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Diary

27 April 2013

Washington, DC From the windows of his cottage at the Old Soldiers’ Home, on the edge of Civil War-era Washington, Abraham Lincoln could watch the Union dead being buried in… Read more

Diary

19 January 2013

Back from the Kingdom and the Gulf, where I’m delighted to find Senator John McCain (Republican, Arizona) who never fails to disappoint. Opening his remarks at the International Institute for… Read more

Diary Australia: 8 September 2012

8 September 2012

The Deep South Vicksburg, Mississippi is the place where the American Civil War was decided. Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant knew it. So did the Confederate President, Jefferson Davis.… Read more

Australian Books: Paul’s gospel

28 January 2012

After Words: The Post-Prime Ministerial Speeches By P.J. Keating Allen & Unwin, $59.99, pp 628 ISBN 9781742377599 At a certain point in his post-Presidential career, noted a contemporary observer, Theodore… Read more

Diary

8 October 2011

‘Dick Cheney! Listen well! You deserve a prison cell!’ The aggravating chant notwithstanding, the demonstration is largely peaceful. The Vancouver police diligently keep the protesters outside the fence and away… Read more

Be prepared

6 November 2010

Lone Pine itself is emblematic of the Australian contribution at Gallipoli. Designed to draw off Turkish reserves to enable the Suvla Bay landing to result in an advance across the… Read more

What goes on

17 February 2010

So Greek: Confessions of a Conservative Leftie by Niki Savva Scribe, $35, pp. 304, ISBN 9781921640278 It’s always curious that so many conservatives routinely seek to distance themselves from their… Read more