Monthly Archives: January 2006

Churning the other cheek

Posted on January 31, 2006 by Nicholas Gruen

There’s quite a lot that went into this column and then had to be taken out for lack of space. The first draft began “The memes are out in force again I see”, because it seems to me that the … Continue reading →

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Lothrop Stoddard and the struggle against Political Correctness

Posted on January 30, 2006 by Don Arthur

[photopress:Stoddard.jpg,full,pp_empty] Political correctness is a kind of covert censorship which silences ideas which are unacceptable to the ruling elite. But if this is true, then the ideas which are being suppressed can’t be the ones we’re reading in newspapers like … Continue reading →

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What you would have seen if you were in Iceland recently

Posted on January 30, 2006 by Nicholas Gruen

[photopress:volcanoaurora2_shs.jpg,full,centered] A volcano and Aurora Borealis

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Broughton Mill Farm

Posted on January 30, 2006 by Nicholas Gruen

The blogosphere is a useful source of word of mouth information or word of keyboard and screen as the case may be. Without some blog or other (I can’t remember now) I would never have gone to see Spiderman 2. … Continue reading →

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Bloggers, beer, bouncers & berets — Grogblogging in Sydney

Posted on January 29, 2006 by Don Arthur

[photopress:Grogblogging.jpg,full,pp_empty] In case you missed it, bloggers from around Australia met up on Saturday night for Grogblogging III. And yes, they’re just as opinionated in person as they are on screen. Flashman from Electron Soup was chatting with Jozef Imrich … Continue reading →

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Grogblogging in Sydney – Evening of Saturday January 28th

Posted on January 26, 2006 by Nicholas Gruen

I was expecting to be safely ensconced in Melbourne by the 28th but no. I’ll still be in Canberra, so I’m going to do my best to attend the Grogblogging event at 7.30 pm at the City RSL (565 George … Continue reading →

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A call for some thigh-slapping celebrations

Posted on January 26, 2006 by Tony Harris

Good news everybody! Israel Kirzner, the leading current exponent of the Austrian school of social and economic thought has won a gong in Sweden. Sweden has an interesting mix of policies, combing free trade and a dynamic, export-oriented private sector … Continue reading →

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