New Troppo segment: Comment of the week!
I spotted a comment in the last week that I thought would be a good starter for our weekend open thread. If I do...
What hypocrisy!
Last night's Late Night Live had a teriffic interview with David Runciman, Lecturer in politics, Cambridge University, UK. Theorising one of the most talented and...
Should you be restructuring your telecommunications?
Should you be restructuring your communications? A month or so I decided to bite the bullet and fix my family and (small) business telecommunications. ...
Policy (and perhaps culture) matter for income distribution
Here's a diagram from a recent paper (pdf) on the Swedish distribution of income. It shows that the kinds of income distribution through time that...
Saul Eslake writes for Troppo
Saul, who needs little introduction, has kindly accepted my invitation to occasionally post on Troppo. Saul is a wise and moderate fellow and you...
Feeling lucky? Bloggers and defamation liability
Commenter Chris Lloyd asked the other day whether I had any observations about the risks of defamation action against bloggers. As it happens I do....
Troppo blogger in running for literary award!
Hot off the press from Sarsparilla. Regular Sarsaparilla contributor Wendy James' novel Out of the Silence has been shortlisted in the 'First Crime Novel' category...