Daily Archives: April 24, 2008

Paul Keating: why the strength of the reactions?

Posted on April 24, 2008 by Nicholas Gruen

Love him or hate him . . . (when I grow up I want to be director of cliche management for Hill and Knowlton). Anyway John Quiggin has a characteristically good post about Paul Keating, contrasting the expression ‘Howard haters’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics - national | 37 Comments

Cute acknowledgements page

Posted on April 24, 2008 by Nicholas Gruen

I was reading an honours thesis by Joel Ickiewicz and I thought his brief acknowledgements page was so cute I’d share it with other Troppodillians so, with Joel’s agreement, it is below the fold and it has won Troppo’s inaugural … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and public policy, Humour | 1 Comment

Charting a charter of rights

Posted on April 24, 2008 by Ken Parish

Writing a post about a Janet Albrechtsen column is almost certainly an advanced symptom of insanity, ranking just behind hairy palms and checking to see if you have them.  Nevertheless,  her effort in yesterday’s Oz about the alleged perils of an Australian … Continue reading →

Posted in Law, Politics - national | 36 Comments

Borders bargains

Posted on April 24, 2008 by Nicholas Gruen

Valid till 1 June

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Political momentum

Posted on April 24, 2008 by Nicholas Gruen

I’ve proposed a theory of political momentum on Troppo before – somewhere . . . don’t ask me for the link (actually I’ve just thought of one).  But it goes like this.  The really good politician is not focused on … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and public policy, Politics - national | 30 Comments

Clive Crook guest blogs on Obama for Troppo

Posted on April 24, 2008 by Nicholas Gruen

Well he doesn’t actually.  I’ve just copied and pasted a post of his on his blog – below the fold.

Posted in Politics - international | 6 Comments

Missing Link Daily

Posted on April 24, 2008 by Ken Parish

A digest of the best of the blogosphere published each weekday and compiled by Ken Parish, gilmae, Gummo Trotsky, Amanda Rose, Tim Sterne, Jen McCulloch and Stephen Hill Politics Australian   Graham Young points out yet another pointless quick-fix by … Continue reading →

Posted in Missing Link, Uncategorised | 8 Comments