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Twilight notes
Economic, political and diplomatic decline Australia under the Howard government was riding high, a nation almost uniquely debt-free, well governed,…
Dis-con notes
No more shilly-shallying When Parliament sits on Monday, it will (I assume) be greeted by another Newspoll. The last one…
Rhetorical notes
Some decades ago in Britain a better than average advertising copywriter came up with the following rather clever slogan: ‘Tern:…
Hawaiian notes
Under Hawaiian eyes The Pearl Harbour memorial to the 1,177 American sailors and marines (1,102 still entombed) who lost their…
Citizenship notes
It could have all been so much easier… Whatever the deal done by the Coalition and Labor, there always was…
New York notes
Tantamount to a speechcrime New York is wonderfully offensive. Offensive to nature with its gravity-defying towers. Offensive to the tragic,…
Trump notes
Trump’s America is doing better than it seems The other week I was trying to elicit some interest in politics…
Pilgrim’s notes
Black paintings and missing uncle bill You know you live in relatively peaceful times when an insurrection leads to little…
SSM notes
How would you react if you saw a somewhat naïve and impressionable friend about to step off the edge of…
Dis-con notes
Toughen up, snowflakes Another parliamentary sitting week has passed, with nothing done to confront the fate that has been staring…
Kiwi notes
Piggy’s prevaricating protégé Australians who like to poke fun at quaint, idiosyncratic New Zealand have, for once, got all the…
Trump notes
Lefties on their knees Just when you thought political life in the United States simply could not become more polarised,…
Yes/No notes
At least it shows we don’t need compulsory voting Australians are having their two bob’s worth on same-sex marriage.The first…
Identarian notes
It is hard if not impossible to express my sympathy for Neil Brown adequately having taken full note of his…
Assassins notes
Hashish, jihadists and the rule of fear There is a fifth column in our midst. People who have infiltrated our…
Kiwi notes
Shadows on the cave wall Kiwis, punching above their weight on the world stage as per, have taken democracy to…
Arts notes
I don’t know how many were present a week ago at The Speccie prolonged lunch but do know that I…
Kiwi notes
Rugby, Aliens, Strippers and Dunnies Just when we really needed some light relief, with the general election campaign in full…
Melania notes
It’s hard not to feel bad for Melania Trump. One doesn’t exactly get the impression that she wanted to be…
Same sex notes
When I was a girl, my mother used to say she didn’t like standing on the moral high ground because…
Arts notes
I intend nothing short of a compliment by saying Australia is – or was – a land built on physicality…
Australian notes
Would Bill Shorten’s plan for government take Australia in the direction of East Germany, as Finance Senator Mathias Cormann has…
Batty notes
When I was a small boy growing up in England, the expression ‘ to have bats in the belfry’ was…
Stasi notes
As the years race by it is tempting to hunt for any advantage one can possibly associate with age. Yet…
Same sex notes
Hang the Senate: let the people decide However much he has foolishly encouraged it, the Prime Minister cannot tolerate…
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