I came across this classic old cartoon that I just had to share. It's by Bulletin and Sun cartoonist Tom Glover, who died, at his desk, aged only 47, just a few years after this cartoon was drawn. In 1935, Labor politician William Maloney, a dedicated social reformer, appeared in a film appealing for free …
To the first Europeans to arrive here, everything about Australia seemed upside-down and paradoxical. To many, Australian politics still seems the same. Our conservatives are "Liberals", and our "Labor" party are all wealthy professionals. Here's a rough guide to the upside-down politics of Australia ...Do read on ...
You'll notice a certain theme to this week's items. In response to escalating political violence, I've decided to let some saner voices, from past and present, speak - to remind us all that there's a better, a more moral way. Do read on ...
Finding moderate Muslims - who are, after all, the majority, we're told - too often seems like hunting Snarks: the maps are blank, and harmless Snarks sometimes turn out to be deadly Boojums. Part of the reason is the Muslim practice of taqiyya: religiously-sanctioned deception. Do read on ...
Punching a girl, without provocation, even from Antifa, isn’t at all heroic. This is apparently an unpopular opinion in some circles, but one must stick to one’s principles even when, especially when they’re unpopular, if they’re to be worth anything at all. Do read on ...
Some years ago a friend who worked in an aged-care home told me about one of their patients, a veteran of the First World War. He’d had his jaw shot off at the Somme, and hadn’t spoken since. I often think of the terrible silence to which that old man had been condemned, all those …
I normally post these on a Sunday, but seeing as we have Easter coming up, plus it's been a few weeks between posts, I thought I'd get in early. There's only a couple of items this week, but I think they're all well and truly worthy: Panpan Wang's story about Chinese tourists; A Paradoxical Millennial's thoughts on Brexit, nine months on; and Roaming Millennial's reflections on fatherless homes. Do read on ...
