Monthly Archives: November 2006

Can five-month-old babies be murdered and if so how?

Posted on November 30, 2006 by Nicholas Gruen

Last time I raised this subject Richard Phillipps hopped into me suggesting that I wasn’t being helpful. In any event I’m at it again. I’ve not researched this case in any detail, but it sure looks strange on its face … Continue reading →

Posted in Life | 12 Comments

From the back-room to Troppo: Backroom girl blogs on Poverty

Posted on November 29, 2006 by Nicholas Gruen

  You can tell this is the good Peter Saunders because he looks like Santa Claus … Somewhat by accident, (happy accident though it is) Troppo seems to have become a place for really excellent policy discussions about welfare, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and public policy | 33 Comments

Wednesday’s Missing Link

Posted on November 29, 2006 by Ken Parish

Sometimes being played for a sucker has positive but unintended consequences.   My recent ‘free’ subscription to Crikey confirmed what  I had always suspected.   The average quality of their articles isn’t crash hot, not when you consider how much … Continue reading →

Posted in Missing Link | 19 Comments

Blessed be the naive for they shall be exploited

Posted on November 28, 2006 by Ken Parish

I was browsing over at Lava Rodeo a few minutes ago, and noticed that Mark Bahnisch was asked about whether he was paid for the articles he writes for Crikey.   His answer rather surprised me: The answer would be … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorised | 25 Comments

Be very afraid …

Posted on November 28, 2006 by Ken Parish

    Iranian President Ahmadinejad If you had  imagined that expansionist militaristic  “neocon” influence over the Bush administration  had been  vanquished following  the Democrat victory in the US mid-term elections, the sacking of Donald Rumsfeld as Defense Secretary, and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics - international | 28 Comments

Empire Day

Posted on November 27, 2006 by Cam

The British Empire League was a bunch of Australians in the early 20thC who wanted imperialism to prevail rather than nationalism in Australia. The prominent politician of the time, Alfred Deakin, was the great compromiser and saw no difference between … Continue reading →

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The Theory of Primate Sentiments: Part Three

Posted on November 27, 2006 by Nicholas Gruen

Here is the last post on primate sentiments – and as I said at the end of the last post, it’s really a postscript. It doesn’t further develop the points made in the last two posts, but tidies up some … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and public policy, History, Life, Philosophy | 5 Comments