Useful idiots — Should free market supporters be encouraging the Tea Party?
Ayn Rand denounced social work as "monstrously evil". In a letter to philosopher John Hospers she declared that to "choose social work as a profession...
D.A.M. he’s good!
In a delightful doco, "In the Hands of the Gods", Diego's injunction is to "Love the ball, love the game". I love the sentiment and...
Lies, damned lies and opinion polls — the Daily Kos controversy
At Catallaxy, Rafe pings Club Troppo for getting "excited by a report from the US which suggested that a large proportion of Republican voters have...
Warwick McKibbin’s comments on fiscal policy
From my recent Fin Column. Recent articles in the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age - sister publications of the AFR - told us that...
The Perils of Partisan Commentary
I don't doubt Krugman's right to suggest we're in the early stages of a Third Depression. The last few years have been a first instalment...
Focusing on what matters
The front page of today's Sydney Morning Herald: We have Phillip Corey describing the changes to the Rent Tax. Dwarfing this, and by far the largest story...
Alekhine in WWI
Alekhine was one of the greatest chess players that ever lived (I guess this is as opposed to those who haven't lived, but I digress)....