Crikey! It’s that time of year again: Last call
If you'd like to be in this year's submission to Crikey for a group submission, please email me on ngruen AT the domain formerly known as gmail...
Affected speech impediments: is this a uniquely English phenomenon?
https://soundcloud.com/britishacademy/the-redescription-of-enlightenment Last night, having read a fantastic essay (pdf) by the great historian of revolutionary and pre-revolutionary America Bernard Bailyn, I made my way to the lecture series in...
Weekend competition: Yes folks it’s on again
Troppo is getting ready for the singularity. That's the period during which Ken, Don, David and I put our feet up and Troppo just runs itself with KenBot, DonBot,...
Dinner Party in Melbourne on the 22nd June: #WAINS?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzvOjcGifOM&t=12s&spfreload=10 My 60th Birthday party was a blast. So as not to wait another decade till the next one, I thought I’d do it annually....
Strategic plans and adjunct professorships
Some time ago I was written to by an Australian University asking me to become an Adjunct Professor in Journalism. This is an honorary position so,...
Crikey: now is the time …
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="778"] Exactly why George Pell's face should come up on Googling "Crikey" is anyone's guess, but I for one would like people...
Rescuing empathy
Economics is famous for its idea - it's better to call it a methodological assumption of some economics - that self-interest is what drives people....