Black lives matter
BREAKING: A man has been arrested in the United States in relation to what appears to be a racially motivated hate crime. You haven't heard about it because the victim was a white police...
Goodes booed by Victorian crowd
AFL administrators are dismayed that Adam Goodes was once again booeed in Melbourne. On this occasion St Kilda supporters were identified as 'the face of racism' in Australia. An AFL spokesperson told XYZ that...
Build me a Wall
We live in a world that has walls. Some are very visible. Some are less tangible, like the borders between sovereign nations. But they are walls nonetheless. In some places, there is a physical...
Backhanded compliments and the untouchable idiots
While reflecting on various matters recently, a moment of inspiration struck me with the words to articulate a growing and disturbing trend.
Simply put: We have, for some time now, been in an era in...
What is wrong with this article? “Savings” through ineptitude.
What is wrong with this article?
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/29378542/state-gets-a-226m-road-build-boost/
Basically, through ineptitude the government saves some money. What the article does not highlght, is how much it wasted.
Here is a little economic lesson of the old Keynesian economic...
Free Speech under attack in Egypt, not at the ABC
Right now journalists and media commentators all over the world are expressing their shock, anger and outrage at the prison sentences handed to three Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt. And rightly so. This is...
Burning the Australian flag
Demonstrators clashed today in Bendigo over the proposal to build a large Mosque with the capacity to accommodate up to two thousand religious adherents, in a city that has only a small handful of...
Stand up for Sunday Roasts
Boethius has today shared a piece from the Guardian about family roasts. And while Boethius was characteristically humourous, the Guardian's piece frankly got me steaming. The Guardian is once again going on the offensive...
Roast of the Day
Sunday roast would seem to be a tradition of impeccable normality for most Australians. Gathering around the table on what was once the Lord's Day, for an oven baked portion of meat of some...