Lao Life

In 1973 your correspondent set off to discover our SE Asian neighbours. Travelling slowly through Bali, Java, Sulawesi, Kalimantan, Sabah, … More

Wikileaks Julian & Wilfred

As Julian Assange awaits the UK Supreme Court’s decision on his extradition to Sweden, to answer questions about dubious sexual … More

NATO governments & allies (International Security Assistance Force), including us, are gathering momentum for a stampede to the Afghan exit, … More

So much learned commentary on Germany’s role in Europe’s financial woes, that the simple mind is definitely boggling. And it … More

I am very angry about our ridiculous war in Afghanistan. What is wrong with us (Australians)? We get outraged when our … More

Italian men may have invented the fashion of wearing coats on their shoulders without putting their arms in the sleeves, … More

The story of Cambodia’s genocidal Khmer Rouge regime is conceivably the most shocking of the post-WWII era, given the scale … More

Jacques Chirac, ex-President of France, has been inspired by ‘WA entrepreneur’ Alan Bond’s memory loss (see KC’s 2009 report on other … More

Our involvement in this endless conflict has now cost the lives of 29 Australian soldiers and more than 200 wounded, over … More

The execrable Libyan despot Muammar Gaddafi (still only a colonel?) has thrown the switch to vaudeville, announcing a tactical retreat … More