Yes or No or Neutral?
By Jane Salmon Eight generations ago, my dirt-poor Celtic ancestors were colonisers. They logged trees, eroded the land. They brutalised animals. They farmed, fought, bred […]
Your Say
A joyous way to start the day. Huzzah!
By Allan Richardson I was attempting to complete an online appointment request form for a non-urgent plumbing job. I filled in all the contact details, […]
Pushing the boat out a bit …
By Allan Richardson Few would disagree that right now the world is a pressure cooker of aggression, despair, discontent, bitter disappointment and fear. Australia, being […]
Nothing has changed (Dutton’s preferred outcome)
By Allan Richardson I haven’t heard much comprehensive analysis on how Dutton will fare if the No vote gets up in the upcoming Recognition and […]
In this rush to another Age of Enlightenment, we need to take the best from the past
Continued from The Times they are Changing. Yes, we are on the verge of another era of Enlightenment. From a world where we made enormous […]
Not all old white men oppose the Voice
By RomeoCharlie Writing in Crikey today, First Nations woman and well-credentialled writer, Aileen Moreton-Robinson, said it was telling that those who advocate No to the […]
We have the media we want
I know they are coming for my stuff. I read the Telegraph. Aboriginal, gay, unemployed single mothers stalk our streets. Refugees flood our beaches. Transgender […]
Why I am voting ‘Yes’
8.6. I shall subsequently return to 8.6 in a moment, but there are some other matters I wish to initially address. The excerpt (below) from […]
Bidenomics: Four Charts (to upset the doubters)
I do not believe that the President of the US is personally responsible for the state of the US economy. No rational person could believe […]
Trumpty-Dumpty or Wishful Thinking?
Trump has been astoundingly successful. He is a narcissist. He desperately craves attention. And he gets it in spades. Ever since trundling down the elevator […]
Mondays with Morrie Mince: A Story of Political Wisdom
Mondays with Morrie Mince was the highlight of my week, and this week l wanted to bounce a few things of a political nature off […]
Conservatives are masters of scare because they have experience in it
For most of my working life, I worked in marketing and advertising, so I know how people are influenced, persuaded or swayed by branding and […]
The Taylor Swift Exploitation Machine
She doesn’t love you, she doesn’t care for you, and she doesn’t know you. But does her team pretend to, confecting an image of faux […]
Seeking to rent in a housing crisis, open to ideas
Nobody likes to see people suffer, and the lack of affordable housing and affordable rental, as experienced by Narelle, is nothing short of endemic. Narelle […]
Loathsome Amiability: Why Watching Utopia Hurts
Let’s be frank: watching Utopia hurts. It involves stinging your eyeballs, tearing your hair, and taking yourself to the ledge of a skyscraper to call […]