Intro Reflecting some years ago on dramatic political developments in countries I had visited from the 1970s on, I noticed … More
Author: POH
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
Aussie Energiewende
Energiewende is used to describe German national strategy for transition to a climate-neutral energy system, including closure of nuclear plants … More
Trumped Again
Think of the time we all wasted before the recent US elections reading poll experts and pundits all agreeing that … More
‘Prophet Song’
Apparently Australians have a book buying frenzy in the period before Christmas, generating 70% of annual bookshop sales from October. … More
Japan Primer
Japan is a fascinating country, that we visited in July. Aussies are flocking to the ‘Thinking Man’s Bali’. The mix … More
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