A Spiritual Address
JOHN HOWARD CANBERRA PRESS CONFERENCE 13:02 AM 12/8/04 HOWARD: I'd to thank you for all coming. I would like to discuss the spirit of the...
Acosta-ing the Opposition with Contempt
The Hon. MICHAEL COSTA: This censure motion is a joke, just like everything else that Opposition members do in this House. I have absolute contempt...
Science Sloths and Assorted Bad Eggs
Gummo Trotsky has a delightful recollection of a particularly teacher who we have probably all encountered in some form, in some class, which has sent...
Let there be buttocks!
According to the Guardian Football's most senior administrator attracted the wrath of the women's game last night by suggesting female players wear tighter shorts to...
Bhutani days
You're Bhutan! With the body of a gnat and the mind of a dragon, you are a bundle of energy. You enjoy mountain-climbing, rock-climbing, stair-climbing,...
Robinson Coetzee
In his usual idiosyncratic fashion J.M. Coetzee has orated his Nobel Lecture through the persona of Robinson Crusoe. With great plagues, decoy ducks, parrots and...
Ho, ho, ho, pre-empting the silly season stories
Its just three weeks from Christmas so I thought I'd help those news organisations with a few ole trusty news angles that appear every Christmas....