Intro Reflecting some years ago on dramatic political developments in countries I had visited from the 1970s on, I noticed … More
Category: World
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
Trumped Again
Think of the time we all wasted before the recent US elections reading poll experts and pundits all agreeing that … 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
‘Question 7’
Richard Flanagan’s latest book is a semi-autobiographical memoir and his last, as he claims to have nothing further to write … More
Go Garma
Hyperbole works best when it really goes off the scale. The outgoing director of the worthy Garma Festival of Yolngu … More
Oppenheimer Opinions
Oppenheimer the movie has covered itself with Oscars, and I must say that I enjoyed it too, as entertainment. But, … More
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