Capitalism Rules, ok?

SpaceX shares floated just last week and have since ‘slumped’ US$800 billion in value, which is equal to the GDP … More

‘The Proud Tower’

Subtitled A portrait of the world before the war 1890-1914, by Barbara Tuchman, it is an impressive history of the … More

Hugh Man

At beachfronts and headlands along the Australian east coast, desecration of innocent rocks with hand-painted dedications and memorials to departed … More

Killing by Numbers

Ex-CIA boss James Comey has been indicted by the US Department of Justice for threatening to kill the President with … More

Magyar Massacre

Hungary has massively rejected veteran autocrat Orbàn and his oligarchy at the ballot box, despite his controlled state and private … More

*To the Moon, Ayatollah!

What an extraordinary juxtaposition of US mastery and impotence on display today. Irony does not begin to describe the yawning … More

Orwell Errs in ‘1984’

George Orwell’s 1984 as shorthand to signify totalitarian control of society and the malign pervasive rule of ‘Big Brother’ have … More

Immigration & Politics

During the last Australia Day so-called celebrations we again had the spectacle of One Nation, proxy neo-Nazis and Nationals all … More

Moony Clooney

Unfortunately this download got stuck for a month or so in the back office, where the sub-editors slacked off. They’re … More

Howzat Howard!

Since we’re talking about shortcomings of Australian PMs, a recent release of Federal Cabinet papers from 2005 definitively nails one … More