Monthly Archives: June 2003

The End ??

Posted on June 30, 2003 by Wayne Wood

I was searching a reference and somehow got here.

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Manne on Orwell

Posted on June 30, 2003 by Ken Parish

Robert Manne has an op-ed piece on equality and George Orwell in this morning’s SMH. He ends with this observation: Orwell wrote a brief review of the most important anti-socialist manifesto of the 20th century, F.A.Hayek’s Road to Serfdom. Orwell … Continue reading →

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Walking under ladders

Posted on June 30, 2003 by Ken Parish

My sister Sue’s husband Adam is a knockabout sort of bloke. A carpenter by trade, mostly doing heritage-style renovations around Sydney’s north shore and inner west. Great husband and father, likes a few beers and the occasional joint. Loves nothing … Continue reading →

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What is it with wrestling? Who are these people? What¢â¬â¢s God got to do with it?

Posted on June 29, 2003 by Christopher Sheil

At the time of the last Rugby World Cup, I decided it was worth experimenting with pay-TV, particularly given that in those days you could get the infrastructure for the thing put in for nothing. Anyhow, one thing that always … Continue reading →

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Blogosphere, Windschuttling and the legitimacy of secondary debate

Posted on June 28, 2003 by Christopher Sheil

Before everyone groans about yet another post, and a lengthy one, on Keith Windschuttle’s book The Fabrication of Aboriginal History, let me explain. I have two points, one is a general observation about the limitations of blogosphere which the Windschuttle … Continue reading →

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Fearlessly facing the furtive future

Posted on June 27, 2003 by Christopher Sheil

Yesterday Gummo Trotsky reported that one thing that got up the nose of the guy whose decade old thesis turned up as Tony Blair’s spanking Iraq-intel dossier, was that the Brit spy trust changed his original words – “aiding opposition … Continue reading →

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Equal Justice Under Law

Posted on June 27, 2003 by Geoff Honnor

The stirring injunction that adorns the pediment of the US Supreme Court has a new resonance today – and Andrew Sullivan is ecstatic. In a 6/3 majority decision the Court yesterday struck down the gay-specific anti sodomy laws of Texas … Continue reading →

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