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Monthly Archives: December 2005
Welcome to Club Troppo!
Well, here you are at the capacious new premises of Club Troppo (formerly Troppo Armadillo). Just about all the grunt, grind and skill involved in creating this shiny revamped WordPress blog has been contributed by the amazing (and amazingly patient) … Continue reading
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A Christmas Column
This week’s column – with the answer to the question about the picture below. And I hope Troppodillians had an enjoyable Christmas.
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Who is this man, and who painted his picture?
All will be revealed on Tuesday night.
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Cronulla riots
I thought this was a teriffic op ed on the Cronulla riots. It’s got a ‘down the middle’ format that many Troppodillians will know that I’m attracted to. But I think the points it makes about the standard left and … Continue reading
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Policy has failed
This is a quote from a sympathetic review of a book I am reading called “Children of the Lucky Country”. I hope to write more on it soon. Paul Kelly – (not the journalist but the board member of the … Continue reading
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Charitable Christmas giving
I’ve previously written up the idea of charitable giving at Christmas. It’s a bit late now I guess, but, in doing some reading around for next week’s column I came upon an Australia Institute paper (pdf) that I’d missed on … Continue reading
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The origins of the Poverty Wars
In 1959 Michael Harrington shocked America with the claim that 50 million of its citizens were living in poverty. His magazine article turned into a book and by 1964 President Johnson was standing outside a shack in Kentucky announcing that … Continue reading
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