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Furious agreement

10th February, 2010, 8:39am

I could have asked Marina Orlova (who always reminds me of Grishkin), but a friend in Chile posed the question and I sus... more
Liberals outflank Labor on paid maternity leave

9th February, 2010, 8:48pm

With the more generous Liberal paid paternity leave plan Labor look like a bunch of risk averse conservatives with littl... more
John Kay – a marvellous economic journalist and commentator

9th February, 2010, 5:31pm

Ever since I read his marvellous The Truth about Markets I’ve been a fan of John Kay – an economist who does... more
Whatever happened to the vision thing?

9th February, 2010, 2:58pm

George H. W. Bush was famously incapable of projecting what he termed “the vision thing” in his unsuccessful... more
Year 13?

9th February, 2010, 1:53pm

While this thread about “essential” knowledge was mostly tongue in cheek, I reckon there’s a serious p... more
The bemused person’s guide to global warming

9th February, 2010, 1:29pm

The global warming debate has morphed into Mondo Bizzaro. Rudd is capable of mounting a succinct and persuasive explanat... more

The Blogs

Ambit Gambit
- Furious agreement
  
  9th February, 2010, 10:39pm
  
  I could have asked Marina Orlova (who always reminds me of Grishkin), but a friend in Chile posed the question and I sus... more
- Abbott channels Howard and Rudd channels?
  
  9th February, 2010, 10:24am
  
  Lucien Leon lectures in the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences and made this animation which he calls a "poltoon". ... more
Larvatus Prodeo
- Whatever happened to the vision thing?
  
  9th February, 2010, 2:58pm
  
  George H. W. Bush was famously incapable of projecting what he termed “the vision thing” in his unsuccessful... more
- Year 13?
  
  9th February, 2010, 1:53pm
  
  While this thread about “essential” knowledge was mostly tongue in cheek, I reckon there’s a serious p... more
Jennifer Marohasy
- Pachauri Must Resign – UN IPCC is ’sub-prime science�
  
  26th January, 2010, 8:20am
  
  Flashback 2008: Scientist: ‘Global warming’ is sub-prime science, sub-prime economics, and sub-prime politi... more
- Glacial Melt Farce
  
  22nd January, 2010, 7:12am
  
  “LET me get this right… The fraudster who runs the IPCC global warming scam and makes millions from that... more
Homepage Daily
- Clinton-Era Aides Watch Health Care Debate In Horror
  
  9th February, 2010, 2:44am
  
  Shock and awe. That's what survivors of the Clinton-era health care collapse are feeling as President Barack Obama's ove... more
- MySchool: helping rich schools get richer
  
  7th February, 2010, 11:01pm
  
  It is disingenuous for Labor education ministers' to say MySchool will create political pressure to boost 'under-perform... more
Andrew Bartlett
- Question Time defined
  
  6th February, 2010, 3:03pm
  
  This line from David Marr is one of the best descriptions I’ve ever read of the farcical sound and fury which is Q... more
- South Australian electoral law to affect blogs?
  
  2nd February, 2010, 9:42am
  
  I just saw this piece on The Advertiser’s site about a new law which has come into force in South Australia Th... more
Club Troppo
- John Kay – a marvellous economic journalist and commenta
  
  9th February, 2010, 5:31pm
  
  Ever since I read his marvellous The Truth about Markets I’ve been a fan of John Kay – an economist who does... more
- The bemused person’s guide to global warming
  
  9th February, 2010, 1:29pm
  
  The global warming debate has morphed into Mondo Bizzaro. Rudd is capable of mounting a succinct and persuasive explan... more
Skeptic Lawyer
- The Pachelbel Canon
  
  9th February, 2010, 2:08am
  
  There’s a lot of it, and it’s all the same tune. Pray that nobody owns the copyright or the modern music ind... more
- Word, Pat
  
  8th February, 2010, 9:18am
  
  You may not agree with everything notable atheist and skeptic Pat Condell says, but it needs to be said all the same. Yo... more
En Passant
- Liberals outflank Labor on paid maternity leave
  
  9th February, 2010, 8:48pm
  
  With the more generous Liberal paid paternity leave plan Labor look like a bunch of risk averse conservatives with littl... more
- Greece is the word
  
  8th February, 2010, 7:34pm
  
  The situation in Greece, both economic and industrial, is on a knife edge. It has the potential to spread. The crisis of... more
Henry Thornton
- The China problem #2
  
  China has no chance of controlling its economy properly unless and until it allows its currency to f...... more
- What to do about asset bubbles
  
  Should central bankers be able to spot and deal with asset bubbles? Greenspan said no; Bernanke use...... more