Some collected observations on the Middle East crisis.
I posted something similar on Facebook a few days back, and thought I might get some useful feedback here. Iran is criticised for violating their...
Collective governance or tyranny? A chat about our own Magna Carta moment
I try to replicate my more substantial posts on Substack here, but forgot this from a few weeks ago. So I'm now making amends. When...
Copilot stopped talking to me
I was reading some arguments by Bettina Arndt recently about women dominating the legal profession, especially in the Family Law sphere, so I thought I...
Nuclear power – nirvana or nonsense?
The federal Coalition's adoption of a policy involving government-owned construction of 7 nuclear power plants around Australia has raised an argument that most people thought...
Returning to blogging at Troppo
As longstanding readers will know, I was one of the founders of Troppo along with Nicholas Gruen and several others including Mark Bahnisch and Don...
Sotto Voce: The case for an informal vote
I find it hard to understand how passionate some folks are about voting Yes or voting No. Not because I do not understand passion, but...
The academy and partners try wellbeing frameworks
I discover that I don't seem to have cross-posted this old essay previously published in the Mandarin, and since this is my place of record...