On the reaction to the tragedy in Norway
Commentary which seems to gloat “Oh look! It wasn’t a Muslim, but a right wing Christian” reinscribes the crazy narratives about terrorism and political violence which precisely require a more dispassionate analysis.
Lazy Sunday
Since we don’t live by politics alone (I sincerely hope), what did people get up to this weekend? Join in, share some tales, regulars and lurkers all!
Amy Winehouse and the tragedy of myths
Winehouse’s struggles will have been compounded by the world she found herself in. Her death should stimulate reflection on how myths surrounding mental illness have a cruel hold over real lives.
Malcolm Turnbull and reframing the Climate Change debate
Malcolm Turnbull’s speech on climate change science points the way to a better framing of the climate change and carbon price debates than we’ve seen from the Labor party.
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Sceptical ‘science’ For many in Australia on climate change Bob Carter is the man. Tamino at Open Mind got access to his slides and took a look at how he does temperature trends. Turns out he doesn’t. What we get [...]
‘Good’ and ‘bad’ inequality: A social democratic perspective
With a revival of debates about inequality, social democrats need to start by analysing what we’re up against in current misconceptions about equality.
Sad Spice
SPICE started back in Summer 05/06 as a food magazine with a cover that wasn’t a plate of food, wasn’t a couple of models, and wasn’t anyone you’d see on telly. It was Gotthard Bauer, Margaret River baker of Yallingup [...]
We don’t need to buy stuff? Peak Consumerism
Post-GFC, there are now arguments in places like The Economist and the New York Times that we’ve passed Peak Consumerism.
Summing up the Baillieu government
It’s been roughly six months since the election of the Baillieu government in Victoria. Elected on a platform of – essentially – fixing the perceived infrastructure screw-ups of the Brumby era, Laura Norder, and Baillieu coming across as less of a smart-arse than John Brumby, it was unclear what else, if anything, they stood for.
Obama, class politics and the debt ceiling crisis
The tortuous negotiations over the US sovereign debt ceiling probably feature in our minds as a threat to our economic well being. Or for American politics junkies, the maneouvring could be uppermost. It’s worth putting the negotiations in a different perspective.
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