"A rogue sociologist takes to the streets"
It’s nice to see Stephen J. Dubner, of Freakonomics fame, lending some of his publicity lustre to sociologist Sudhir Venkatesh, who’s written what promises to be a fascinating book on his field work for his dissertation – as a participant/observer [...]
Back to work!
In case you missed it, Kevin Rudd is back to work today. What we won’t miss, no doubt, is dumb stories on whether he, or any other Ministers, were taking holidays, which seemed to replace any analysis or reporting of [...]
Pacific Solution coming to an end – sort of
Two tidbits of information suggesting the worst aspects of the former government’s treatment of asylum-seekers is coming to an end. Firstly, the detention center on Nauru is closing, with the people detained there, such as a group of Sri Lankans, [...]
Cultural elites don't exist, study finds – Continued…
There seems to be some bug in the works that makes typing comments into very long comments threads very slow indeed. Since that’s the case, and since comments are still going strong on this post, it might be useful to [...]
Lazy Sunday!
Since we don’t live by politix alone (I sincerely hope), what did people get up to this weekend? Join in, share some tales, regulars and lurkers all! My main weekend activity has been attending the ever wonderful Lifeline Bookfest – [...]
Picture This Part II
This is the second in a series of two lots of holiday pictures. See link for first lot of holiday pictures. Going to the zoo can be fun, but can also inspire the uncomfortable thought that animals shouldn’t be in such places just so we [...]
But if we value it, we actually would transform what it's like to age
Why is the number of medical specialist geriatricians in the USA declining so sharply at a time when the population is aging so rapidly? (And is the same thing happening here in Australia, and elsewhere in the affluent West?) Below [...]
99 Dollar Riff
Those that watch Rockwiz may be aware of a segment called Million Dollar Riff. The idea of the segment is the Rockwiz Orchestra plays a selection of riffs (musical motifs) from songs and the contestants have to guess the correct [...]
Nuclear Britain leaves the key question unanswered
Well, surprise surprise. After losing a court case where Greenpeace successfully argued that the government didn’t meet the requirements of its own legislation to consult on the issue, Gordon Brown’s government has conducted the mother of all consultation programs, and, [...]
Saturday Salon (stoush free edition)
An open thread where, at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.
War on boat people (no job too large!)
On my holiday, I discovered a fascinating dimension of the Australian governmentâs war on boat people. I wonder whether all those voters who salivated at the prospect of enhanced customs and immigration powers to keep out terrrsts realise what their [...]
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