Politics entries
HTTP + Politics = ?
Australia has apparently decided, through its elected leaders, to filter its own Internet connection. Since many, many other people are discussing whether this is advisable or indeed effective, I’ll...
published on Wednesday, December 16 2009 ( 3 comments )
Viva Italia!
According to ABC Online (that's Australian Broadcasting Corporation to the Americans out there): Two Melbourne men have been elected to the Italian Parliament. It is the first time Italians...
published on Thursday, April 13 2006
Workers of the World, Untie
A few snippets from the day; 1) The Wall Street Journal reports on the divergence between productivity and wages; Since the end of 2000, gross domestic product per person...
published on Sunday, March 26 2006 ( 1 comment )
John Kerry, Spammer
Both my wife and I signed up to johnkerry.com’s mailing list during the last federal election cycle. After he lost, we inevitably lost some immediacy of interest in what...
published on Thursday, July 21 2005
John Kerry, Spammer
Both my wife and I signed up to johnkerry.com’s mailing list during the last federal election cycle. After he lost, we inevitably lost some immediacy of interest in what...
published on Thursday, July 21 2005
Notes on Generational Accounting
Social Security represents a pact between generations—a financial and social commitment among people of all ages. — US Social Security Administration Although George Bush has caused a brouhaha with...
published on Tuesday, May 10 2005 ( 4 comments )
Tempest in a Teacup, Counterclockwise*
Those who have been preoccupied by Two Funerals and a Wedding may have missed news of a developing diplomatic crisis in Australia. Sir Michael Somare, the Prime Minister of Papua...
published on Sunday, April 10 2005 ( 1 comment )
FYI
For some reason, people are considering a change, such as this one. Might I make another suggestion [pdf].
published on Friday, November 5 2004 ( 3 comments )
Partisan Hackery
I’m not the first to blog this by any means, but it’s notable enough to interrupt our regular… err… broadcast. Stop what you’re doing and see John Stewart take...
published on Saturday, October 16 2004 ( 2 comments )
A Foolish…
published on Tuesday, October 5 2004
Corporate Citizenship
Apple is making an executive summary of the 9/11 commission report and the major speeches from the Democratic National Convention available for free on the iTunes Music Store. They deserve...
published on Friday, July 30 2004
Understanding Arnie
I think I'm starting to sympathise with Our Great Governor in California; the state senate has passed a bill banning the production or sale of foie gras. That's right, when...
published on Tuesday, April 27 2004 ( 1 comment )
Leading from Afar, or Out of Touch?
From the Washington Post: This is Bush’s 33rd visit to his ranch since becoming president. He has spent all or part of 233 days on his Texas ranch since taking...
published on Monday, April 12 2004 ( 4 comments )
Krugman on Bush
Paul Krugman points out continuing efforts to shore up George Bush, the Myth; By my count, this year’s budget contains 27 glossy photos of Mr. Bush. We see the president...
published on Saturday, February 14 2004 ( 3 comments )
Irony Defined
In the same week that Melbourne is yet again called the most liveable city in the world (a regular occurrence), John Howard, the Prime Minister of Australia, has negotiated a...
published on Monday, February 9 2004 ( 5 comments )
Delusions of Churchill
George Bush on why he should be re-elected: “I’m a war president. I make decisions here in the Oval Office in foreign policy matters with war on my mind.” Well,...
published on Sunday, February 8 2004 ( 2 comments )
Jeffrey Record
From the Washington Post: The Army War College has published a paper questioning the scope and approach to the war on terror. Record’s core criticism is that the administration is...
published on Monday, January 12 2004 ( 2 comments )
Paul O’Neill
Well, this should liven things up… “These people are nasty and they have a long memory,” [O’Neill] tells Suskind. But he also believes that by speaking out even in the...
published on Sunday, January 11 2004 ( 2 comments )
Anna Lindh
I was in Stockholm earlier this summer as a stopover on the way home from Helsinki. One morning, Jorgen and I were walking along Strömkajen, waiting for a ferry, when...
published on Friday, September 12 2003
Yet more proof of things being seriously wrong in the US these days...
From the Montreal Gazette - "Deborah Wolfe, a Canadian citizen who was just breast-feeding her son and changing his diaper while en route between Houston and Vancouver, says her "subversive"...
published on Saturday, May 3 2003