side of the divide do it so much better, and because […]
A nation held to ransom
With a Coalition majority in the lower house but not in the Senate, the fate of the nation now lies in the hands of six […]
G20 Gyrations: Donald, Ivanka and Hollow Diplomacy
Traditional diplomacy is being given a makeover – at least where it is not being abolished altogether and being replaced by a replica of The […]
Trump’s love for Kim almost upstages G20 farce
“I never expected to meet you at this place” Kim can’t believe his luck. “He wrote me beautiful letters and we fell in love, Trump […]