Saturday Salon
An open thread, where at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.
Climate clippings 18
These posts include a brief mention of a number of news items relating to climate change. They don’t preclude treating any of these topics at more length in a separate post. They can also serve as an open thread so [...]
A disability support scheme (provisionally) gets out the chequebook
In contrast to the general rancour in politics this week, the release of the Productivity Commission’s draft report on a National Disability Insurance Scheme was welcomed by just about everybody. Even the Opposition Organ joined the chorus, which encompassed both [...]
Why are the angry so mad?
… the question could, of course, be turned around the other way. It was kinda hinted at in my last post, but since there’s been some discussion on the open thread about the crazed vehemence with which certain cowardly demographics [...]
Weekly Whimsy
This week’s whimsy is brought to you by Chinese acrobats doing Swan Lake.
Why talking about taxes negates the climate change case
Tony Windsor made the comment the other day that we were not actually debating a carbon tax but a relatively trivial issue about politicians lying. I was thinking this morning that he could have gone further – we are actually [...]
Fixing nature’s plant growth engine
The FAO food price index has just topped the 2008 peak. Weather and harvests allowing the index should come down from the current peak by 2012, but there is an alarming upward underlying trend. So far there have not been [...]
The demise of Borders
The Australian Borders-branded bookstores, and the American book chain of the same name, are run by two separate companies. But both have ended up in severe financial trouble. Many Borders outlets in the United States have already closed, and it’s [...]
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