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

Sutherland Starred

Sad news: my old mate the actor Donald Sutherland passed away on Thursday, aged 88. We haven’t been in touch … More

Sub Standard

The federal submarine corporation ASC is struggling to maintain the Australian navy’s six ageing (i.e. old) Collins class boats, originally … More

Faithful Fifteenth

Well, self congratulations are in order today, as KC celebrates our 15th year anniversary, which is apparently signified by crystal … More

Anzac Angst

Loyal readers may have been feeling trepidatious today about an Anzac Day breakout from the KC newsroom, as the senior … More

Orwellian Overtures

Wifedom (sub-tilted Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life) by Anna Funder. Orwell (The Authorised Biography) by Michael Shelden. I may have bitten … More

Hi-Tech Serfdom

I’d read reviews of Yanis Varoufakis’s recent book Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism about the new kind of economic power exercised … More