Category Archives: Humour

Covid and the lessons of the Dreyfus affair

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Paul Frijters

One can tell many stories of how current times resemble some earlier historical period. The conflict between nationalism and internationalism, as personified by the controversies surrounding Brexit and Trump, has been seen as somewhat of a re-run of the conflict … Continue reading →

Posted in Coronavirus crisis, Education, Films and TV, History, Humour, Information, Life, Social | 55 Comments

Introducing a new author at ClubTroppo – Antonios Sarhanis

Posted on July 8, 2020 by Nicholas Gruen

Some of you may have noticed a Twitter account called ‘Sarhanis‘. In any event, Antonios Sarhanis is its proprietor and we got to talking on Twitter and discovered that we shared various maladies. He’s interested in philosophy but pretty unimpressed … Continue reading →

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Covid Humour to lighten the load

Posted on June 8, 2020 by Paul Frijters

If you, like me, believe our collective hysteria is needlessly causing the world tens of millions of deaths and enormous unhappiness, you surely need a bit of humour to keep going. So let’s view the whole crisis via a different … Continue reading →

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How can the University of Queensland recover from the Drew Pavlou affair?

Posted on May 30, 2020 by Paul Frijters

The management of the University of Queensland, and in particular Peter Hoj and Peter Varghese, stand condemned today by the international media, by both Labor and Liberal politicians, by both left-wing and right-wing Australians, by its own students, and by … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Critique, Democracy, Humour, Journalism, Politics - national, Review, Science, Social, Social Policy | 60 Comments

The journalist as courtier: COVID19 edition

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Nicholas Gruen

Well, certainly wearing a mask walking down the streets of Melbourne makes no sense at all Brendan Murphy, Australia’s Chief Medical Officer, March 9.  The philosopher Mary Midgley styles her own writing as that of a critic. She means something … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Critique, Democracy, Economics and public policy, Health, Humour, Philosophy | 8 Comments

Blogging the Spanish Flu

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Nicholas Gruen

We’re constantly in team meetings here in the underground bunker at Club Troppo working out how to tweak the linkbait. An edict has already been passed down the line from the AI that runs the place that no posts will … Continue reading →

Posted in Coronavirus crisis, Economics and public policy, Humour | 11 Comments

Is Trump a blessing in disguise for world peace?

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Paul Frijters

Let’s first agree that if Trump is a blessing in disguise for world peace, he makes an exceptionally good disguise. Trump’s bark is probably the worst of any US president in living memory. He has threatened the total destruction of … Continue reading →

Posted in Death and taxes, Environment, Geeky Musings, History, Humour, Immigration and refugees, Politics - international, Society | 13 Comments