Old Chisel, but no retro trip
My brother and I meet at Flinders Street Station and immediately notice we’re wearing identical clothing, as if it had…
Kamala was never going to beat Trump the in-Vanceable
As a woman and the incumbent Vice President, Kamala Harris had the extremely difficult task of stepping into a second…
Once we were…
The Guinness Book of Records was a big thing in the 1970s. Every house had a copy. The book contained all…
Of course test cricket is dying … Western Civilisation is dying
Reports of the death of test cricket have, for some time, been greatly exaggerated, but last week saw the kind…
The heart of the Voice is confusion
It takes a special kind of agility to shoot oneself in the foot while being hoisted by your own petard,…
Our bias toward ‘Yes’
In a world where positivity is encouraged, it is only natural to have a bias towards the word ‘Yes’. ‘Yes’…
Big-Endians versus Little-Endians
Those who know their history will recall the Great Egg Rebellions of Lilliput waged between the Big-Endians who demanded that…
But, is it safe?
Older readers may remember a TV show on the ABC in the 1970s called The Inventors. It was a bit…
How to become a climate pariah in 10 easy steps
My father, I feel, was defamed at the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate…
A close encounter with American healthcare
In November 2013, I had my only encounter with the American healthcare system after finishing the New York marathon. It…
