On 22 July the last Qantas Boeing 747-400 departed Sydney Airport on its final flight to retirement in the Mojave … More
Category: World
Facts & Science
The U.S. Buffoon-in-Chief said last Friday: “The facts are going to determine what I do”. Such gross irony was apparently … More
Republican Party Mea Culpa
Stuart Stevens is a Republican ‘consultant’, whose book about the Republican Party, It Was All a Lie, will be published … More
Planetary Health & Pandemic
A KC team recently travelled in the south of the North Island, blissfully ignorant like the NZ government, of the … More
‘Sovietistan’
‘A Journey Through Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan’ The book by Erika Fatland was recently translated into English from … More
Middle East Morass
Australia’s historical predilection for joining in every imperial military adventure with our ‘traditional’ allies continues unabated today. With another warship … More
Albert Camus (et moi)
The great French writer died sixty years ago last Saturday in a car crash. He was 46 years old and … More
Beyond Brexit – Disunited Kingdom
The British (or is that English?) people have again voted themselves out of Europe. To help understand their mass psychology, … More
Kardashian vs Turkey
We have to temporarily suspend our strict anti-celebrity guideline, to recognise Kim’s strategic influence on world diplomacy. Not Jong-Un of … More
Snowden Tells All
‘Permanent Record’ is Edward Snowden’s recent autobiography, and a fascinating insight into US government internet surveillance. The preface opening sets … More
