Personal Reflections

 The mystery of the Neanderthals  has long fascinated people. What were they? Why did they vanish? Were they wiped out by homo sapiens? No...

In an earlier discussion, kvd asked why deflation - a fall in prices for the goods and services we buy - was a bad thing. If you look at t...

Starting tonight with some singing from my old school. Enjoy. And for those of you with 45 minutes to spare,  this is the fascinating ...

Really, just a recording tonight of things loosely linked to Australian politics. As a consequence of budget cuts, the Australian Broadcas...

It's been a hectic week, marked at the end by a computer crash. It's power problem rather than the dreaded blue screen of death. My ...

Tonight's brief post focuses on four questions as an initial foray. Can you achieve economic growth when the living standards of the m...

So Australia's 2 July election is now confirmed. Really, the election campaign has been on for a while. Now add the eight weeks to the e...

The Chinese started coming to Australia before the gold rushes, but then they came in their tens of thousands. Many later became market ga...

I arose this morning with very good intentions, a long list of things to do. Then I got sidetracked. The TAS (The Armidale School) Parent ...

Just a short note tonight. Our blogging friend Legal Eagle has had a boy, Hamish Michael Thompson. Mother and son are doing well. I kno...

This Monday Forum is a blank slate - take it where you will. Postscript Listening to Australian Treasurer Scott Morrison's first bud...

Watching Clare play hockey this morning, I did a little flaneuring  on the side. I hadn't realised that any of the market gardens near...