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Daily Archives: October 28, 2007
Men with bad knees on bikes without brakes
"It’s like the Ferrari of bikes" says photographer Sam Ash. In Friday’s Financial Review Magazine Ash is pictured standing next to his red Tommasini fixie — a bike with one gear and no brakes. Given that the average age of … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorised
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Raving about a rave: John Lukacs Democracy and Populism
I recently picked up a remaindered copy of a strange and compelling book by John Lukacs the author of Five Days in London: May 1940 a gripping account of five of the first days of Winston Churchills Prime Ministership in … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Politics - international
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Et tu, Noel?
A sense of gloom settled in as I ploughed through The Weekend Australian yesterday. It felt like February 2003 again, only worse. Then, an optimist could at least excuse the thumping of the drums of war as the triumph of … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Law, Politics - international, Politics - national, Print media, Terror
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More on interest rates and tax cuts
Cub Troppo readers have presumably been following my discussion with Brendan Halfweeg on the comments thread of Nicholas’s post on interest rates and tax cuts, with the eager fascination normally reserved for a match-point rally in a Wimbledon final. The … Continue reading
