Neo Nazis are again on the march in Australia. The National Socialist Network is looking more professional than previous scrofulous … More
Author: POH
China & Chumps
His Magnificence King Donald will no doubt get bored eventually with this whole tariffs caper, but I reckon it’s timely … More
The Mystery of Artur Loureiro
While viewing an exhibition of European paintings in a Porto (Portugal) art gallery two years ago, I was surprised to … More
‘The Brilliant Outsider’
The compelling biography of George Ingle Finch by Robert Wainwright is aptly subtitled ‘the boy from the bush who set … More
Fateful Footsteps
Intro Reflecting some years ago on dramatic political developments in countries I had visited from the 1970s on, I noticed … More
Democracy Dump (by) Trump
Planet-threatening DDT is sprayed worldwide by one unhinged individual following his base authoritarian ‘instincts’. That last word comes from the … More
Pyramid Plonk Passé
Aesthetic vindication can take decades to arrive, but last week in Paris my original judgement of the Louvre’s (in)famous glass … More
WhyTwoKay, WayToGo
Last month twenty-five years ago the Y2K computer bug was threatening armageddon on 31 December, by melting down the world’s … More
Nuclear Rubbish
The Federal Opposition finally announced some lightweight details of its risible collective thought bubble about throwing Australia’s power switch to … More
Fester Season (Revised)
(My original piece has been revised below, as I’ve reconsidered crime numbers in the light of Mark Twain’s famous maxim … More