Free markets are efficient. Free markets outperform all other means of commerce. Free markets are self correcting. When demand exceeds su...

Australians are intrigued by the sudden resignation of their Foreign Minister. He won a clear victory in the 2007 election to become Prime M...

I am worried about Jim. Jim is in an outer loop of the economy, a very precarious place to be. But first let me explain the ‘loops’. ...

I stumbled upon this while trying to get into my own blog, hampered by lack of signal here in this wilderness and was driven to comment. How...

Ode to boat people Seeking dreams on foreign soil The creak of salt soaked timbers oil and diesel assail the nose stretched upon the dec...

. Newspaper headlines. (Often in same edition). Oceans dying from CO2 acidification, Newcastle Ports proposes new 2.7 billion coal loade...

Subject: Just a good example "SOME IDEAS ARE SO STUPID ONLY INTELLECTUALS BELIEVE THEM." George Orwell When the reward is gre...

Listening to John Howard on 7.30 Report reminded me of why he was rejected, but also the reasons for his long reign. My impression? He could...

Mr ten percent explores his human foibles. It has been said we Humans use only ten percent of our brains. So what do we do we do with the ...

“Climate Change is here!” does not compare to your classic “The Huns are coming!” as a generator of adrenalin.  So although it presents a m...

As if the rhetoric was not dangerous enough already, now we have a Conservative candidate saying 'Julia Gillard is evil' and should ...

·          First principle:       Carefully build a mental picture so the audience forms an image that is totally unrelated to the image y...

Paul Keating has turned into the classic Grumpy Old Man but like most of us, he occasionally says something notable and he did so this week....

I really can’t afford the time, but I feel the need to do my grumpy old man act on this one. When I was a kid of maybe twelve, I built myse...

Sign of the times. First the entree. Like a cheap boat? This one came in a few months ago after it was surrendered to the bank. She will g...

I read the Horse Whisperer, and occasionally stumble upon a Dog Whisperer on TV and we now have Teenage Children Whisperers and all, but wha...

The most exciting news for this month for the Global Greens is the electoral success of the German Green Party. At the end of March election...

This little guy is only 1cm long (a little under ½ an inch) but he is a vital link in the chain that feeds billions of people. He is eaten ...

In Sydney last weekend, thousands gathered in support of action to stop human induced climate change and made it clear that if a tax would h...

Why is Terry Jones not behind bars? OK, so we agree that a demented mob killing UN workers and their guards in Afghanistan is so heinous a c...